A Dragon or a Lightsaber?
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Teofish said:
Providing you have the superhero abilities to wield one. Ever notice how, aside from a droid with some really creepy quartet of wrists, only two, maybe three types of people use them?
And would it even work against projectile weapons?
Seff said:
So you won't get hit by a bullet, but rather by a molten blob of metal. Lovely!
Check out when Qui-Gon is cutting through those doors on the trade federation ship in the beginning of episode one. He was met with considerable resistance, especially when they closed the blast doors. Much of the metal simply began to heat and melt, and Qui-Gon was unable to just quickly slice a square in the door. Certainly, those doors are much larger than a bullet, but what this tells us is that evaporation isn't instant. The speed at which the bullet is traveling might cause problems for you.
But when Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back cuts that thick metal pole in the final duel, the blade goes through it effortlessly. Same with Boba Fett's gun in Return of the Jedi. Or when Vader throws his lightsaber; the railing of that stage (or what) gives in easily, it doesn't even thwart the momentum of the lightsaber.
Bromden said:
All of which are dealing either with significantly less mass than the doors or significantly less speed than the bullet. I'm not saying the saber is inefficient, I'm just saying there's reason to be cautious of its abilities to stop solid projectiles moving several times the speed of sound.
Considering you had the inhuman reflexes to catch a bullet with it, you could probably position the laser in way to make the bullet pass through the entire lenght of the blade. Ain't no bullet gonna pass that yo.
EDIT: Ninja Bro nailed it. Wookiepedia doesn't lie.
EDIT: Ninja Bro nailed it. Wookiepedia doesn't lie.
At that point, you're above weapons anyway.
Also: Wall of lead is wall of lead.
Also: Wall of lead is wall of lead.
When you're at more or less Neo levels of weapon resistance?
Meh.
Meh.
Bromden said:
Possibly. Though from the same article, "The power of the energy blade was so great that it could cut through almost anything, although the speed through which it cut depended on the density of the subject." This suggests that there is some math involved, the variables of which we'd have to know to calculate this problem properly. The case could be such that the bullet could not be dense enough for the blade's field to repel it, but pass through quickly enough that the blade's "cutting speed" is not fast enough to eliminate the bullet entirely. Leaving you with molten shrapnel coming out the other side.
Again, I'm not stating anything with certainty. Just advising caution.
Eeeeh.
Not much a messianic archetype if he needs an armoury.
Especially if said armoury lacks full auto fire.
Not much a messianic archetype if he needs an armoury.
Especially if said armoury lacks full auto fire.
No dude. Cuz physics.
