04-29-2016, 06:06 AM
Turbolasers use charged prisms which usually burn out after a single shot or grouping of shots. IE pumping more energy than usual into a laser/bundling multiple lasers into a focus, then firing it through the focus to make it more fine point. You have to change the focus repeatedly as they keep melting. On one side it allows more rapid fire for less thermal strain, meaning you can fire longer without having to worry about overheating. On the other it requires a physical stockpile of such focuses to be on hand. They tend to be large and quite powerful for their type due to how they work.
An obvious example of a bundling turbolaser would be the deathstar from star-wars. Using a single use focus crystal orbital to turn all beams into one after repeatedly bundling it again and again inside it. Although those are experimental still in Star Wars, funnily enough. Prototypes, both of em, which is why they are impractically large.
An obvious example of a bundling turbolaser would be the deathstar from star-wars. Using a single use focus crystal orbital to turn all beams into one after repeatedly bundling it again and again inside it. Although those are experimental still in Star Wars, funnily enough. Prototypes, both of em, which is why they are impractically large.