Talk:Equipment/Proposed/Microwave laser

Now, with the change to Particle Beam weapons (rather than Tachyon) and the difficulty of maintaining an ammo supply, this would give a good alternative that can actually be manufactured by humans but still give the humans a decent amount of power. Plus, it creates a good differentiation between the alien and human weaponry (Particle Beam vs. Wave Beam weaponry). --MNONE 18:39, 8 February 2007 (CET)

Technically this should be named maser

I think this is quite a good idea, but the name should be changed. Laser is an acronym and stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation", which describes exactly what it does. Light is amplified by stimulated emission. This can, of course, also happen with microwaves (just another part of the EM-Spectrum). But then, it's "Microwave Amplification...", so it's a maser and not a Microwave laser. In fact, such devices have allready been built in laboratories.

Sorry, if anyone feels lectured. --BaXiM 22:54, 21 January 2008 (GMT)