• teft@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    You also wont be able to see them with the naked eye. Imagine you’re on patrol and your buddy drops dead and there was no sound and no visible sign except the crackling from the fire that carved a hole in his chest. War is already scary enough tyvm. Everyone is going to have to wear white or reflective gear.

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      1 year ago

      or reflective gear

      It would be fun if the silver spandex of classic Sci-Fi turned out to be standard uniforms to counter laser fire.

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      1 year ago

      If they are wearing white, all the better to see them, and use a variety of guns on them. Besides, no white is perfect, even when clean, (which won’t last long) so the laser would still chew them up.