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Subject: Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaser

Author:
capn hayes

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Date Posted: 03:25:50 09/04/02 Wed
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In reply to: TrekGOD 's message, "Turbolaser vs. Phaser" on 21:16:11 09/03/02 Tue

>In all reason LASER stands for Light Amplification by
>the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.(Duh nobody said it didn't) Please note the
>words "Light Amplification" add a turbo infront of
>that "TurboLASER" that basicly means "Greater Light
>Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of
>Radiation". (Please not that lasrs are only used to excite gasses in a prefire chamber and to transmit the particle stream.) Remember lasers CANNOT penitrate the main
>navigaion shields of any Trek ships(We don't care). (we don't need to) Something you
>warsies might contridict with in a star trek episode
>is:
>
>"Q Who"
>
>Worf: "A type of laser beam is cutting into the
>saucer section"
>
>later that same scene
>
>Data: "Tractor Beam released sir, force field is
>maintaining our hull integrity"
>
>the force field he is refering to is th SIF all the
>other shielding had failed because of the borg tractor
>beam including the Nav Deflector.
>
>Where as a PHASER is "Phased Hydrogen Amplification by
>the Stimulated Emission of Radiation"
(Wrong phaser means "PHASed Energy Rectification")
>
>where Nadions are the product of the Phased Hydrogen, (NOT).
>
>And don't come back and say that "TurboLasers arn't
>lasers at all" or else they won't be called lasers
>they wouldl be called something else (We don't have to cause, they are part laser and part particle stream).

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaser	TrekGOD	04:33:17 09/04/02 Wed
Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaser -- capn hayes, 13:56:52 09/04/02 Wed Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaser -- TrekGOD, 08:44:37 09/05/02 Thu