Technology
In the story line of the movie, common blaster weapons were said to use high-energy gas as ammunition; activated by a power cell and converted into plasma. The plasma was then released from a magnetic bottle effect to fire through collimating components as a coherent energy bolt. Inherent instabilities were said to limit the ability to precisely aim a blaster bolt, but knowing one's weapon well could strengthen marksmanship. Plasma energy was said to be dissipated as the bolt traveled, limiting range as the energy became incoherent. The science fiction further described that "longer range was achieved by using longer collimating tubes, to align the plasma energy carrier waves more closely through additional galvan circuitry".
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Famous quotes containing the word technology:
“Our technology forces us to live mythically, but we continue to think fragmentarily, and on single, separate planes.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
“The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius. The resulting performance, though less inspiring, is far more predictable.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)
“Primitive peoples tried to annul death by portraying the human body—we do it by finding substitutes for the human body. Technology instead of mysticism!”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)