Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mmm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!mmm!cipher From: cipher@mmm.UUCP (Andre Guirard) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: SF-LOVERS Digest V10 #367 Message-ID: <247@mmm.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 09:28:31 EDT Article-I.D.: mmm.247 Posted: Thu Oct 17 09:28:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Oct-85 08:36:47 EDT References: <3703@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Reply-To: cipher@mmm.UUCP (Andre Guirard) Organization: 3M Company, St. Paul, Minn. Lines: 20 In article <3703@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> BARD@MIT-XX.ARPA writes: >From: Bard Bloom >> Fourth and finally, consider how unlikely it is that even a Jedi >> knight could react to blaster fire fast enough to deflect it. Far >> more reasonable that he (or she?) can "pull" the bolt towards his >> (her?) sword. >> > >And, from a previous posting that I'm too lazy to find, words to the effect >of ``blaster bolts go so slowly that you can almost walk away from them.'' >Sounds like a fast person could move a (virtually massless) sword to catch >them. I have to agree with Mr. Bloom. Nobody is fast enough to deflect blaster bolts after they've been fired. The trick for a Jedi Knight is to know where the bolt will strike and start to move before it's fired. Extraordinary sense perception is not required for this activity, since it is easy to see where a gun is pointing and when the wielder's finger tightens on the trigger. Of course, if the wielder is far away, there is plenty of time to dodge the slow-moving (relative to C) bolt.