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[Mass effect] Heat Sinks.

Hi guys, 
 My question is based on Thermal Clips.

Simply, the weapon overheats and they are ejected, 
When you put a new one in, wouldn't the weapon still be hot? Wouldn't this essentially 'cook-off' the clip?
  Has anyone got a RL and a In-game reason for it?
gpt
The great thing about heat sinks are that the weapon doesnt get hot! All built up heat is transferred into the sink, which is ejected and replaced. Whatever minimal residual heat that is left is bled off as steam or through exposing cooling panels in the gun (some more of the more, ahem, "primitive" Krogan and Vorcha models are even water cooled.). By the time the new sink is inserted, the weapon is cool enough that the sink goes in fresh.