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Subject: Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaser

Author:
capn hayes

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Date Posted: 13:56:52 09/04/02 Wed
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In reply to: TrekGOD 's message, "Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaser" on 04:33:17 09/04/02 Wed

>>>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).
>
>I noticed you didn't defend turbolasers! speachless
>about that topic I see.
If you read above you will see that I not only correceted your errors but "defended" Turbolasers as well, But since you missed it I will explain again. Turbolasers use lasers to excite blaster gas which are heavy antiproton particles and fire them as a "bolt" at the target. When the bolt comes into contact with matter it transmits its energy to the matter and causes it become heated to a plasmatic state. The energy in a single Turbolaser bolt is equal to over 800,000 Petajoules (Remember it only took two 400 GW particle weapon blast to leave the Enterprise D in bad shape!). An Imperial Star Destroyer has sixty weapons of this type. She also mounts 40 point defense lasers similiar to type X phasers at point blank range, and 70 other weapon systems that she could bring to bear on any threat vessel. Oops, forgot to mention 72 mobile weapons platforms; TIE fighters of various makes. In other words ISD's are very capable warships. Through all the debating no one has yet to mention their ECM capabilities!

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Re: Turbolaser vs. Phaser	TrekGOD	08:44:37 09/05/02 Thu