what's a Star Wars blaster in Trav?

What's the Traveller equivalent of a Star Wars Blaster?  Is there one?
(Has this question been booted around before? - I couldn't find it in
TOC.1 or TOC.2 on sunbane.  Is there a TOC.3?)

Is a Blaster just a pulse laser?  Or is it more like a plasma/fusion
gun (pgmp / fgmp)?  If so, I don't think such a thing exists in
Traveller below TL16.  At TL16, there was mention of a Plasma Rifle.
Would this be the same thing as a blaster rifle?

Do people consider the Star Wars universe to be incompatible with
the Traveller universe (the Force not withstanding)?  I know they
have 'hyperspace' and we have 'jumpspace', but are they so different?

If not, what would one consider the TL of the Star Wars Empire / Rebellion
to be?  TL16?  17?  18?  I don't think they can transmit matter yet, so
there is a limit on what they can do.  I don't know if their power
sources have been discussed all that much in the movies/books on Star
Wars... Anyone got a clue as to whether it is fusion or anti-matter
based?  I'd guess fusion.

- -steve camp
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