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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

:ph34r:

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

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