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Subject: what i think about phasers
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 01:07:40 EST
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Actually, I was always under the impression that 'phaser' was some weird 
combination of laser and particle, as in partile beam. I got some of this
information from the 'Chronology' book, in which it summarizes the development of phasers. It was descibed as combining the effects of both lasers(penetrating
power) and particle beam cannons(initial impact or 'punch'). The phasers on
what was the *new* enterprise were either pulsed or phased through the warp
engines for added power. I don't remember which, but it doesn't matter, I
guess.

Scott Weisman
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these are my opinions, i think; sigh, if only i knew where to find them.