03-21-2017, 03:54 PM
Esteemed technologist, railguns are surely a powerful technology in the hands of robber-baron democracies. For freedom and meritocracy-loving defenders, what defense exists at the source? Are the power systems hardened against EMP? Are the rails themselves vulnerable to damage via additional current delivery? If a set of rails fails, how explosively does it do so? We are delighted to learn the hypothetical answers to these hypothetical questions outside of the realm of real warfare.