Questions about Halo MAC cannon recoil

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Re: Questions about Halo MAC cannon recoil

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Advocate Walker wrote: 2022-02-10 05:50pm No. A MAC (Mass Acceleration Cannon) is just a more advanced and bigger version of a Railgun. It uses magnets to accelerate a projectile. So, basically the projectile is hovering inside the weapon, and accelerates through magnets. In the videos the Shockwave is the breaking of the sound barrier. And the impact also creates one. However in space there is no such resistance, and it keeps its speed.

Conclusion: There is no recoil.
If this were the case how would engine exhaust push a ship forward?
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Also, this is a 17 year old thread necro. Impressive.
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Christ, I didn't even notice. Is that a record?
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It’s got to be up there!

Are the shields physical, or some kind of exotic particle swirling around the ship that’s being held in place by some kind of energy?
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Tribble wrote: 2022-02-28 09:22pm It’s got to be up there!

Are the shields physical, or some kind of exotic particle swirling around the ship that’s being held in place by some kind of energy?
I mean, it's gotta be, right? The board is from 2003, IIRC; we could only have gotten a seventeen-year necro starting in 2020.

Anyway. I don't think it's ever made clear what exactly Halo shields are - whatever it is works better against kinetic weapons than plasma per the novels and game mechanics, so does that point us in any particular direction?
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