Slugsthrowers VS Lightsabers

[Arrbi Betna]

[member="Ruu"]
I know how lightsabers work. I have alts that use them and I need to know how they function to hunt those who use them. My point is precisely what you just acknowledged to someone else: Large caliber bullets, read bullets bigger than the lightsaber is thick, will go around it and hit you. You're not blocking a 50mm Anti-tank shot. You're not blocking a 120mm cannon. You're not going to have an easy time stopping a 20mm cannon. That's my point.

 

[The Red of Sinner]

My life is lie.....

 

[sabrina]

[member="Arrbi Betna"] shots that large, get forced pushed so they don`t hit their mark.

 

[The Red of Sinner]

or use a PMS!!!

 

[Grrwunhoooll Agaburry]

I know how you feel [member="Romeo Sin"]

 

[sabrina]

or use a PMS!!!

pms?

wtf

 

[Just Skeleton]

[member="Arrbi Betna"]
According to research done by people a Lightsaber usually has a diameter of around 32-38mm, so a 20mm shell would be blockable, how easy it is depends on the skill of the Lightsaber wielder. Anything above 32-38mm wouldn't be, that I agree with. I guess it was just the wording of your first sentence that was a bit unclear to me.

 

[Sarge Potteiger]

There's way too much science going on for a website devoted to a series that basically farts in science's general direction.

I've always roleplayed lightsabers melting bullets.

I've also RP'd bullets as being real difficult to block/dodge, because as the point was raised earlier, it's easier to see a giant colored beam of light than it is a bullet moving so fast you can't see.

 

[sabrina]

[member="Arrbi Betna"] though their is one deadly combo, using beskar bullets.

 

[Nyxie]

Short Answer: The lightsaber, as Arrbi was saying, begins to melt the bullet, which causes it to distribute its kinetic energy more evenly, thus pushing away the saber since it doesn't vaporize the metal fast or thorough enough.

Why doesn't it just pass through the blade? Well, the same reason it actually takes time for a saber to cut through a metal shutter door. There's a field containing the blade, and if it weren't, it would just be spewing plasma everywhere like a flamethrower and probably even blow up. The plasma itself isn't actually touching the materiel, just the heat. This is also why blaster bolts can be deflected entirely.

The technical reason that slugs, especially large caliber slugs, are effective against sabers is because they a ) don't deflect and b ) distribute their kinetic energy into the saber. One's own saber becomes not only difficult to hold steady but goes so far as to become a safety hazard to its own wielder.

There is something even more effective against sabers than solid slug throwers however, and that is Particle Beam weaponry. It works more or less the same as a standard blaster, but the beams are very loose and highly energized, causing them to separate on contact and thus cause a low-yield explosion of particles. This fragmentation effect can be very lethal, since these particles would continue on in a spread pattern beyond the saber and into the wielder. Particle Beams are commonly used in Flak guns for this destabilization effect.

Hope all of this information helps!

 

[Arrbi Betna]

[member="sabrina"]
You have no idea.

[member="Nyxie"]
Or just swap for exploding bullets. Or incendiary bullets. Those are loads of fun.

 

[Nyxie]

Sadly, there's not enough Beskar to make munitions out of them with any practicality.

Now Beskar-jacketed slugs, maybe....

 

[Barkt Melan]

*drops EMP grenade* No more lightsabers!

 

[Cross Ikon]

[member="Ruu"]
I know how lightsabers work. I have alts that use them and I need to know how they function to hunt those who use them. My point is precisely what you just acknowledged to someone else: Large caliber bullets, read bullets bigger than the lightsaber is thick, will go around it and hit you. You're not blocking a 50mm Anti-tank shot. You're not blocking a 120mm cannon. You're not going to have an easy time stopping a 20mm cannon. That's my point.

I agree, but that won't work against anybody who's got any sort of good grasp of TK. And much of the Knights and Lords of this board have that... Unless it explodes like buckshot, nobody who can doge or stop ordnance will be severely damaged.

 

[Nyxie]

Nobody should be magically stopping solid ordinance, half of which is moving faster than the speed of sound. No. No again.

Even Jedi Knights would have difficulty preemptively seeing them in the Force.

If I shoot a carbine at a FU from fifty feet away, best be certain he isn't magically dodging anything but a report. xD

Telekinesis has almost no place in stopping speeding bullets. Now if you were to say Force Barrier, that's a whole different ball of wax.

 

[Asemir]

INERTIA IS A PROPERTY OF MATTER!

BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!

And that's why slugthrowers are better. Also the inherent randomness of the recoil system.

All the reasons why Asemir uses a carbine.

 

[Lysle of the Hydian Way]

All I say is, unless an rpj says other wise, it no worse for me than a blaster. As I can block some thing moving at light speed at close range. Then some thing that moves slower, would be much easier to doge or block.

I'm not sure if you're being serious about blocking something at light speed during close range combat. If so, that is an outrageous idea. It is impossible for someone to be able to move fast enough to deflect something coming at light speed. The speed of light is 299, 792.458 kilometres per second.

Though no projectile from my understanding can fire at the speed of light, the closest are magnetic accelerated weapons that can achieve speeds of up to a fraction of the speed of light.

 

[Asemir]

You can block it. You just need to know where the gun will shoot before it actually shoots.

 

[Ignatius]

"Predict the Prediction Lines" -Kirito, Gun Gale Online

As [member="Asemir Lor'kora"] said, to block said bullet, you need to predict that the barrel is facing you, and when they will shoot. Otherwise, all you will be doing is Reacting to the situation. Not acting upon it.

 

[Darius Olar]