Darryl Shannon wrote:
>
> Erik 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.
By that same rationalization, they don't even *need* a lightsaber. All
they have to do is dodge.
>
> 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.
>
Speed is not an issue here. We have to assume that all capital
ships can travel at roughly the same speed because both Star
Trek and Star Wars take place on a galactic stage and have
comparable durations (if anything SW is faster, as characters
routinely travel between distant worlds in a matter of hours,
whereas in ST it takes days.)
The only difference seems that ST ships can fight while in warp,
while SW ships must leave hyperspace in order to fight.
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