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MouseOnMars
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Posted - 2007.07.02 05:11:00 -
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I dunno if this would be a bit too "backwards" for the Eve universe but, how about chemical lasers that use chemical ammo rather than cap?
Fancy discussing what potential advantages and disadvantages they should have over standard lasers besides the obvious drastically reduced cap consumption.
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MouseOnMars
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Posted - 2007.07.03 01:20:00 -
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NOBODY thinks this would be a good idea??
Come on! Comments! Thoughts! Please?
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MouseOnMars
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Posted - 2007.07.03 02:13:00 -
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 Originally by: Haffrage
Isn't this called a cap injector? 
Cap injector uses reaction to create energy, energy goes to cap. Lasers use cap. About the only thing lasers have going for them is not using ammo, make them use ammo and STILL do primarily em damage and you'll have even more complaints 
No it's not a cap injector. A chemical laser is a completely different thing. Use wikipedia to see what I mean.
Also, none of the other race's ammunition takes up a slot, so comparing cap injectors to ammunition is apples and oranges.
If the only thing lasers have going for them is not having to use ammo then lasers have NOTHING going for them - the fact that they use cap instead of ammo is a DISADVANTAGE. It means that they run out of cap really quickly, and makes them very vulnerable to nos setups.
A chemical laser on the other hand, maybe with less EM damage and more heat damage... a whole new range of setup possiblities would open up.
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MouseOnMars
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Posted - 2007.07.03 03:12:00 -
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Originally by: Wikipedia on "Chemical Lasers"
This device used the mixing of adjacent supersonic streams of H2 and F2, within an optical cavity, to create vibrationally excited HF which lased
Originally by: Wikipedia on "Solid State Lasers"
A solid-state laser is a laser that uses a gain medium that is a solid, rather than a liquid such as dye lasers or a gas such as gas lasers. ... Generally, the active medium of a solid-state laser consists of a glass or crystalline host material
Differences:
A chemical laser uses CHEMICALS MIXED WITHIN THE WEAPON to create the beam.
A solid state laser uses ELECTRICAL CHARGE from an EXTERNAL CAPACITOR to excite a doped crystal to create the beam.
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