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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sean: [qb] [QUOTE]What we saw in early Trek might be more like what is being developed now -- where a laser ionises the air and the beam of whatever travels along that path. An ionised waveguide for different forms of plasma, depending on which collimator barrel/capacitor/whatever is in line with the laser? *shrug* Plasma is a more fitting real-world substance for what we observe. [/QUOTE]Wouldn't that mean that the plasma weapons we saw early on in Enterprise ( which I know is being totally ignored in this thread) be lasers? Or something similar at least? [/qb][/QUOTE]Well no because a Laser is directed and amplified light radiation and Plasma is Ionized Gas, also known as the forth state of matter. Two totally different things. You can however use a laser to initiate plasma and another one to aim it but they remain very separate components. Even still, if you know Enterprise is being ignored here, what's the point in bringing it up? Do you want Masao getting Biblical on your arse? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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