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Well, one of the theories about why phaser beams are slower than light and why we can see them is that there's some sort of matter in the beam. That could also account for the transporter effect.
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Possibly a phaser sunders the air molecules along the path of the beam and that's why it's visible and slower than light. The atoms of oxygen breaking down along the beam's path is the energy discharged at the target. This would explain why there's heat damage to a phaser blast.
Just a guess.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Same with Data when he fired at Kevis Fajo (spelled wrong for certain!). The phaser discharge set off a alarm and O'Brien removed the energy in transit.
Which makes you wonder what else O'Brien or the transporter chiefs can remove during transport?
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That explains why nobody in the future has back hair and no woman has facial hair.... Truly a wonderful invention.
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I think O'Brien said "There's a weapon in a state of discharge ... I've disarmed it."
I always thought that when O'Brien beamed up Data, the firing pattern was interrupted (not that the energy beam itself was beamed up). If the weapon hadn't been disarmed in transit, it would have resumed firing when Data materialized.
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I'd kick O'Brien's ass if he interrupted me while my weapon was in a state of discharge....
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That implies that O'Brien would be to hand while your weapon was in a state of discharge.
Still, it takes all sorts, eh?
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quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: I always thought that when O'Brien beamed up Data, the firing pattern was interrupted (not that the energy beam itself was beamed up). If the weapon hadn't been disarmed in transit, it would have resumed firing when Data materialized.
Is this not what I just said?
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: That implies that O'Brien would be to hand while your weapon was in a state of discharge.
Still, it takes all sorts, eh?
Well, somebody's gotta hold the camera.
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