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pew pew :) Couldn't resist.

• Jun8 11y ago
  Ah, the sound of lasers in space! I find the way laser rays are depicted in movies interesting (other than the silly "bad guys use red beams" thing). They are generally shown as a "bolt" with a clear beginning and end that travels through space at a low speed (good compilation from Star Wars here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRJ9Evjm5Xs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRJ9Evjm5Xs). This, I believe, is why spaceships have to at such close proximity to each other in battles, you have to see the laser beam bolt thingie go from ship to the other at that low speed. This also opens up the possibility of dodging laser beams. Now, it could be that these are not really laser beams but particle beams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_and_Star_Wars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_and_Star_Wars). BTW, I recently found that sound can travel in space, albeit very very inefficiently: http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/162184/what-is-the-speed-of-sound-in-space http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/162184/what-is-th...
  • oldpond 11y ago
    I like the way they did it in Eve Online with the mining animations. The "bolt" animation should be plasma weapons, and "pew pew" seems a bit too cute and cuddly for that.