Laser sniping attacks

By Jim Cheetham ·

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	Just a quick thought -
	A visible laser, operating on one frequency (which is, I
	understand, what they normally do), can have it's effect
	diminished by wearing clothes/armour that reflect that
	frequency light (i.e. a green-light laser's effect will
	be much less on green objects, because colour is, after
	all, a radiating of light of a specific frequency ...)
	So how about a universal laser armour that reflects low-
	power lasers ? It could be any colour on the outside (to
	prevent human detection) but a "super-white" colour underneath.
		-- I seem to remember coloured armour in the
		   remarkably light-hearted Paranoia game ...
	The right sort of "super-white" would be effective against
	all lasers near the visible spectrum, but whould have to be
	made of lead to stop X-ray lasers ...

	PS - All London, England, phone numbers have been subject to
	a badly thought out, heavy-handed alteration by British Telecom.
	Central London numbers now begin with 071 instead of 01, and
	outer London numbers are 081 instead of 01. So if you're dialling
	over here, be prepared for the changes !
	This has also introduced a certain amount of snobbery and
	is predicted to alter some house prices - the yuppier members
	of society couldn't live with an 081 number in case their
	friends thought that they "lived out in the provinces".

	What about area snobbery on some worlds for a strange custom?
	Like if the players take some local accomodation, some people
	will refuse to talk to them when they discover which section
	of town they're living in ... ?

	Just another couple of thoughts to keep the discussions going !
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