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From: en120ao@unm-la.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Phasers
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 22:35:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 22:35:09 1985
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> [...]
> > 	However, we *did* see the entire dialogue scene between Pike and the
> > 	ship's doctor, as well as No. 1's attempt to blast the cave entrance
> > 	with a huge laser (which brings up the question: if in Pike's time
> > 	they were using lasers, when did phasers come to being? what does
> > 	"phaser" stand for?)
> > 
> > 
> > 	Kriton	(princeton!tilt!kyrimis)
> 
> A laser can only go the speed of light.  I would assume a phaser can
> go much faster since they can be used in combat at warp speeds.  A 
> laser would be a slow projectile weapon.
> 
> Of course everyone is going to bring up "Wink of An Eye" where the
> phaser beam moves slowly and what's-her-face steps out of the way.
> 
> Well, all I can say is we have yet another Star Trek inconsistancy.  (YASTI)
> -- 
> 
>                          --Kevin Chu
>                          ..ucbvax!ucdavis!vega!ccs020
> 
> /ex

 	From what I understand, the word phaser is for the phasing effect.
That means that you can change the power level of the weapon.
	for example: stun to distrupt to overload.
	I don't believe that the phasers would be any faster then the speed 
of light.  Then again if it was faster, the light would still be the same speed.
but the phaser effect would be faster than light.

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