Star Wars Trivia Specialists!

[LogicNProportion]

I propose a thought to all of you.

After I took a look at all the specs for a blaster, I found out that the ones with red bolts are indeed focused light. (Blue bolts are ion charged)

Now...wouldn't armor made of mirrors or having reflective properties just deflect blaster shots?

 

[gigastrike]

I'm gonna say that the bolt would fry the mirror when it makes contact.

Btw, where did you read this? I always thought they were bolts of capsulated plasma held together by a magnetic field.

 

[LogicNProportion]

Wookiepedia, something like that. They had sources at the bottom, lots of em because of the vast-ness of Star Wars. Google it and take a look.

 

[Naphalm]

Energy weapons such as the blasters fire bolts of concentrated, coherent light that strike with a concussive impact. Within a blaster, a gas with high energy potential is fed into a conversion enabler and excited by energy from a power source (usually a portable, built in energy cell). The excited gas passes into the actuating blaster module, where it is compressed into a bundle of tightly packed energy particles. This bundle in turn passes through a prismatic crystal to focus it into a beam, which is further concentrated and shaped in the barrel by the galven circuitry. The final beam escapes from the emitter nozzle at the muzzle as a coherent blast of brilliant energy.

 

[Naphalm]

In summary, its more a blast of concentrated energy, then light..

 

[Clirck]

Energy weapons such as the blasters fire bolts of concentrated, coherent light that strike with a concussive impact. Within a blaster, a gas with high energy potential is fed into a conversion enabler and excited by energy from a power source (usually a portable, built in energy cell). The excited gas passes into the actuating blaster module, where it is compressed into a bundle of tightly packed energy particles. This bundle in turn passes through a prismatic crystal to focus it into a beam, which is further concentrated and shaped in the barrel by the galven circuitry. The final beam escapes from the emitter nozzle at the muzzle as a coherent blast of brilliant energy.

When everybody knows bloody well how it works how has someone never built one that does this ?

 

[megapenguinx]

Wouldn't the force shatter the mirrors? Also it'd be impractical moving around in the thing since it would break very easily.

 

[Ridonculous_Ninja]

Energy weapons such as the blasters fire bolts of concentrated, coherent light that strike with a concussive impact. Within a blaster, a gas with high energy potential is fed into a conversion enabler and excited by energy from a power source (usually a portable, built in energy cell). The excited gas passes into the actuating blaster module, where it is compressed into a bundle of tightly packed energy particles. This bundle in turn passes through a prismatic crystal to focus it into a beam, which is further concentrated and shaped in the barrel by the galven circuitry. The final beam escapes from the emitter nozzle at the muzzle as a coherent blast of brilliant energy.

When everybody knows bloody well how it works how has someone never built one that does this ?

Because it would be bloody hard, and we have supersonic electro mag cannons and nukes already, and assault rifles fire faster.

 

[Berethond]

Energy weapons such as the blasters fire bolts of concentrated, coherent light that strike with a concussive impact. Within a blaster, a gas with high energy potential is fed into a conversion enabler and excited by energy from a power source (usually a portable, built in energy cell). The excited gas passes into the actuating blaster module, where it is compressed into a bundle of tightly packed energy particles. This bundle in turn passes through a prismatic crystal to focus it into a beam, which is further concentrated and shaped in the barrel by the galven circuitry. The final beam escapes from the emitter nozzle at the muzzle as a coherent blast of brilliant energy.

When everybody knows bloody well how it works how has someone never built one that does this ?

They have, actually.
But the equipment takes up most of a large warhouse.

 

[Shock and Awe]

Hmm, total guess here, but im assuming the light particles are speed up so much that they will still kill you.(Mass x Speed=Momentum)

 

[Clirck]

They have, actually.
But the equipment takes up most of a large warhouse.

Now they just have to make it shitloads of smaller and there you have it. A real working gun from SW.

 

[Trendkill6]

They have, actually.
But the equipment takes up most of a large warhouse.

Now they just have to make it shitloads of smaller and there you have it. A real working gun from SW.

Just a matter of time my Rainbow friend...

 

[Hawgh]

...That's some really slow light they have in the Star Wars universe.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Hmm, total guess here, but im assuming the light particles are speed up so much that they will still kill you.(Mass x Speed=Momentum)

Photons don't have much mass (if any) a laser weapon would probably work via thermal effects. Mass is low and speed equals the speed of light, and yet you don't get knocked over by sunshine.

Now...wouldn't armor made of mirrors or having reflective properties just deflect blaster shots?

Yeah, but I imagine that you'd loose some street cred turning up to a battle dressed in sequins.

 

[SomeLameStuff]

I'm thinking that even if the light is reflected, the heat would burn you and the concussion from the round would probably break the mirror and/or knock you on your arse.

 

[Omikron009]

Mirrors don't reflect 100% of light coming at them, and a blaster bolt carries so much energy with it that it would still burn through the armour. As well, heat is not reflected. Blaster energy does not carry any concussive force as far as any of the many star wars technical guides I have read say. And I have read MANY.

 

[Omikron009]

Mirrors don't reflect 100% of light coming at them, and a blaster bolt carries so much energy with it that it would still burn through the armour. As well, heat is not reflected. Blaster energy does not carry any concussive force as far as any of the many star wars technical guides I have read say. And I have read MANY.

Oh by the way, despite being called lasers or blasters, they are actually plasma weapons. They send ionized gas (usually tibanna gas) through a module called the xCiter which adds extra charge and energy to the gas, which is then forced through an electromagnetic "bottle" to produce a coherent energy bolt. I am king of the nerds. Bow down before me.