Another shooting

[jsharr]

but this one turned out OK

[donkpow]

"The shooter, who has not yet been named, is understood to have fired hundreds of rounds into a busy public area, leaving bystanders unscathed."

 

[2Far]

There's a pretty funny scene from The Mandalorian" that addresses their accuracy.

Ha! Of course, youtube:

 

 

[jsharr]

1 minute ago, donkpow said:

"The shooter, who has not yet been named, is understood to have fired hundreds of rounds into a busy public area, leaving bystanders unscathed."

 

The only casualty is said to be a man wearing a red shirt. Witnesses said he ‘never stood a chance’ despite being miles away and nothing to do with the incident.

[Razors Edge]

One would think, in the world of SW or ST, that their weapons would be far more accurate.  It's really disappointing how rarely anyone hits their targets. 

It's a huge issue.

[2Far]

2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

One would think, in the world of SW or ST, that their weapons would be far more accurate.  It's really disappointing how rarely anyone hits their targets. 

It's a huge issue.

Well, you have energy weapons firing thru air. As the density of air changes with temperature & pressure, so does its refractive index between isobars & isotherms. That's why they miss.

[jsharr]

5 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

One would think, in the world of SW or ST, that their weapons would be far more accurate.  It's really disappointing how rarely anyone hits their targets. 

It's a huge issue.

Not if you are running from the Storm Troopers.

[Razors Edge]

1 minute ago, 2Far said:

Well, you have energy weapons firing thru air. As the density of air changes with temperature & pressure, so does its refractive index between isobars & isotherms. That's why they miss.

Oddly, they've figured out FTL but can't figure out the accuracy of their weapons?  Yeah, that's strange.

[2Far]

3 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

Oddly, they've figured out FTL but can't figure out the accuracy of their weapons?  Yeah, that's strange.

I sat next to a guy on a plane whose company figured out how to shoot down aircraft/satellites with ground based lasers. Interesting trip.

[Razors Edge]

Just now, 2Far said:

I sat next to a guy on a plane whose company figured out how to shoot down aircraft/satellites with ground based lasers. Interesting trip.

Keep in mind, SW takes place a LONG time ago, so it's okay to assume we're ahead of them on the laser weapon curve.

[maddmaxx]

57 minutes ago, 2Far said:

Well, you have energy weapons firing thru air. As the density of air changes with temperature & pressure, so does its refractive index between isobars & isotherms. That's why they miss.

That's why you use a pilot beam that is reflected back to the source providing updated atmospheric information to the adaptive mirror that is aiming the actual destructive beam.  Light speed update.

[jsharr]

1 hour ago, Razors Edge said:

Keep in mind, SW takes place a LONG time ago, so it's okay to assume we're ahead of them on the laser weapon curve.

And it was in a galaxy far far away if I recall correctly.

[2Far]

28 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

That's why you use a pilot beam that is reflected back to the source providing updated atmospheric information to the adaptive mirror that is aiming the actual destructive beam.  Light speed update.

He wouldn't say, but one could conjecture that different frequencies refract differently in calculable ways.