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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 148
Message ID: 11
#11, RE: Lightsabers
Posted by Redneck on Oct-10-01 at 01:58 PM
In response to message #8
>>A lightsaber is a handmade technological weapon which generates a
>>tightly focused plasma bottle in a magnetic field. The blade can
>>generate heat within the magnetic field in excess of 2,000 degrees
>>Centigrade, but the magnetic bottle protects the wielder from the
>>heat. The weapon can cut through virtually any known substance, given
>>enough time, although the cuts are nly clean in the sense that they
>>are usually cauterized.
>
>If the plasma and generated heat is contained within a magnetic field,
>how does it interact with the target (blast door, thug-in-bar's arm,
>etc)? If the magnetic field is strong and stable,

It isn't.

When the blade contacts a surface, the magnetic field parts, allowing the plasma/energy to come into direct contact with that surface. The field seals itself around the surface being cut, so the blade maintains its integrity (except in a stabbing thrust) with zero loss of containment.

>On a separate but related note-- does Redneck's generated beamstaff
>work on similar principles? Or is it just (to steal a phrase) a
>"visible aura manifestation", pure shaped energy?

It's a similar principle. Magnetic fields are involved, and the glow of the staff comes from athmospheric reaction with those fields' resonance, but the blade itself might be plasma, pure energy, or whatever...

Redneck

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