The SCIENCE! Behind Plasma Rifles in Fallout 4

[@summerdeaf]

At this point, it feels like everything in fallout 4 is supposed to be able to take out a city.

[@JonathanRossRogers]

Ironically, mini-nukes seem to release less energy than plasma weapons since they can't turn behemoths into green goo.

[@diablo.the.cheater]

why do you think the fallout world still has not been rebuild, it clearly has but each time is destroyes by a idiot whit mini nukes and plasma weapons

[@thedrifterguy6428]

your right, definitly forever by now

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

Fallout tech is based on over 130 years of pseudoscience from a genre known to play it lose with the very science it idolizes, and when you play it loose with physics you get stuff like a gram of nutronium exploding faster than an atomic bomb over an area so small it wouldn’t even break the average wooden table but having a boiling point so low that in earth like pressures it wouldn’t freeze even at absolute zero (meaning the atoms have literally stopped moving around).

[@kristopherruiz7644]

I mean...if you had to fight a land war in Asia you'd fund it.

[@exmaarmaca]

Fun fact there is a fifth state of matter called Bose-Einstein condensate, its when matter gets in a really low temp and begins to get magnetic properties, some MRI equipments use them to produce the magnetic fields for doing the imaging.

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

I have never heard of an MRI using Bose-Einstein condensates, they pretty much exclusively use superconductors, which have some similar properties but are fundamentally different. As to whether or not condensates are a state of matter is basically a semantic debate. Another cool potential state is superfluid, and some people consider many other cool things to be states as well, such as glass and quantum hall state. My favorite new potential state of matter is definitely photonic matter, which is when photons behave as if they have mass. Super neat!

[@quanchuloo4333]

Artma FINALLY someone else who has mentioned this!

[@quanchuloo4333]

Tiny Valkyrie if I remember correctly glass is called a “collide” I read this in an elementary science book so I don’t know, but the book also said that lead was a collide. According to the book a collide is like halfway between a solid and a liquid, but since they flow (glass over decades and lead over centuries) they are technically collides.

[@saladar1958]

Ive heard there’s a 6th similar to Bose-Einstein condensate but I don’t remember the name

[@n.c.pictures]

Really low as in close to 0°K?

[@GingahNinja47]

You skipped a step: That's not hydrogen plasma it's shooting, as hydrogen plasma appears pink, not green. From my research, it appears that would have to be either mercury plasma or neon-xenon-krypton plasma, but note that the latter also has orange at the edges of the plasma which the plasma shots in Fallout seem to be lacking.

[@googleit1131]

Gingah Ninja but... the sun is made of hydrogen... and it’s a bright yellow color. Then there’s other stars that burn hydrogen that are blue, and other super giants that burn a deep red. It isn’t always pink.

[@Anvarynn]

+Google It Reminder that the color of the stars you are viewing are the outmost temperature, which is also the coolest part of the star.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

That is a fair point. However, given the energy levels we are working with in this case, I dont think it would matter all that much to the required amount of material. On a smaller scale it perhaps would but not with the comparison being hurling a chunk of the sun like greek gods of old.

[@caballthesayiangodofwar9426]

Neon-xenon kyrpton? Sounds made up.

[@ーテイル]

@@caballthesayiangodofwar9426 neon-xenon-kripton they burn in green.

[@Youngsickbacchus]

anyone else catch that "all part of a balanced breakfast"?

[@HangryBoi]

Ya

[@thefacethatrunstheplace1499]

I would Like if it wasn't at 69 Likes.

[@werr3222werrr]

Lol

[@CorvusCorone68]

which a slightly intelligent Behemoth would achieve by using a scale before consuming his morning human flesh

[@tannerharmon2325]

But doesn’t the plasma gun liquiefy people, not vaporize them?

[@sunkiller5682]

ThatWhiteGuy yep...

[@InAccordanceWithProphecy]

technical term in series is gooify

[@blakekarawan9242]

If it flash vaporizes then equilibrium will drive it back to a mostly condensed state as the energy dissipates.

[@werr3222werrr]

Yep it liquefy them even said in the tips area on the loading menu

[@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k]

And? Liquiefy= Vaporisation and condensation in a short enough time...like the air cools the vapor down and poof a goo that is colored by the colorization of the projectile...

[@cheeki5280]

Actually if you go to the RobCo museum in Fallout NV you'll find out that plasma is something entirely different in the Fallout universe. It's nothing more than some sort of weird goo with unique properties.

[@erikblue7842]

Perhaps something relating to biological plasma?

[@zachduperron8543]

I kinda had an idea similar to that for plasma being some rare liquid element that becomes extremely volatile when heated up becoming a death dealer turning the target into a pile of neon sludge.

[@vladimirsilver2633]

​@@zachduperron8543like some sort of thermally catalyzed acid? The hotter the acid is the more volatile it is?

[@ZekeyMaster]

When The Hall of the Mountain King starts, you know it's going to escalate real fast

[@mikoto7693]

Oh yeah! I pay attention when I hear hall of the mountain king start.

[@musictorin]

"We need to talk about the plasma rifle" Halo, DOOM, or fallout?

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

Yes

[@shaquilleoatmeal911]

Halo

[@Theminebros122]

except the plasma rifle doesnt kill a behemoth in one shot

[@trishaheart718]

This was what I was thinking as well. Then I realized that while we could knock off a portion of the energy needed by assuming there is less mass of the behemoth left to melt when it dies and that it's over all body tempeture is raised it would still need to transfer the vast majority of the final energy in one shot otherwise the target would vaporize, melt, or have other really nasty things happen long before he could gooify.

[@justinbayless8284]

GrifWithOneF because it makes no sense

[@killerunknown9071]

GrifWithOneF no both lazed and plasma weapons suck rocket sledge ha ha that's a real wastelanders weapon even better atoms gift or whatever the fuck the name is I renamed it rad hammer

[@killerunknown9071]

GrifWithOneF also he shot the head not the torso

[@kozhedub]

Shotgun blast to the face doesn't kill a human being either

[@TanyaSapienVintage]

"vaporized into goo puddles" since when is liquid a vapor?

[@inferno7181]

When it's volatile!

[@laharl2k]

+inferno vapours are still liquid. the liquid disolves into the gas just like gases or liquids can dissolve into solids or liquids.

[@boxadmiral]

Gas and liquid are both counted as fluids, aren't they?

[@laharl2k]

Mike Peabody yes, fluid is anything that can "flow".

[@cheraxquad]

Does that make sand a fluid?

[@jordanpotgieter9100]

The plasma weapons are capable of utilising 2.99 Gigawatts to vaporise a human, but we only need 1.21 Gigawatts to time travel. Priorities people!

[@RabblesTheBinx]

No, no, the flux capacitor uses 1.21 jiggawatts. I don't know what the fuck a jiggawatt is, but that's what Doc Brown said.

[@dhararry7929]

@@RabblesTheBinx some people pronounce it giga. Others pronounce it jiga. It's the same thing.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@dhararry7929 A) Just because some people pronounce it wrong, that doesn't mean it's an acceptable pronunciation. Giga has a hard "g". B) It was very clearly a joke riffing on the supposed scientific genius, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown's, mispronunciation of a basic SI prefix.

[@whitestaralliance7190]

Plasma weapons don’t vaporise. They melt and its 141,000,000 or nearly the same energy in 1sqcm of liquid hydrogen. And it takes at the least 2 hits

[@jhonnoilcringeincarnato8593]

@Garon Elliott as much as I love time travel yeah if it was real it would mess everything soo hard the universe literally collapse on itself

[@TheSamles]

Computers went from taking up entire rooms to fitting in our pockets with way more power. It is not too surprising to think of the power of the massive damn to with enough time be put into a portable size

[@aneasteregg8171]

That's just because old computers were inefficient as hell. No amount of technological advancement is going to change the laws of physics

[@FizzyLean]

2.99 Gigawatts?? GREAT SCOTT!!!

[@poolee77]

+Paddy “Danger” Pie What the hell's a gigawatt?!

[@Koolguydude4]

+SemperFiMac77 He literally referred to that and what it is like 5 times in the video...

[@poolee77]

Koolguydude4 come on man... I was quoting Marty Mcfly. Paddy was quoting Doc Brown.

[@FizzyLean]

XD

[@superiornoah8169]

MARTY WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PAST TO STOP YOU FROM SEEING THE MOVIE TO STOP YOU FROM MAKING THAT REFERENCE

[@VaderTheWhite]

2.99 gigawatts is also more than enough for two trips through time (which, of course, is 1.21 gigawatts).

[@snotenberg7]

XD

[@fearreaper3576]

+Miche bruh is this b8

[@nicholasgraham8684]

nice one

[@TouchableGrass]

Vader the White I was thinking that too

[@pigslayer1172]

Great scott

[@ThePiousMan]

I mean... Fusion is hella powerful. Making it small is still a lot of power. The heat tho, yeah no.

[@norbertomurillo4565]

I think the most terrifying thing about plasma and laser weapons is that it does not take that much of an increase in core body temperature of a person to kill them. You don’t need to instantly vaporize or gooify them to kill them, just give em a light roast

[@MrrGNB]

but you are not turning the super mutant into gas but liquid and your are not one shotting him

[@andymorgan3161]

...What?

[@solluxcaptor5840]

+zokr Well, then based on that, if that were to happen, all the extra energy left over, it should still detonate like a bomb and destroy everything around it.

[@MrrGNB]

Andy Morgan first of all you need less enegry to liquify a super mutant, and becusae you use multiple shots, the amount of energy is smaller, and avoids huge overkill for smaller things

[@LilOleTinyMe]

+Brian Wang in summation yes, but individual shots have less energy. Still implausible but not as implausible.

[@MrrGNB]

Brian Wang the put him closer to the edge of melting the last shot puts him just over the edge, and he liquefies, and now dont ask how a half molten supermutant can continue to live

[@yourethatmantis5178]

like doctor Mobius always says science happens for a raisin

[@冬-01]

I love raisins

[@anarchyantz1564]

I do so like custard, or was it mustard?

[@jcgames8517]

I miss mobius

[@ーテイル]

@Daniel von Strangle *feels abused*

[@thesa-x2462]

All this science would make an awesome game.

[@sackbuttretard4285]

Xenomorphic Drone my head would explode

[@adrienlevert8634]

wait... there is a game...

[@greatgoblin3065]

You scare me...

[@bigr6477]

The SA-X nice Metroid fusion

[@jemileedabear9630]

It is called Real Life.. True fact lol

[@Roland3ld]

My favorite weapon in Fallout 4 is a plasma shotgun with the legendary mod. Each plasma pellet deals a separate explosive redial damage which shreds through most enemies (and allies so be careful). It also leaves a very satisfying explosive effect when you hit water.

[@humannotanalien8675]

ah yes, my magical slingshot that is loaded through a dimensional rift into the core of the sun.

[@xiiiultima]

Sudden Old World Blues. I came a little.

[@Exantrn]

SCIENCE

[@allenweber1380]

+Ice Bird Gaming Many penised feet.

[@dexecuter18]

+Cyler s Don't worry I'll clean it little teddy Bear. ooohohohohohooooooooooohohhhhhhhooooooooooooohhhhhhooooooooohhh There, I cleaned with sensual ooohhhing

[@AmbientMike]

+Ice Bird Gaming lemme grab my cram and ducttape

[@Tall_Order]

I blame Richie Marcus.

[@thecrystalcrow]

Here I was, ready to whine about how underpowered plasma seems in FO4. Now I feel like an entitled jerk.

[@itsnotme5817]

Same

[@TheAngryGamer360]

Speak for yourself. I can 3 shot a super mutant master with my plasma rifle

[@benedictifye]

HA!

[@naecov]

Plasma rifles are op...

[@i.need.feet.6521]

+TheCrystalCrow But you still are an entitled jerk

[@bandanadeesupremacy332]

I’m binging old THE SCIENCE videos and it is very weird watch Austin curse

[@danielread8549]

I found it was weird when he stopped swearing. Miss the old days..

[@Thunderf00t]

its fun.... but some of your numbers are way off. Typical us home produces 20 tons of CO2 per year.... which is about the same energy as (all part numbers) same number of tons of TNT.... not 3/4 ton in 300 yrs! Vaporizing ppl basically is boiling the water. Ppl weigh 100kg..... boiling 100kg of water is not the energy used by the us home in 273 years. Some of these numbers are off by a few orders of magnitude. I could go on about laser rifles not having recoil....photons DO have momentum.... its a relativistic thing. Even if they didnt you would still get a recoil from the heated air. But generally quite a fun rant :-)

[@ChildishDestroyer]

+Thunderf00t a wild Thunderf00t appears

[@beaurrakbeaubama8962]

+Thunderf00t I love it when my favourite youtubers comment on the same videos i watch

[@DannyB1111]

A wild science man!

[@user-gv3cc5gv2b]

+Beaurrak Beaubama (SomethingCloudyXY) Yeah, one of those unexpected but pleasant surprises for sure.

[@UnsoberIdiot]

+Thunderf00t I'll just add my comment here: MINDLESS FANBOYISM WOOHOO

[@D_Jester]

Gee, no wonder there was a resource war. The world's energy went into making cool guns that shoot glowing globs of awesome.

[@gorz2013]

this guy would be a great voice actor for deadpool lol

[@KatyaExster]

If Deadpool had to be played by someone else, I would vote this guy 10/10

[@hydro5378]

Yea.

[@zerosstuff3075]

yeah deadpool or Peter Parker

[@superunatural3825]

No. Ryan Rynolds for life

[@abomesai18]

+Cole Scott if you're talking about the game, that would be Nolan north. If you're talking about the cartoons, that's a few different people, none of which are Ryan Reynolds. If you're talking about the movie, then Ryan Reynolds was the actor. The only part of dp that wasn't real was the mask.

[@jeefberky9101]

And thus why I have a mod that makes them only melt the flesh and just chars the skeleton (cross grit overhaul, for anyone that's curious)

[@RhodianColossus]

You are now officially my favourite youtuber.

[@thebakedtoast]

+Kami K oh, thanks

[@RhodianColossus]

Backtoast the outstanding Citizen ?????

[@thebakedtoast]

Hadrian Fry

[@thebakedtoast]

Hadrian Fry my dream just became reality

[@bbrul5]

I can agree with that

[@plank2x429]

well I'm on the concept of halo, how the he'll does the needler work?

[@maxbennetts7280]

Boom i kinda exactly feel like i wanna know that, plasma weapons works, brute spikers i feel like are a maybe, gravity hammers are a somwewhat, their beam rifles are a whaaat, and there spikers are like how you doing that, what the fuck how can they follow the e emey, and how come they blow up

[@Blackwolf5614]

+Maxwell Frond I think game theory did something on the needlers

[@maxbennetts7280]

Ive been waiting for this moment, alll my liifee. Oh loooord

[@travisgath3855]

oh i see what you did there phil colins

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

+Maxwell Frond . . . Kinda exactly? are you high? or just 9 year old

[@JoetheDilo1917]

Imagine getting shot with a hydroelectric dam. Now you know how that super mutant feels.

[@scottferguson4372]

Communism is gay

[@cii4980]

“I don’t swear that much! *it cuts to a compilation of every time he swore in the episode” Lol swear MORE!

[@thelordchancellor3454]

You're doing it wrong. You're saying that the target is being vaporized in one shot. The targets aren't in game, rather, the energy is spread over several shots.

[@blub0137]

apart from that poor level one raider. this game is weird in regard to how much energy you need to kill someone, anyway.

[@balazsfoldes4700]

I thought of that too, but actually, if you take the behemoth HP down with a shotgun, and finish him off with plasma, he can still be vaporised

[@thelordchancellor3454]

Balázs Földes BETHESDA!! FIX THIS!!

[@sans-yw2zm]

ya

[@meeperdudeify]

Exactly what I was thinking the whole time

[@CPPRODUCTIONS1001]

Dear Bethesda. Why does my tin can give me pure steel?

[@entropy616]

+CPPRODUCTIONS1001 The Sole Survivor's last name is Elric.

[@CPPRODUCTIONS1001]

Ahh I see why now

[@entropy616]

CPPRODUCTIONS1001 Also explains how you building things so fast

[@CPPRODUCTIONS1001]

Seaghán Pipistrello and why you like being inside giant armor

[@entropy616]

CPPRODUCTIONS1001 and why you got a bunch of artificial human that are genetically related to you

[@DeepPastry]

Your math is wrong; or more specifically, you've applied it incorrectly. You are not achieving complete 100% vaporization of the human body, or what the figures were for. You are not turning the solids and liquids of a body into a gas (vapor). Instead, you are breaking just enough molecular bonds to turn people into a steamy puddle of goo; which takes much much less energy. Basically if you put maybe a stick of dynamite into a well armored container with a body (basically containing the explosive force just to the body, not letting any of it escape into the environment: efficiency), you can achieve the steamy puddle you are looking for.

[@Cessless]

Hi

[@joejohnson1202]

How long did that take you to write? Let me tell you something. NO ONE cares.

[@saifwahab4648]

Also it takes multiple shots to turn them into said goo which makes it take less energy

[@Hubert_Cumberdale_]

Let's not forget the infinite source of power known as FUSION

[@BirdRaiserE]

But what's the minimum energy required for matter to exist as plasma? Is it even possible to get it down to dynamite levels?

[@kingofbirds]

WOAH THAT WAS A TURN "do they make sense" my brain has been yeeted down the hallway

[@toast8993]

That moment when you realizes that your practically shooting mini lightning bolts. DAUUUUUUUUM.

[@IdleDrifter]

+Midnagamein G I love the lightning guns from District 9, Quake, and Painkiller.

[@Sina-dv1eg]

*you're

[@HydratedBeans]

+Midnagamein G Lightning hurts.

[@dnlriddick]

+Noah Grün stop being a grammar nazi

[@Sina-dv1eg]

Daniel Riddick I couldn't help myself.

[@Nightwing9597]

It's hot as fuck!! SCIENCE!!!!! 2:21

[@phoenixgamer7904]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@literalfandomtrashnoseriou1992]

Chris Sanderson this is why I love the internet

[@ThatChineseBot]

Right but how does this gun prevent the portal that scopes parts of the sun becoming unstable?

[@TheAmetralladora]

What?

[@ethanbradberry1547]

It's a game m9.

[@bmansab1869]

+TH0MA5_03_GAMING there is a timer that pulses to close the portal every .001 seconds

[@ThatChineseBot]

+BMANSAB1 Right so what your saying is don't pick faulty ones up right

[@bmansab1869]

yea, or the portal is just really unstable and refuses to stay open.

[@SAM_Vertigo1]

4:14 Holy shit! It's enough for DeLorean to travel through time twice!

[@diabeticjesus87]

This is all assuming that it's one-shoting everything, when reality you're pumping fusion cell after fusion cell into that behemoth before it changes it's state of matter. So if you take that into consideration it's probably a lot less energy per shot.

[@terrelldurocher3330]

Prolly megawatt range.

[@Pixelflame5826]

"It Just Works" -Todd Howard

[@cjn0001]

This is a game where you can shoot someone in the head point blank with a rifle and they can survive and keep fighting. I wouldn't spend much time analyzing the physics.

[@Maxman013_]

"the specific material 1 degree Kelvin" "1 degree Kelvin" *degree Kelvin*

[@marikilburn3323]

Maxman013 mmm yes temperature right above absolute zero yes yes this is saaaafe

[@mortenbund1219]

Yes, to heat something by 1°K can mean going from absolute zero to almost absolute zero or from 362°K to 363°K and start boiling water

[@Qallyx]

@@mortenbund1219 He was referring to the fact that Kelvin isn't measured in degrees, it's just Kelvin

[@ZackRToler]

I like how energetic Austin is in this video

[@jpHasABadHandle]

I think a behemoth has at least 10 times the mass of an average human.

[@savagedudeanus9144]

he used an infailable scientific measuring technique. he is right

[@savagedudeanus9144]

+Patent Acorn ITS SEVEN

[@jpHasABadHandle]

Patent Acorn Ok

[@JRG333]

Probably more, imagine the muscle density these super mutants have, and also bone density to even support the size the behemoths are.

[@therodyman700]

+Marauder Shields to stand on 2 legs not 4. elephants aint got shit on a behemoth

[@DarkTenka]

But thats just a theory ... a GAME THEORY.

[@oliversimpson3160]

+Dark Tenka but that's just a theory... a FILM THEROY!(oh what its not?, oh ok)

[@eggconsumer8729]

Here take this L

[@SebFlix]

It's really not, considering the fact that that line isn't copyrighted. Game Theory/ Film Theory never copyrighted the line, "But that's just a theory. . . a GAME/ FILM Theory!"

[@supbscripter4079]

Actually it would be trademarked I think?

[@xX60DemonDrummer09Xx]

I hear, "Hall of the Mountain King" in the background. Shits about to get goddamn terrifying.

[@paulg9019]

loved that swearing montage at end

[@brodaviing6617]

last time I was this early a settlement needed my help

[@lHawkel]

ayy, I learned more physic from this video than what I can remember from highschool.

[@lHawkel]

Vlad you're sad

[@BadgerUKvideo]

You're face is sad

[@Madoorah]

your*

[@BadgerUKvideo]

xMarco FUCK!!!!!

[@bergaouikais5951]

well this is normal since this level of physics/chemistry is learnt in college/university not in highschool, at least in my country

[@The1Wolfcast]

As a resident (former) of Missouri I am honored for the first plasma weapon to have been manufactured here

[@KrusherKay]

here's one. how bout how do the halo gravity hammers work

[@ayrtonottoni6358]

A slight problem I noticed in the video. Now, I'm not a scientist, so I don't know if this has changes anything, but the plasma usually doesn't kill an enemy in a single shot, therefor the heat of each plasma shot would not need to be that hot

[@Coffee_paradox]

use kinetic weapon to hit 99percent health and 1 shot plasma will still melt the body so even using in game sense its max power output still need to be as high as he mentioned. BTW even if the heat is built up, all organ will be burnt before melting.

[@tombaker3731]

Just remember, when in doubt, it's not science the Falloutverse is using, it's SCIENCE!

[@3vann5567]

Yeah, SCIENCE!!!

[@clonedelta22]

"Links in the doobldeedoo" I see. You're a man of quality as well.

[@uilsoum875]

when i was on 6th grade, my science teacher said stars were liquid i cringed so much

[@cb.squared]

uilsoum i used to be o n sixth grade too.

[@spooky-nz9vj]

@@cb.squared i too used to be o n sixth grade

[@kaiser0342]

Ima take that didnt happen for 500

[@haminatorainz7227]

I hope that teacher has been fired from teaching for being stupid

[@dreamersofdays]

I would like to see this guy in Game Theory and Vice Versa.

[@chriswoodend2036]

The letter series is amazing. Never stop this!

[@v.v365]

because I'm a nerd, I'm slowly making my own superhero comic universe, and one of my heroes has robotic arms that shoot plasma, and to get around how this is possible I made it so that it was an alien tech genius that gave her the plasma-shooting arms, but I haven't thought in depth about how this would affect her body or anything she shoots, so I really appreciate that this video exists to tell me about the weaponry potential of plasma guns

[@Dexyu]

I bet when he thought of making video, he said "Il have to science the shit out of it"

[@Kingkc998]

You're in a world where giant mutants are running around, the world is still inhabited straight after nukes have gone off all over the world, a guy in a fedora randomly spawns and one shots everyone and a raider can carry on firing at you after a .45 round to the face. Yet you're questioning whether plasma weapons are possible. Great vid though

[@Yahb015CatDog]

technically it could be inhabited tho

[@Kingkc998]

+MSB 1997 yeah it could be habited. I had an image in my head that every nuke being on the planet at the same time would be more devastating than it actually seems. I guess we won't know unless it actually happens but I'm not going to sit here and argue an invalid point like most people. I was wrong

[@Kingkc998]

+Barry Scott I do think it's a bit of a plot hole how when you escape the vault Bethesda go out of their way to show the damage. Showing bodies disintegrated by the bomb in the same area that the vault tech rep was, yet he still survived out in the open

[@Yahb015CatDog]

+Barry Scott thats true

[@AeoAeo330]

Good god I love this series. Thank you for making this!

[@GhostBear3067]

I am curious about your take on the particle projection cannon and its extended range version (PPC and ERPPC respectively) from the Battletech and Mechwarrior franchises. I think that science fiction setting is criminally underappreciated.

[@temmithefucker7079]

I want Austin to be my mod companion in Fallout. Both swearing and giving knowledge. Yes.

[@temmithefucker7079]

Still gonna wait until you can romance Maxson.

[@Falney]

So..... For the cost of melting 1 human you can go back in time, kiss your mother, almost prevent your self from getting born then return home to find you have a new car because of the butterfly effect.

[@koneal2000]

Problem being that plasma weapons aren't "one shot killers". It takes multiple shots to melt someone. So, still implausible, but possible.

[@dylannix2372]

Unless you have a two shot fully upgraded plasma rifle. Then you one shot lots of shit

[@Dark_Daedalus]

+Dylan Nix and you're also bending the laws of the universe by duplicating matter out of nothing and flinging it at them in roughly the same velocity and time. All cause you killed some random schmuck that happened to live long enough in the wasteland to be notably special and could possess this weapon from killing or looting a less lucky schmuck.... And then inexplicably not using it on you after you gun down six of his buddies. Or you crafted it with a mod, which means you have the power to bend the universe to your will, and rather than fix humanity, you decided to... See how fast you could turn shit into goo.

[@dylannix2372]

+Lance Martin I love how everyone is talking science in a game which you fight giant scorpions, and run around in giant suits of steel armor. This is not possible, just enjoy jetpacking around in a suit of power armor.

[@Dark_Daedalus]

Dylan Nix I do, immensely, but this video is on questioning the different aspects of the game, encouraging discussion. Just because i partake doesn't mean I'm not going to use my Mighty Plasma Rifle that hasn't left my inventory since it dropped, or leave my flame red T-60 armor at my settlement because the jet pack isn't realistic, or not use vats because time doesn't work like that. Im just enjoying discussion with like minded individuals

[@dylannix2372]

Lance Martin Well that is a fair point. I guess I am not used to intelligent individuals on the Internet.

[@Cyberdemon11120]

This subject needs to be revisited, but for the Plasma Gun of DOOM(1993, II, 64, 3, 2016, and Eternal). Just all of DOOM Plasma Guns. You've already done the BFG 9000 so not that (unless you feel like including an update on it with something new you find). I also have a couple recommendations for a starting point: Dense Plasma Focus, and The Safire Project. They are both laboratory experiments involving studies of plasma structures. The Safire Project being a sort of proof, laboratory evidence, of the validity of Electric Sun Model (which serves as an older alternative to the Standard Model of the Sun) as well as the next big step in Plasma based Fusion power. The Dense Plasma Focus being an earlier experiment in an effort to successfully produce a fusion reaction with plasma (a sort of very early precursor to The Safire Project) which succeeded in producing what is called a Plasmoid.

[@daviejay]

Well aliens did bring plasma tech to humans in the Fallout universe.

[@mrRexninja]

OK, I'll admit this was a really good one.

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

It's only a theory...a Shoddycast theory!

[@sgtpolkabutter4918]

NO GOD NO NO NOOOOOOOO

[@jaydale8783]

Ahh the sound of classical music against Austin swearing more times in 10 minutes than I swear in a week is quite satisfying.

[@acbeaumo]

"Oh, not this shit again." *watches video anyway*

[@ShoddyCast]

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[@smoshfan99999999]

+ShoddyCast lightweight vs heavy armor doesn't make sense in fallout 4

[@JustBrave1322]

+ShoddyCast why not do one on mini nukes? I've always wondered how that can be fired without destroying a 1/2 a mile radius.

[@SeseelLybon]

+NearFear Do you base that on the fact that nukes go BOOM or on the fact that nuclear fission based weapons have a minimum size or else the fissile material won't go critical fast enough? ... Not to be insulting, but you never know who you deal with these days.

[@ayleidking5251]

+ShoddyCast Why do you keep blaming Bethesda for the mathematical mistakes when it was Interplay that created fallout 1 and 2. The Plasma weapons were around in fallout long before Bethesda got the rights to it.

[@mr.cookie5605]

+ShoddyCast Dude get a life. We know that whining about Bethesda is your job, but you should know that fallout is a VIDEO GAME not real life, like halo it will never happen!!!

[@gato815]

brain.exe has stopped working

[@zac_foster_0131]

I don't completely get a lot of the physics stiff I find these videos really entertaining, good job Austin.

[@zackshekelstein1034]

why am I watching this, I'm asian and trying to get a master's degree in biology not physics

[@justinbayless8284]

U wot M8 because learning new things is always a good idea

[@kingonipaayt3045]

U wot M8 if you fail miserably at biology then you have Physics as a backup plan!

[@greyphilosopher8638]

Because physics are really cool. That's why.

[@humannotanalien8675]

because it has fallout in the title

[@je6566]

yup something thats actully very usefull

[@JohnDanielTorrance]

Nice video, but the most important question remains: HOW'D IT GET BURNED!!!!!????

[@augustdenger8231]

Not to mention that you grip the heatsink on the thing.

[@Lodestone8]

5:58 This is a bit pedantic but you really simplified the math here, yes q=mcdeltaT but you're treating a fleshy body as one solid hunk of material with a single specific heat capacity rather than at least breaking it up into the water-content, soft tissues, and bones like you did when calculating the mass, and you have to account for the fact that it appears that you're changing the phase of matter here either vaporizing as you said or fully ionizing the mass into a plasma, in which case you have to account for the fact that a phase change takes extra energy in the form of the latent heats of the phase changes also the body is comprised of solids liquids and gasses each having to go through different phases changes to become a gas or plasma or possibly even a liquid as the material produced afterwards, though glowing, appears to behave as a liquid.

[@Thepa267]

This episode was hilarious

[@icefrout]

But hey, it's just a theory. A Game Theory!

[@DragonHeart-rj1zn]

+icefrout would be funny if that was copyrighted

[@maxpearson3873]

+DragonHeart3713 ha-ha yea

[@peppermillers8361]

+icefrout nope.

[@yeenmachine206]

how do Skyrim horses work?

[@anguswarrender1752]

Well you see, Akatosh the dragon God of time blessed horses to be the counter to the dragons but after Bosefus the horse God died fighting a sweetroll in the great Leyawiin feast they gave up the sacred oath to Akatosh. He then cursed them so that they could never ascend to the Horse Heaven. This is why they stick to the sides of mountains. It's because Horse Heaven constantly repels them down with 4,000 newtons of force.

[@pinetreescallahan6400]

+Angus Warrender seems legit

[@lostindacloudss]

Lmfao! The fact that you can climb a mountain on horseback in Skyrim just baffles me 🤔😂😂😂😂

[@justinbayless8284]

Gavin MacDierney spider horses

[@antonfowler6434]

DadeCounty_Kidd the fact you cant climb a mountain without a horse baffles me I mean im a giant cat who evolved climing trees so why cant I use my claws to gain traction on the ground and climb a frikken hill

[@DEWGGaming]

Feels like getting a science lecture from a slightly sober Rick Sanchez.

[@Silicon_0014]

The institute already has teleportation? Why not?

[@NeroSeries]

This bothers you yet there is a weapon that can freeze anything in second Cryolator

[@MrKeroro623]

+115_zombie_slayer oh, just give him time

[@frinkls5347]

+115_zombie_slayer can't nitrogen do that?

[@Jorgee-]

Two words Liquid Nitrogen

[@johnsonjj117]

and super mutants the size of elephants

[@minecraft29853]

Liquid Nitrogen.

[@Wimbleknob]

How the fuck is there like zero radiation almost EVERYWHERE in Fallout when it's only been two hundred years since the Great War? That should not be possible.

[@HannahFortalezza]

+Chesh of Shire Lol, yes, if you had a geigercounter on you anywhere in the world right now, it'd be clicking every few seconds due to normal background radiation (which doesn't harm us).

[@Kartoffelkamm]

That little swear montage at 9:00 will be my new ringtone. :) Once I get a smartphone, that is.

[@PKM9107]

Are Halo's plasma weapons at least somewhat on par with actual science? I'd assume no seeing as forerunner weapons use light but have recoil. Anyway I'd love to see a video about Halo Austin. Keep up the good work.

[@Justowner]

+JITCY9107 Forerunners have hardlight. They probably manufacture light with mass so who cares how their stuff works.

[@PKM9107]

Justowner Well I'd still like to see Austin do a Halo video nonetheless

[@pallegantzhorn3742]

Hey hey shoddycast, this is probably not the place for this comment, but the lever action rifle from far harbor! that loading, thats a disgrace!! fire off 1 shot, when u reload, well u insert 5 new bullets wtf? and after reload u yank the lever and discard the bullet already chambered, who would do that! that would basically mean that u discarded a already loaded bullet? they did such a good job with the covboy repeater from new vegas, why would they do such a bad job with this really nice rifle? bad bad bethesda! love ur channel thumbs up

[@pathicc8818]

FINALLY! SOMEONE BESIDES ME NOTICES!

[@Broken-Beaunes]

Oh fuck me it's so annoying!

[@maxbennetts7280]

how could anyone not notice

[@grimreaper3882]

I may be wrong but with that you put a bullet in the chamber, which means that you have an extra space for one. But for that to work of course you would need to put another one in after doing that.

[@revvanmev2885]

How do proton axes work in fallout new vegas?

[@ndukwui]

I'd like to know this as well

[@camsterdam3896]

they don't ...

[@cablebutkus7055]

+cameron corbett Lol that's most likely.

[@cablebutkus7055]

Also, I haven't played NV, but proton axe? PROTON AXE? WHAT THE HELL?

[@shropshirec]

+Cable Butkus Yes, Proton Axe. The most powerful of... Deodorants.

[@jesternario]

I've always liked to think that, just like with the fact that lasers are silent, people EXPECT the weapons to make sounds and have recoil, so they are features built into the weapons.

[@Alizudo]

I can't remember which it was, but that was a real thing they did to a rifle. Its recoil was so light it made the soldiers uncomfortable, so they gave it recoil on purpose.

[@vladimirsilver2633]

Practical laser weapons are very loud and do have recoil. Gas dynamic lasers get energy from chemical combustion. The exhaust gas is vented causing recoil. No electricity is used. As for sound, continuous lasers are a really stupid idea for a weapon. Nanosecond pulsed lasers cause micro plasma detonations on target which is loud same as a normal gun. The lenses on lasers are also stupid. Plasma lenses will not be broken by high intensity pulses.

[@NINJAxBACON]

Can Christians even watch this? It has logic, science and cursing

[@thingonometry-1460]

Not cool

[@davidmerriam2539]

was that really necessary?

[@Mazaroth]

+NINJAxBACON Nope, never. Their insignifcant, tiny little narrow minds would just fucking melt in their skulls.

[@thecrafter202]

8:57 I like it when he swears. It's all just words to me.

[@FamousWolfe]

Piccolo: NEEEEERDD!!!

[@billsmith8577]

I understood that reference

[@rolfrhante]

"I don't curse that much, do I?" *13 second compilation of him cursing*

[@TOFWHY]

Also to everyone complaining that you're not 1 shotting enemies, it's irrelevant. For something to completely melt it would have to retain the energy from the previous shots that connected, which as we learned here, the energy dissipates. So to ACTUALLY melt anything at all, you do have to assume that it's in 1 shot, because I'm sorry to break this to you, but, in real life, people do not have Hit Points. If you get hit by a ball of plasma you're gonna die.

[@faatarel]

Well, not quite. Different types of matter conduct heat differently (for example ceramics can simply break if heatshocked), so if the time elapsed between two shots is not long enough it won't disappear completely when the second shot hits. Meaning you CAN heat up mass by introducing energy to it periodically, either when its heat conductivity is bad or when the time between periods is small enough. You are right on the last part though, irl it won't matter at all, but irl there is no such thing as Wasteland either :p

[@lucabarbagallo4530]

Is the sun made out of plasma?

[@obex6105]

Yes, yes it is.

[@vivusumbra6828]

No it's not don't listen to their lies the sun is made of electricity just like lightning lol.

[@Blink-oy6ux]

Luca Barbagallo Yeah listen to VivusUmbra, he's totally correct! *deeply hopes it was sarcasm*

[@urmom-vt3md]

No, it's made of cookies

[@marikilburn3323]

Obviously it’s a giant flaming asteroid. Now excuse me as I get my head chopped off for saying this.

[@Lunageldia]

So, how long before someone creates a physically accurate plasma rifle mod?

[@FarremShamist]

+Alyssa Griffin Lightning gun. All that's needed.

[@LowlyWizrd]

+Farrem Shamist It'd have to be a laser gun mod. Lightning generally likes a pathway to go through, and ionised air is nice enough. Otherwise it'd arc towards the ground or maybe back towards you, or that car next to you. But, it'd only be there for aesthetic purposes. A particle cannon is much cooler anyway.

[@redacted3074]

I see your kelvin calvin joke there 7 minutes in. I read those comics ALOT as a kid, i loved them