Coolest Dune Technology

[TMA_1]

well coherent light, when it touches a holtzmen wave, somehow creates a chain reaction which results in a quasi nuclear explosion. I think it is similar to the matter anti matter chain reaction, in that the holtzmen wave amplifies and magnifies the compressed light beam. I am probably wrong on that part, but hell, I forgot what the de said about it.

It is ironic that you think the whole shield/lasgun reaction is silly.

In the DE, Ibrahim Holtzmen finally met his doom during the butlerian jihad. He met it in an odd way though. Ibrahim was a human computer (kinda like the titans, but a hell of a lot more original and creative.lol) and he fled from humanity because of his paranoia. Anyways when the butlerian jihad struck, one of the prime targets for the fanatics was ibrahim, they eventually found his secret orbit and cast lots as to which noble would destroy him. Ibrahim warned that if anybody came close, that he would strike a laser to a holtzmen wave matrix, a shield. Though it had somewhat been known through study, it wasent understood completely and so they thought ibrahim was nuts. Well the noble went into his ship, and as soon as he disconnected his connection to the computers, the ship went up in a huge explosion.lol

[Scrinlord]

I was thinking, would it be possible for the SPEED of the light to set of the reaction? In the prequels(TBJ), it mentions the lasgun/shield reaction right after it talks about minimum speed tolerances. And in the section of Dune Warefare on Fed2k, it mentioned that something with enough momentum COULD push its way threw a shield. If this is the case, if the shield was hit with somehting going the speed of light, it could set off a reaction.

[fremfedeliteNIAC]

u have to remember that light isnt matter, its a photon (energy) so there should there cant be any 'resistence' to it (also there is light passing through it most of the time anyway)

[Scrinlord]

Yes, but it is not polarized light with any energy behind it.

[fremfedeliteNIAC]

well, i dont really know much about lasers, but its still a wave i assume, so its not really a 'thing', its just a chunk of energy.

i thank you for my excellent scientifical terminology

[Dunenewt]

Projectors sound like a cool piece of technology to me. :P