On 30 Jul 2001, at 12:55, Darryl Shannon wrote:
> >Of course, they use special, low speed photons in their laser
> >weapons.
>
> Are you thinking of the Jedi's ability to parry blaster fire with
> their lightsabers? Actually I don't think they are really able to do
> this. They just use the force to know where the blaster fire *is going
> to be* and move the lightsaber there *before* the blaster is fired.
> So they don't have to move the lightsaber superluminally. Or so goes
> my rationalization.
>
> Of course, it really isn't established that blasters are really
> lazers.
> I know that some ships use "turbolazers", whatever they are, but
> blasters could be anything. Perhaps they are particle weapons, not
> photon weapons. In that case they could fire at well below c. But if
> blaster fire is less than c, the Enterprise has an even greater
> advantage...it can simply *outrun* blaster fire.
Blasters are sub-light particle burst weapons.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
