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[-] teft@startrek.website 20 points 11 months 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.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months 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.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

Just like with snipers today, although i suspect that giant laser is not optimal weapon in high stakes hide and seek game

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

If there's a constellation of them orbiting a few hundred kilometers up they'll be pretty optimal. Like fairly optimal. Sufficiently optimal.

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

satisfactorily optimal.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago

You can't hide those from ground-based anti-satellite laser

It'll be like with GBAD in Ukraine but in space, and satellites can shoot at other satellites too

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Okay, hear me out: camouflage. Desert camo for the satellites orbiting between Earth and Mars. Ocean gray for satellites orbiting between Earth and Neptune. And we can get Hugo Boss to design the camouflage for the satellites between the Earth and the moon.

[-] LockMartRep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I like your style

[-] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

The atmosphere wants a word with you.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

we can shoot that too

[-] brianorca@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[-] cosmic_skillet@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Also depends on the frequency of radiation used. Does it reflect infrared or microwaves? UV?

[-] brianorca@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

All true, but nothing reflects 100% even in the best case.

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