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What is the sound made when a Laser strikes the hull of a ship

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Dinsdale Pirannha
Pirannha Corp
#1 - 2014-06-20 20:25:58 UTC
Should it make a sound?
What about the different coloured lasers? Do they make different sounds?

And now that I am on a roll, why are we seeing the lasers at all?
There is nothing to refract the light in deep space.

If CCP got rid of that, we could lessen the work of the art department.
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The Troll Bridge
#2 - 2014-06-20 20:29:49 UTC
Relevant.





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Pix Severus
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#3 - 2014-06-20 20:37:57 UTC
Psssshhhh.

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Machiavellian Space Bastards
#4 - 2014-06-20 20:40:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:
And now that I am on a roll, why are we seeing the lasers at all?
There is nothing to refract the light in deep space.
Astronomy says otherwise, it's called Cosmic Dust, dust particles both reflect and scatter light.

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Kijo Rikki
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#5 - 2014-06-20 20:48:51 UTC  |  Edited by: Kijo Rikki
It should sound like rocks skipping across a frozen pond. Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew!

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AlcoDOTTE
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#6 - 2014-06-20 20:49:12 UTC
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#7 - 2014-06-20 20:57:58 UTC
It sounds like an explosion - to the people on board the ship being hit.

The high incident electromagnetic energy evaporates the solid matter being hit, and the vapors expands with such a tremendous force that it shreds the surrounding condensed matter. IE. the area around the hit explodes due to excessive thermal energy at the point of impact.

The same effect can be heard planetside if you fire a small pulsed laser at, say, a sheet of paper. You can get a small 'pop' from a fairly low amount of average energy (but high peak pulse power).

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#8 - 2014-06-20 20:59:06 UTC
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What is the sound made when a Laser strikes the hull of a ship


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#9 - 2014-06-20 20:59:06 UTC
I think it sounds like dollar bills cascading into a nullsec RMT cartel overlord's wallet. Pirate

In all seriousness, it'd likely sound like an explosion, as the metal in the ship hull would flash-vaporize from all the energy, and blow out.

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#10 - 2014-06-20 20:59:44 UTC
After Crius there will just be a loud buzzing noise after your laser fails to activate if your sec status < 5.0.

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Kaaeliaa
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#11 - 2014-06-20 21:00:25 UTC
It's likely an auditory representation of the process of ablation, where the laser essentially "boils" off the top layer of armor. It makes a sizzling or hissing sort of noise, not unlike welding.

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#12 - 2014-06-20 21:45:07 UTC
Pix Severus wrote:
Psssshhhh.

Many flavors of "Psssshhhh." here.

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PotatoOverdose
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#13 - 2014-06-20 21:54:31 UTC
Better Questions:
Why do rails and projectiles have a limited firing range? Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a ***** in space and whatnot...

Why do missiles only have a maximum range of 200-300km when we currently have missiles in active military service with an operating range of 3000-6000 km?
Dinsdale Pirannha
Pirannha Corp
#14 - 2014-06-20 22:06:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Dinsdale Pirannha
PotatoOverdose wrote:
Better Questions:
Why do rails and projectiles have a limited firing range? Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a ***** in space and whatnot...

Why do missiles only have a maximum range of 200-300km when we currently have missiles in active military service with an operating range of 3000-6000 km?


If you really want to mess with your head, do an analysis on the thickness (or rather the thinness) of the large projectiles.
CCP really needs someone who can do basic math working in the lore dept.

Or, better, if projectiles and hybrids have basically instant acceleration and limitless speed, do the math on the force on the gun barrels. Assume a speed of 100,000 km / hour, and reaching that speed from zero m / s in a gun barrel 100 metres long.
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#15 - 2014-06-20 22:24:06 UTC
Pssssshhhhhh!!!!

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Ralph King-Griffin
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#16 - 2014-06-20 22:36:25 UTC
Dinsdale Drinks?!

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Bienator II
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#17 - 2014-06-20 22:47:17 UTC
watch SW movies and you clearly see that red makes a different sound than green

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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#18 - 2014-06-20 23:00:37 UTC
The laser I worked with made light *tack* *tack* *tack* sounds, but that one was for jewellery and not spaceships, so multiply the volume up accordingly.

I guess a lightning strike emulates the effect of sudden plasmification of material pretty well.

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#19 - 2014-06-21 00:07:38 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Dinsdale Drinks?!

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Bespoke sound effects would be epic. And disgusting. Somebody go get WhiteNoise, make it so.

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Pixelated Reality
#20 - 2014-06-21 00:22:19 UTC
PotatoOverdose wrote:
Why do missiles only have a maximum range of 200-300km when we currently have missiles in active military service with an operating range of 3000-6000 km?


Could be worse. Over in the Battletech universe missiles can only go 1000 meters.

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