Spacebattles

[Stewart5]

True!! I'm just going by what would look good, not what is ACTUALLY practical. It is sci-fi, remember....

[Crazy Tom]

True!! I'm just going by what would look good, not what is ACTUALLY practical. It is sci-fi, remember....

actually, in realistic space warfare, if you use big lasers, they cant be supported by turrets

Actually ships are more likely to use smaller laser mouts firing into a system of mirors that can direct their beams to one of several turets simillar to the Airborne laser being tested today.

[thekillman]

but a real damaging laser would overheat/melt the mirror

[Crazy Tom]

but a real damaging laser would overheat/melt the mirror

Phased arrays. Multiple smaller lasers focusing their beams on one spot, their combined output equaling if not surpasing the strength of a single mega laser.

[Anon]

kk

[thekillman]

what does the phased part mean?

[Crazy Tom]

what does the phased part mean?

I don't know, but that's what the system's called.

[Stewart5]

I don't know, but that's what the system's called.

Hahaha. Loving the honesty.

"I don't know what it is, but by good, sah, it sounds cool. Tally ho!!!!"

[Crazy Tom]

Hahaha. Loving the honesty.

"I don't know what it is, but by good, sah, it sounds cool. Tally ho!!!!"

*high five*

[Stewart5]

*high five*

For....The....Win!!!!

But seriously, laser turrets??? Seems a little too "ray gun" for my liking. As likely as they are, I still think some form of phased energy bolt, not constant beam of focussed light, would be cool. And red coloured. even if those are developed from the same thing, blobs of red laser looks cooler than beams of orange laser......

[Crazy Tom]

For....The....Win!!!!

But seriously, laser turrets??? Seems a little too "ray gun" for my liking. As likely as they are, I still think some form of phased energy bolt, not constant beam of focussed light, would be cool. And red coloured. even if those are developed from the same thing, blobs of red laser looks cooler than beams of orange laser......

*facedesk*

1. Red is the obsolutte low end of the Visible EM spectrum, if anythign, expect white hot, or maybe, purple blobs, like in Terminator.

2. Energy "bolts" don't exist. And I'm not even sure what it means to phase matter. .

3. The laser "turrets" are mirors in a structure to protect afainst space debris, that direct a laser bem fed to them from lasers inside the ship, which can switch betwen diferent tuirrets so if a turret becomes damaged another can come online.

4. And lastly, for crying out loud, lasers are invisible man!

[thekillman]

well its cool the very microsecond you look into them, after that you're blind. shortly after, you're dead, then burned, then ash, and then nonexistant.

[pyrodude]

I dunno about blobs looking cooler though. I would love to see a group of seperate beams fixing on a ship the convergeing onto a single point. With both ships moving at the same time so the turrest/mirrors twisting and turning trying to stay focused and the ship manuavering to try and get as many beams on target as possible. Very tactical and interesting imo.

But yeah, normal lasers are invisible.

*Puts pseudo science cap on*

As radiation gives of colours (Cobolt being that wonderful shade of blue, plutonium green etc..) you could say its a by product of the creation of the beam. Or the powersource...or... something, just to make the beams visible.

[Stewart5]

*facedesk*

1. Red is the obsolutte low end of the Visible EM spectrum, if anythign, expect white hot, or maybe, purple blobs, like in Terminator.

2. Energy "bolts" don't exist. And I'm not even sure what it means to phase matter. .

3. The laser "turrets" are mirors in a structure to protect afainst space debris, that direct a laser bem fed to them from lasers inside the ship, which can switch betwen diferent tuirrets so if a turret becomes damaged another can come online.

4. And lastly, for crying out loud, lasers are invisible man!

*Facepalm* Alright, here we go....*deep breath*
I did physics. I know about the visible spectrum.

I will also add i am not talking ACTUAL PHYSICAL REALITY. I'm talking sci - what will look cool, not what is ACTUALLY practical......energy bolts may not exist, but they look damn cool *see. Star Wars*

i know that mirrors are needed to direct laser and lenses to focus them. But it would be boring as essex when the commander goes "fire all batteries/other likely word" and then the enemy just flares and explodes. As you pointed out about railguns, its not cool when u can't see them in action.:jack_new_anime06

Finally, I will add, that we do have electricity in scotland. We aren't actually in the dark ages, contrary to southern belief.
P.S. In future, let me know when the thread changes from 'reality' to 'what looks cool' etc.
Cos then I would come away sounding like a muppet

[Crazy Tom]

*Facepalm* Alright, here we go....*deep breath*
I did physics. I know about the visible spectrum.

I will also add i am not talking ACTUAL PHYSICAL REALITY. I'm talking sci - what will look cool, not what is ACTUALLY practical......energy bolts may not exist, but they look damn cool *see. Star Wars*

i know that mirrors are needed to direct laser and lenses to focus them. But it would be boring as essex when the commander goes "fire all batteries/other likely word" and then the enemy just flares and explodes. As you pointed out about railguns, its not cool when u can't see them in action.:jack_new_anime06

Finally, I will add, that we do have electricity in scotland. We aren't actually in the dark ages, contrary to southern belief.
P.S. In future, let me know when the thread changes from 'reality' to 'what looks cool' etc.
Cos then I would come away sounding like a muppet

O.o I thought you were talking reality. 'Ssuze me, late hour when I posted.