Idea for a new Bio-Enhacment-Resistance to Hydrostatic Shock

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Idea for a new Bio-Enhacment-Resistance to Hydrostatic Shock

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A Paramedic friend of mine once told me that
the greatest damage in a gunshot wound is not necessarily
caused by the bullet/buckshot (Caveat to that statement being
obviously a hit to certain areas' no matter what can and will
cause death) but by hydrostatic shock. Hydrostatic shock is
the result of and caused by a wave of kinetic energy that
spreads out from the point of impact through the cells. This wave
causes the cell membrane to rupture like a water balloon. That's how
you can get descriptions of entry wounds "the size of a fist" and
exit wounds "the size of a pie tin". If you could stop the shock wave
from "popping" the cell membrane you could decrease and or
limit the amount of damage caused by the shot.

The purchase and combination of all three serves to reinforce the individual cell walls
but does not hinder or interfere with normal cell function or replication.
Said reinforcement stops and negates any and all
hydrostatic shock waves from even occurring.
The benefit is that any type of piercing or penetrating attack i.e. stabbing or gunshot
will do damage to the S.D.C. only, no H.P. damage at all. And
reduces M.D. damage from these attacks by 1/4.

Bio-E Cost: 80 points for the modification.

Prerequisite: Bio-Force Field, Resistance to Physical Attacks,
Resistance to Kinetic Energy/Attacks,
(all of which are kept with all their features).

Any and all comments are always welcomed. :-D
Last edited by Kakuma on Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Idea for a new Bio-Enhacment-Resistance to Hydrostatic Shock

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Okay... So what, exactly, does the modification do? You've already got resistance to Physical Attacks and Kinetic Energy/Attacks as prerequisites. What is the new benefit?
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Sorry about that, did a quick edit. :oops:
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as much as i like the approach and train of thought to this enhancement (and the incorporation of real world elements), its a little too much, resistance to Physical Attacks and resistance to Kinetic Energy is sufficient

yes, the entry/exit point of a bullet is related to this phenomenon, but it can also be related to hollow point bullets, but besides this...unless you remove the water out of the equation, there will always be this phenomenon (stopping the bullet from ever getting inside is more important). if we can create 'Bunker Buster' missiles that can pierce multi layers of reinforced concrete to penetrate deep into an underground stronghold, NEXUS will have designed a myriad of bullets that do nasty things to the insides of organics (imagine a splicerverse NEXUS version of a 50-cal bullet, tearing up HA and WM :demon: )
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You're right. This idea maybe better for HU or some other Palladium title. The original idea was to limit cellular damage and or armor piercing damage i.e. the only damage being caused by/at the initial point of penetration. The individual cell walls would be tightly bound and supported together. :)
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