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Posted: 2003-06-01 11:19pm
by Illuminatus Primus
They all still follow the trajectories of extremely high-speed low-mass or massless lightspeed particles, albeit much, much slower in terms of actual propogation rate.
Posted: 2003-06-02 01:36pm
by Soulman
SWPIGWANG wrote:Maybe blasters are varible speed with different weapons and different power settings or something.....
Maybe they have a sensor which measures the range and speed of the target and changes propagation rates so that you have a reasonable chance of hitting a highspeed or distant target. The bolt may be weaker or use more power with a highspeed shot.
Posted: 2003-06-02 11:49pm
by IRG CommandoJoe
Not a bad idea...it automatically conserves power (assuming a faster bolt requires more energy and a slower bolt requires less energy) and eliminates the need to lead targets. If I aim a blaster at a Stormtrooper 50 m away and fire and then take aim on a Stormtrooper 5 m away and fire, it will take the same amount of time for each bolt to hit each Stormtrooper. So you can just aim directly at the Stormtrooper and fire without having to make adjustments.
Posted: 2003-06-03 05:47am
by SWPIGWANG
maybe the blaster beam is energy confined to a collapsing force field that lasts fixed amount of time and having it collapse on the target is more effective...or something...
Posted: 2003-06-04 01:52pm
by Slartibartfast
Soulman wrote:SWPIGWANG wrote:Maybe blasters are varible speed with different weapons and different power settings or something.....
Maybe they have a sensor which measures the range and speed of the target and changes propagation rates so that you have a reasonable chance of hitting a highspeed or distant target. The bolt may be weaker or use more power with a highspeed shot.
Like a pair of binoculars or a photographic camera with auto-focus thingy...