What is Quantum Crystaline Armor?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-12-25 01:06am

The metal itself isn't self-healing, but the droid as a whole is.

consequences wrote:But nuking the innards would at least take care of the resonance torpedos, and if anyone rebuilds it, you can always use Bean's solution and Ion Cannon the bejeezus out of it.

True. Oh well, just chalk it up to KJA.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-12-25 02:44am

Pg. 278: "By introducing quantum-crystalline armor, where only a few layers of atoms are stacked as densely as physics permits, laminated on top of another thin film just as tough but phase shifted, we can be confident that nothing will harm it. Not so much as a dent."

Um ... wouldn't "phase-shifting" the material create interference, while leaving the atoms at the same phase would allow them to reinforce each other?

nightmare · Post by **nightmare** » 2002-12-25 12:07pm

I think it's just a way to describe a layered armour with each layer at the same strenght. It doesn't make any particular sense, "phase" can refer to any number of things.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-12-25 04:34pm

nightmare wrote:I think it's just a way to describe a layered armour with each layer at the same strenght. It doesn't make any particular sense, "phase" can refer to any number of things.

In physics, phase refers to the position on a graph of a wave, nothing else, as far as I know.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2002-12-25 05:02pm

Durandal wrote:
nightmare wrote:I think it's just a way to describe a layered armour with each layer at the same strenght. It doesn't make any particular sense, "phase" can refer to any number of things.
In physics, phase refers to the position on a graph of a wave, nothing else, as far as I know.

I think KJA is refering to phase, as in the same Trek phase-wanking, just change the phase and everything's merry! What an idiot.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-12-26 01:02am

Warspite wrote:
Durandal wrote:
nightmare wrote:I think it's just a way to describe a layered armour with each layer at the same strenght. It doesn't make any particular sense, "phase" can refer to any number of things.
In physics, phase refers to the position on a graph of a wave, nothing else, as far as I know.
I think KJA is refering to phase, as in the same Trek phase-wanking, just change the phase and everything's merry! What an idiot.

Me too, and using the proper, physical definition of phase, he looks like a complete idiot, of course.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-12-26 03:41am

There is no need to use the word "quantum" to describe a layered atomic-packed lattice, since that is the nature of all metals.

The only application of the word "quantum" to this situation might be that the SW galaxy has somehow found a way to make crystalline solid structures using subatomic particles.

omegaLancer · Post by **omegaLancer** » 2002-12-26 04:26am

The only quantum Crystal I ever heard about is a pion crystal and it was mention in reference to the core of a nuetron star.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2002-12-26 12:32pm

I can't be that. The drives would have to be the size of an SD to push something with the mass of just the armor the Sun Crusher had.

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What is Quantum Crystaline Armor?

pion crystal and other quantm crystal.