Ok, shields seem to be transparent to visible light at least, otherwise our heroes would be blind with them up and forced to edtend sesors outside. So can a laser penetrate a shield like it wasn't there?
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I would assume that you mean a regular everyday laser made of just light really, and not the POW BANG DESTROY lasers that are used as weapons on the show...
I guess in theory they could, since they consist of light but its hard to say.
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HTos eain't lasers, their particle beams, lasers are speed of light. The question s if they do penetrate shields, then why hasn't anyoen throught of usin them as wepons?Originally posted by Darynlxm View PostComment
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Uh, tough question. The thing is, plasma shields (plasma windows) like the ones we can actually build (not sci-fi-ish energy shields) don't stop any form of energy. However, shields in Stargate, just like in other sci-fi, seem to be magically selective as to what they do and do not let through. I have to say, though, that the writers would probably say a laser couldn't penetrate a shield if they put it in an episode, simply because it would ruin their precious safety net.Comment
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If I remember correctly, light is a form of energy. So, like energy weapons, light shouldn't enter shields. But we can say that the Asgard, and the Gouald and the races which have shields have some device that allows regular light to pass through, while highly focused light, like lasers can't pass.Comment
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I've always assumed they can just set the frequencies of light they want to let through.Comment
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And the force behind the light beam as well. Plus some shields can hold back air pressure, while others allow it to pass through. It's down to parameters/requirements.Comment
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I made a similar thread to this once
. A laser beam is a little bit more than visible light so I'm going to go with no but who knows.
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and your correct, shields work on letting in certain light frequencies and disapating others, so a normal laser pen would be let through because of the frequency its on where as laser weapons are on a higher frequancy because of the energy requirements so they are not let throughOriginally posted by jonty-comp View Post
that probably make no scence to you but it does to me haha
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Let's say, to keep things simple, that shields have thresholds on frequency and amplitude.Comment
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If it's a shield that deflects rather then absorbs then the deflection applied may be related to energy density, which means that the higher the energy the more it gets deflected, this counter-intuative because higher energy things tend to change their trajector slower, hence whatever means is used would take more energy to deflect it, which drains the capacitors.Comment
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That sounds about right, exept when darts tried ot fly close to teh Deadalus slame dinto the shields, while 302s pass right through. So the shield is either mono-permeable, or it can decide which objects it let's pass though.Originally posted by Splitsecond View PostComment
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:Order evacuation of all unimportant personnel. Raise the shield.
:The drones are heading towards us.
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