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Aisha Ctarl wrote:

Buster Friently wrote:

Aisha Ctarl wrote:

How is it that a titanium sabot round shot out of the RR out ranges amplified light (read LASER) from the ScR?

I would assume the muzzle velocity of the RR is around 1200m/s which is 2684.32 mph. The muzzle velocity of the ScR is 186,000 miles per second which is 669,600,000 mph. Gravity over time would pull the titanium round out of the air (bullet drop). While gravity does have an effect on light, unless the source of gravity is extremely strong (black hole, neutron star), the laser produced by the ScR should out range every single last thing on the battlefield. Technically, if bullet travel time was introduced into DUST, the ScR would essentially have none unless CCP wanted to be super technical and crunch the numbers on how long it took for light to travel say 60m - hint, online calculators can't even crunch the number.

So the question stands, why does a titanium round moving at 2684.32 mph out range a beam of light moving at 669,600,000 mph?

Dispersion.

Yes I know about dispersion, but the beam being emitted by the ScR is far stronger and has more focusing mirrors than say your average laser pointer which has around a 2000 yard range which is 1828 meters.

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True Adamance Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 7937	Posted - 2014.03.06 21:41:00 - [1] - Quote Heat dissipation? "War is not hell, far from it. War is beautiful. War is divine." - Grand Admiral Mekioth Sarum
True Adamance Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 7937	Posted - 2014.03.06 21:43:00 - [2] - Quote Aisha Ctarl wrote: Buster Friently wrote: Aisha Ctarl wrote: How is it that a titanium sabot round shot out of the RR out ranges amplified light (read LASER) from the ScR? I would assume the muzzle velocity of the RR is around 1200m/s which is 2684.32 mph. The muzzle velocity of the ScR is 186,000 miles per second which is 669,600,000 mph. Gravity over time would pull the titanium round out of the air (bullet drop). While gravity does have an effect on light, unless the source of gravity is extremely strong (black hole, neutron star), the laser produced by the ScR should out range every single last thing on the battlefield. Technically, if bullet travel time was introduced into DUST, the ScR would essentially have none unless CCP wanted to be super technical and crunch the numbers on how long it took for light to travel say 60m - hint, online calculators can't even crunch the number. So the question stands, why does a titanium round moving at 2684.32 mph out range a beam of light moving at 669,600,000 mph? Dispersion. Yes I know about dispersion, but the beam being emitted by the ScR is far stronger and has more focusing mirrors than say your average laser pointer which has around a 2000 yard range which is 1828 meters. Meh we came out of a dark age.....10,000 years ago....what do you expect from us hyper advanced space faring types? "War is not hell, far from it. War is beautiful. War is divine." - Grand Admiral Mekioth Sarum
True Adamance Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 7956	Posted - 2014.03.07 03:08:00 - [3] - Quote Bojo The Mighty wrote: Aisha Ctarl wrote: How is it that a titanium sabot round shot out of the RR out ranges amplified light (read LASER) from the ScR? In reality it shouldn't. Currently there is a laser, used to convert the air in this prototype vessel into plasma as means of propulsion, anyways the laser is powerful enough that above the test site they have a lead block hanging over the laser to prevent damaging satellites. However the same principle of radio waves applies to all light, so with distance it dissipates until it is too weak. Ghidorah Defies Logic! "War is not hell, far from it. War is beautiful. War is divine." - Grand Admiral Mekioth Sarum