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Title: Would this work? Turning one phaser array into many.
Post by: 086gf on June 22, 2009, 07:56:26 PM

I had a dream about this recently. Would taking a phaser array and cutting it up into equal sections(length of each section = width of the array) and placing them randomly(well...not totally random ofcourse) around say Voyager in Year of Hell actually work? Or would it be a major strain on a ships power systems? Imagine it, Voyager could be pointing no less than 25 phasers at you with total 360 coverage. Good god man, imagine a Galaxy with that kind of setup! That would be a hundred phasers nocking at your door at any given time!

Title: Re: Would this work? Turning one phaser array into many.
Post by: ACES_HIGH on June 22, 2009, 08:12:42 PM

that's actually how phaser arrays already work.  each array is dozens or even hundreds of emitters placed end to end for maximum coverage

Title: Re: Would this work? Turning one phaser array into many.
Post by: MLeo on June 23, 2009, 01:47:13 PM

And while not any individual one could generate enough power, in tandem they can (which is the "running"/charging effect you see).

Title: Re: Would this work? Turning one phaser array into many.
Post by: Vortex on June 24, 2009, 01:42:59 PM

Which is why it is called an "array", because it is an array of emitters. ;)

Title: Re: Would this work? Turning one phaser array into many.
Post by: 086gf on June 24, 2009, 04:00:16 PM

Well, that makes sense. So, basically having them all seperated is less effective than normal right? As in, it wouldn't be worth it to do so.

Title: Re: Would this work? Turning one phaser array into many.
Post by: Dalek on June 24, 2009, 04:01:42 PM

Quote from: lmm086gf on June 24, 2009, 04:00:16 PM

Well, that makes sense. So, basically having them all seperated is less effective than normal right? As in, it wouldn't be worth it to do so.

Yup. The smaller, the not so powerful.

Title: Re: Would this work? Turning one phaser array into many.
Post by: 086gf on June 24, 2009, 04:11:26 PM

Yeah, that sounds about right lol.

Title: Re: Would this work? Turning one phaser array into many.
Post by: KrrKs on July 07, 2009, 07:22:37 AM

I think the Defiant's Pulse Phasers are similar Emitters, but they overload them to get symmilar Effectiveness like they would with an Array. (Hence the "Pulse" Effect)