Darren New wrote:
> (The railguns in the story actually had to fire 
> for a few thousand rounds to punch a hole in the atmosphere so the 
> needles wouldn't just vaporize.)

That's pretty cool. Relativistic weapons would only really be as useful 
as nukes - to cause almost-total destruction.

>> But anyway, even without relativity, the recoil would be absurd.
> Yep. If it can go thru a concrete wall coming out the front, the stock 
> can certainly break your shoulder.

It would do more than that. I can't be bothered with the sums right now 
but I imagine the recoil from a relativistic projectile gun would smash 
you to bits. You'd have to design any such gun to be recoilless somehow. 
<insert inertia-absorbing machinery here>

:)

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