Just sending this to the list, as per Daniel's request

William Chamberlin wrote:

---Daniel Hanneld <daniel@milner.com> wrote:

Well, alright... since you asked... Laser/chi/energy

weapons,

in space, 1)

making sounds that are audible by OTHER

chips/crafts/charecters and

2) lasers specific, having recoil.

     The photon discharge produced by such weapons and

attacks

are actually strobed millions of times per seconds. This

strobe

effect produces a mild effect similar to the effect of a

normal

strobe light on an epileptic. However, rather than

generating a

neural seizure, it causes a temporary crossover between

optical

and audio nerves, causing a subconscious interpretation of

the

optical messages recieved, even if reflected off a surface,

as

an audible noise.
     As for the effect of a laser weapon having a recoil, the
answer is simple. Most weapons referred to as 'lasers' are
actually some other means of generating a coherent photon

beam.

Most of these that are true lasers have no recoil, but have
enourmous energy requirements, so great as to render a laser
capable of inflicting bodily harm on a human, extremely
massive, on the order of 70 kilograms. On the other hand, if
the photons are actually fired by means such as a miniature
supercollider, the primary effect is more along the lines

of a

solid photon beam, generating not only recoil, but also a
concussive impact when the beam hits its target.

     Next query ?
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