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« Reply #40 on: November 20, 2012, 11:23:18 pm » |
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plasma weapons are not really that feasible, and if they did exist, they would be more pistol-like than any other type of weapon. a sci-fi style plasma bolt would not do much damage, but leave a large burn and maybe a bit of a dent. keep in mind, plasma is ionized and (typically) superheated gas.
plasma weapons DO exist today, in the form of flamethrowers and weaponized tesla coils (yes, people have made them - not very effective, but still, they do exist)
yes, fire and lightning are both forms of plasma.
keeping that in mind, what would happen if you fired a sci-fi-style bolt of plasma? well, it wouldn't curve down to the ground, that's for sure. as it travels through the air, it looses heat/ionization and dissipates into gas. most gases that are easily transmuted into plasma would actually float away.
the exception to this, of course, is if you have some SOURCE for the plasma - EG gas in a flamethrower, or electrical current from a tesla coil.
TLDR: plasma does not work like it works in the movies, kids. neither do lasers, but that's a topic for another day.
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