Editing Gauss (section)

== Rifts ==
In [[Rifts]], a "Gauss cannon" is just a synonym for "machinegun that does MDC damage." The artwork for railguns always shows them as ejecting casings and being round, with no rails in sight ... it's not like anything else in Rifts even tries to be rational, so just roll with it.

Alternate take: Gauss guns don't have rails and may look like guns with really beefy barrels (probably so if the electronics are armored. That doesn't explain the casings though. Actual railguns use a gunpowder charge or similar effect to get the projectile going since it will weld itself to the rails and stay there if it initially touches them at low speed or is already in contact when current is applied.