Maximum Turbolaser Range?

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However I would guess that it would burn through the Hull, Then Surge down Air-Fillied Corridors until its energy is exausted meanwhile most of the rest keeps going through the Hull until it gets a large enough area to spread out

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Mr Bean wrote:Follow-Up

However I would guess that it would burn through the Hull, Then Surge down Air-Fillied Corridors until its energy is exausted meanwhile most of the rest keeps going through the Hull until it gets a large enough area to spread out
So basically, all crew in that area would be instantly KIA in the immediate
vinicity of the hit, while farther away from the hit, you would have lots of flash burns as the energized gasses tear through the corridors....and farther away,
you'd have lots of concussions, broken bones as people are knocked around
by the KE shaking things up...
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I'd guess that without shielding an ISD wouldn't be able to withstand more than a few hits from HTLs, smaller TLs though might not even be able to penetrate the armour without cumulative hits...
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Soulman wrote:I'd guess that without shielding an ISD wouldn't be able to withstand more than a few hits from HTLs, smaller TLs though might not even be able to penetrate the armour without cumulative hits...
The armor, being conductive might produce a large reddish glowing area on the armor atleast, though I still suspect we'd get atleast partial if not full penetration of the armor, the thing might go stright through for all we know, impale it, IOW.
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So basically, all crew in that area would be instantly KIA in the immediate
vinicity of the hit, while farther away from the hit, you would have lots of flash burns as the energized gasses tear through the corridors....and farther away,
you'd have lots of concussions, broken bones as people are knocked around
by the KE shaking things up...
Yes Note though SW ships have Blast Doors to prevent this every six meters I belive is the Standered

However that lets one set up a fun condition if one takes out the power system instead of being stoped by the doors, entire decks would flash and burn as the oxygen is consumed, rapidly killing everyone but Stormys and those behind already closed or normaly closed Blast-Doors

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