From what I remember of basic physics the energy of an individual photon is proportional to the frequency, but that's all. There's nothing stopping you in theory from making a stupidly powerful laser with red photons - you just need an awful lot of them. In practice there are issues of efficiency, overheating and other boring problems, but this is 3301 and I think it's more than time for as many laser colours as my monitor can handle.
Differentiating laser modules with colors
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From what I remember of basic physics the energy of an individual photon is proportional to the frequency, but that's all. There's nothing stopping you in theory from making a stupidly powerful laser with red photons - you just need an awful lot of them. In practice there are issues of efficiency, overheating and other boring problems, but this is 3301 and I think it's more than time for as many laser colours as my monitor can handle.
No, I don't like the idea of having to use a particular laser type just to have them blue. Because all my lasers shall be blue. Because Empire!
Makes sense....lasers are light; different power in the laser shall be render differently to show it.
STO does it right, since from the color you can tell what kind of weapons is your opponent using. It goes beyond the purely cosmetic usefulness.
I would also like to see people getting close range and rip the hull apart with the mining laser; as last form of desperation to destroy a ship....after all a laser that can punch holes in a rock; should be also able to melt a hull when shieds are down
STO does it right, since from the color you can tell what kind of weapons is your opponent using. It goes beyond the purely cosmetic usefulness.
I would also like to see people getting close range and rip the hull apart with the mining laser; as last form of desperation to destroy a ship....after all a laser that can punch holes in a rock; should be also able to melt a hull when shieds are down
I'm still looking for funding to produce my patented, "Mirror Ball" TM reflective armour, that uses thousands of tiny facets to reflect laser energy away in multiple directions at once. Especially effective if hit whilst doing a slow spin.
An upgrade will also absorb kinetic shock, convert it to acoustic energy and re-radiate it as Le Freak, by Chic...
An upgrade will also absorb kinetic shock, convert it to acoustic energy and re-radiate it as Le Freak, by Chic...
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I'm still looking for funding to produce my patented, "Mirror Ball" TM reflective armour, that uses thousands of tiny facets to reflect laser energy away in multiple directions at once. Especially effective if hit whilst doing a slow spin.
An upgrade will also absorb kinetic shock, convert it to acoustic energy and re-radiate it as Le Freak, by Chic...
This is similar to what an energy shield does: absorb the laser transform it in heat; instead than bounce it around
I hope that the mirrors will be bullet resistant!
The physics behind why you might want to use different coloured lasers is irrelevant.
It is simply up to FD whether they wanted to provide this functionality. The point defence weapons are already a different colour for example.
As it doesn'affect gameplay, why not make it a chargeable vanity item?
It is simply up to FD whether they wanted to provide this functionality. The point defence weapons are already a different colour for example.
As it doesn'affect gameplay, why not make it a chargeable vanity item?
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grasers where! (gamma ray wavelength laser)
<--- is color blind and couldn't give a rip, either way.