Romulan Turbolasers?
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Romulan Turbolasers?
As I recall, the Romulan plasma torpeado is a concentrated ball of plasma held together by a weak energy field. A tubrolaser shot is a plasma bolt held together by a laser energy field. Is it possible that the plasma torpeado is a very primative turbolaser?
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Sounds like it is. A very primitive TL which is extremely weak.
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Re: Romulan Turbolasers?
Admiral Johnason wrote:A tubrolaser shot is a plasma bolt held together by a laser energy field.
No it isn't.
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Re: Romulan Turbolasers?
What kind of energy holds the charge together?Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:Admiral Johnason wrote:A tubrolaser shot is a plasma bolt held together by a laser energy field.
No it isn't.
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Re: Romulan Turbolasers?
No, a TL is not plasma.Admiral Johnason wrote:As I recall, the Romulan plasma torpeado is a concentrated ball of plasma held together by a weak energy field. A tubrolaser shot is a plasma bolt held together by a laser energy field. Is it possible that the plasma torpeado is a very primative turbolaser?
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There's no plasma, no massive component, it's an energy pulse weapon, it fires an energy beam composed of luxons, said energy beam has a ripple that travels along it, that is the "bolt" like phenomenom we see.Admiral Johnason wrote:What kind of energy holds the charge together?Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:No it isn't.Admiral Johnason wrote:A tubrolaser shot is a plasma bolt held together by a laser energy field.
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What you're saying. The SWVD states that turbolasers use high-energy gas as ammunition, activated by a power cell and converted into plasma. The plasma is released from a magnetic bottle effect to fire through collimating components as a coherent energy bolt. -from the main siteHis Divine Shadow wrote:What is?anarchistbunny wrote:Christ, this is Soverign level stupidity.
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Hey shithead, don't tak about stupidity when you advocate one of the most lame brained concepts in sci-fi, nevermind that visuals rule out any possibility of them being plasma, infact that is one of the few things people agree on(see THIS site), no I am quite certain he was reffering to your lamebrained ramblings.YT300000 wrote:What you're saying. The SWVD states that turbolasers use high-energy gas as ammunition, activated by a power cell and converted into plasma. The plasma is released from a magnetic bottle effect to fire through collimating components as a coherent energy bolt. -from the main site
And the ICS, which is higher than the SWVD BTW, says they aren't plasma.
Not that the SWVD says that they are plasma either, it says it turns the plasma into something else, and they also talk about blasters in the SWVD, not turbolasers you lying sack of manure.
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Pg. 3: Energy weapons fire invisible energy beams at lightspeed. The visible "bolt" is a glowing pulse that travels along the beam at less than lightspeed...The light given off by visible bolts depletes the overall energy content of a beam, limiting its range. Turbolasers gain a longer range by spinning the energy beam, which reduces waste glow.
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I guess Dr. Curtis Saxton, the most respected authority on things like this is also a fucking stupid dolt, huh?
Oh and:
"And finally, they can't be plasmoids trapped in self-generated "moving magnetic containment bottles""
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I guess he fell of the vagon too, just because he happens to have an actual idea of what plasma really is, unlike you.
Pg. 3: Energy weapons fire invisible energy beams at lightspeed. The visible "bolt" is a glowing pulse that travels along the beam at less than lightspeed...The light given off by visible bolts depletes the overall energy content of a beam, limiting its range. Turbolasers gain a longer range by spinning the energy beam, which reduces waste glow.
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-Episode II Incredible Cross-Sections
I guess Dr. Curtis Saxton, the most respected authority on things like this is also a fucking stupid dolt, huh?
Oh and:
"And finally, they can't be plasmoids trapped in self-generated "moving magnetic containment bottles""
-Mike Wong, this site
I guess he fell of the vagon too, just because he happens to have an actual idea of what plasma really is, unlike you.
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1. I never read the SWVD. I saw the quote on the main site and took it.His Divine Shadow wrote:Hey shithead, don't tak about stupidity when you advocate one of the most lame brained concepts in sci-fi, nevermind that visuals rule out any possibility of them being plasma, infact that is one of the few things people agree on(see THIS site), no I am quite certain he was reffering to your lamebrained ramblings.YT300000 wrote:What you're saying. The SWVD states that turbolasers use high-energy gas as ammunition, activated by a power cell and converted into plasma. The plasma is released from a magnetic bottle effect to fire through collimating components as a coherent energy bolt. -from the main site
And the ICS, which is higher than the SWVD BTW, says they aren't plasma.
Not that the SWVD says that they are plasma either, it says it turns the plasma into something else, and they also talk about blasters in the SWVD, not turbolasers you lying sack of manure.
2. Visuals contradict it? How?
The Death Star's tributary beams don't pass through each other.
Muzzle flak is affected by gravity.
Bolts are sublight.
The bolts can explode with a flak effect.
I support this theory because I think it makes sense. If the visuals contradict it, then show me, and I will admit defeat.
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Did I say that Wong and Saxton are dolts?His Divine Shadow wrote:========================
Pg. 3: Energy weapons fire invisible energy beams at lightspeed. The visible "bolt" is a glowing pulse that travels along the beam at less than lightspeed...The light given off by visible bolts depletes the overall energy content of a beam, limiting its range. Turbolasers gain a longer range by spinning the energy beam, which reduces waste glow.
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I guess Dr. Curtis Saxton, the most respected authority on things like this is also a fucking stupid dolt, huh?
Oh and:
"And finally, they can't be plasmoids trapped in self-generated "moving magnetic containment bottles""
-Mike Wong, this site
I guess he fell of the vagon too, just because he happens to have an actual idea of what plasma really is, unlike you.
No.
I don't want to start a flamefest. But visuals would be appreciated.
I know what plasma is. It is a high energy form of matter. I don't know much else about it, being only in High school.
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The SWVD only speaks of blasters, not turbolasers.1. I never read the SWVD. I saw the quote on the main site and took it.
Even so, did you stop reading after that?
Obviously, this strongly suggests that the plasma-weapon interpretation of turbolaser operating principles is valid. However, official interpretations are not as important as direct observations, and from direct observation of the canon films, we know the following with absolute certainty: *snip*
2. Visuals contradict it? How?
You want to know how a real plasma weapon with a magnetic bottle would work?
It'd fire something that would glow with the intensity of the sun and would expand so rapidly that it'd be explosion like right out of the barrel, it'd be a very very worhtless flamer.
Doesn't mean they are plasma.The Death Star's tributary beams don't pass through each other
But the bolt isn't, the muzzle flash is just waste gas from the reaction.Muzzle flak is affected by gravity
And not affected at all by gravity even so, they also wink out of existence for no reason whatsoever in the movies(like after a turret has changed direction, the bolt dissapears, strongly indicates it's reliant on some underlying beam), bolt's have moved laterally(like they would if they where only effects along a moving beam), they are transparent, they are green, they have damage occuring before the bolt hits, sometimes there is no bolt whatsoever.Bolts are sublight.
Which isn't an argument for plasma, but they don't really flak either, it's only a measly fraction of the energy they contain and sometimes it happens without any bold and sometimes a bolt can seemingly burst yet continue intact.The bolts can explode with a flak effect.
I have.I support this theory because I think it makes sense. If the visuals contradict it, then show me, and I will admit defeat
There's nothing about it that makes sense other than it's STL.
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Then kindly do not say I am a dolt.YT300000 wrote:I don't want to start a flamefest. But visuals would be appreciated.
It's volatile, it glows incredibly hot and wants to expand with the speed of an explosion, it's nothing like we see in the movies.I know what plasma is. It is a high energy form of matter. I don't know much else about it, being only in High school.
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I never called you a dolt. All I said was that I thought that anarchistbunny's saying that this is Sovereign-level stupidity was directed at you.His Divine Shadow wrote:Then kindly do not say I am a dolt.YT300000 wrote:I don't want to start a flamefest. But visuals would be appreciated.
It's volatile, it glows incredibly hot and wants to expand with the speed of an explosion, it's nothing like we see in the movies.I know what plasma is. It is a high energy form of matter. I don't know much else about it, being only in High school.
If the mag-bottle effect is strong enough, it might be able to keep the plasma together in a bolt.
So, maybe the plasma theory isn't all that good. But it isn't invalid.
I lose.
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No offense, but next time quote someone before talking about what they said.anarchistbunny wrote:I was talking about AJ thinking Plasma Torpedoes were primitive TLS.
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Maybe it's the language barrier but I got that distinct impression and I do get easily ticked when I get such an impression, anyway sorry for overreacting, let's move on.YT300000 wrote:I never called you a dolt. All I said was that I thought that anarchistbunny's saying that this is Sovereign-level stupidity was directed at you.
Oh sure, whilst contained by machinery this isn't a problem, but what kind of mechanism is gonna keep it contained without any technology? The bolt cannot contain itself you see, unless there is some kind of projectile along with the bolt that not only generates a forcefield, but a forcefield that is opaque and green in luminosity and has anti-graviational properties.If the mag-bottle effect is strong enough, it might be able to keep the plasma together in a bolt.
Obviously a very complex theory, Occam's Razor do not favor it.
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Seems the most viable theory is that TLs fire some exotic, mass-less sublight particle we haven't even begun to discover.
It would certainly fit with all the canon evidence.
It would certainly fit with all the canon evidence.
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