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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] The most laser-like weapon I've seen in mainstream sci-fi was the old-school Colonial Warrior's sidearm in Battlestar Galactica (the real one ;) ). Bright flash at the muzzle simultaneous with a 'splosion at the aim-point. Sure seems a lot like a CO2 pulse laser. 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. I think the scary breakthrough of phasers is hwo clean they are. When somethign is zapped by it, there's some residual matter/energy bleedover into the surrounding area, but most of the object -- and it's explosive subatomic uncoupling -- is shunted into subspace or something like that. Which is probably what the "phase" part is addressing. At non-disintegrating levels, phasers seem to just have similar plasma-like disruptive effects as the older lasers. --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
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