Anyone know their blaster and laser cannon tech really well?

Fallon Kell

This seems a little out of category anywhere I put it, but least so here.

After extensive research it seems to me that the color of a blaster or laser cannon bolt is primarily determined by the type of blaster gas used in the weapon. Different gasses yield different colors. What I can't find anywhere is any indication of what gasses yield what colors. I would like to stick to canon on this if there is any on this subject. (If not, there are benefits to being the GM). So does anyone know if there is any information out there on any blaster gas corresponding to any color?
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Anakin · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject:

I am quite convinced the gas has nothing to do with it. It is the color of the crystal that determines the color of the laser.
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Random Numbers · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:55 pm Post subject:

There are many kinds of lasers. Solid state, chemical, gas etc. The colour or wavelength depends on the medium and at what energy ste the atoms are emitting photons.
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Anakin · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:13 pm Post subject:

Random Numbers · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:33 pm Post subject:

One gas can emit different wavelengths depending on the state of the atoms. I'm not sure this translates to the blasters and lightsabers of starwars. From what I understand it's some kinda of plasma cannons.

But my guess would be that it could be a helium-neon gas that is used and the color depends on on how much energy is used to create the plasma. I don't know much about plasma I admit.

Typical helium-neon and argon lasers emit blue to red light. Carbon dioxide lasers emit low frequency emission. There are so many possibilities. Just make something up is my advice.

The way blaster pistols work in Star Wars doesn't really make sense to me. There are only energy packs and no source for the plasma.
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Anakin · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:40 pm Post subject:

Random Numbers · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:50 pm Post subject:

OK. In our universe weapon lasers are not of the visible spectrum. Since it's fiction why don't you just pick something nice. Helium-neon laser as starship blasters and various crystals for personal blasters and lightsabers.
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Anakin · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:04 pm Post subject:

CRMcNeill · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject:

No, no. The color is determined by the plot. Bad guys shoot red lasers, and good guys shoot green or blue. Maybe blaster bolts turn red if your character has DSPs.
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Fallon Kell · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:43 pm Post subject:

I don't remember hearing anything about blasters being laser pistols. I think people just decided they were because of all the lights and sounds and it was sci-fi. No part of "hope they don't have blasters" says laser to me. Plus the physics of creating and accelerating a burst of plasma are relatively simple...

Anyway, it's looking like I may have to bring my own canon to this fight...
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Anakin · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:40 am Post subject:

Anakin · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:43 am Post subject:

Fallon Kell · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:06 am Post subject:

Okay, I've come up with a list of gasses and colors. I am only able to support one color conclusion with evidence, and the rest is just conjecture.

Eleton - Magenta
Tolium - Blue-Green
Prothium - Orange
Orveth - Yellow
Skevon - Red
Sig - Green
Tibanna - Blue

Tibanna is rarely used in hand blasters. It can tend toward burning them out. A notable exception is the DC series of blasters used by clone troopers, which are designed to be used with tibanna. We've seen these used in the movies, so we know that tibanna yields a blue colored bolt. Sig is also a very powerful blaster gas, and less rare than tibanna. I would assume the empire would use the strongest widely available gas in its turbolasers, so I made Sig green. Skevon is a common gas, so I made it red like most blaster bolts we see in the movies. Orveth is also common. I made it yellow like CIS tank blasts. For tolium and eleton I just filled in the gaps. I hope this is useful to someone out there!
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Whill · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:43 am Post subject:

Interesting. I admit I haven't really paid attention to the blaster color bolt colors in Eps II and III. The first 4 released films is pretty easy, I think...
All hand blasters are red bolts. In the classic trilogy, Imperial ships shoot green and Rebel ships shoot red. In TPM, the Naboo fighters shoot green and the Trade Federation shoots red. Anybody please correct me if I'm wrong. You mentioned a CIS tank. Beyond what I have written, what are the colors used for each weapon fired in Star Wars films? Please?
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garhkal · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:40 pm Post subject:

What about farts? Laughing

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