True!! I'm just going by what would look good, not what is ACTUALLY practical. It is sci-fi, remember....
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Originally posted by Garrowan5th View PostTrue!! I'm just going by what would look good, not what is ACTUALLY practical. It is sci-fi, remember....Originally posted by thekillman View Postactually, in realistic space warfare, if you use big lasers, they cant be supported by turrets
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Originally posted by Crazy Tom View Post*high five*
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......sigpic
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Originally posted by Garrowan5th View PostFor....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......
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!
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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.aka paddytehpyro
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Originally posted by Crazy Tom View Post*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!
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 muppetsigpic
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Originally posted by Garrowan5th View Post*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
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