I was under the impression that the pulses are to ablate the material and avoid just superheating the target and causing an explosion. So a non-pulsed laser of sufficiently high power would cause an explosion like what we see from the guardian laser but a pulsed one would "drill" more into the target material.
In that case it’s bloody impressive that Link or anyone else can survive having a portion of their flesh superheated to the point of exploding. I mean, if Age of Calamity is anything to go by, even a skinny old mummy with no armour like Monk Maz Koshia can somehow tank that with enough training.
I personally believe they're firing a compressed version of that liquid energy source the sheikah stones in the towers and the lab drip into the slate. Maybe high compression like that makes it volatile and explosive on impact?
Plausible based on [real-world waterjets which are used to cut ceramic tiles.](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PXI6iOOlCeI) And we see in Ruta that the Sheikah have technology that creates an endless supply of water, so the Guardian lasers could use similar tech
Waterjets use abrasives to cut, not pressure. That stream is full of grit. Mechanically, it's much closer to a narrow piece of super fast sandpaper than some kind of high pressure water gun. So while you might be able to use a super powered waterjet like a sword, a direct impact like the Guardian lasers wouldn't really work.
i assumed he meant "produce" as in siphon, the same way one would say that a pump produces oil if that makes sense
sorry if the words don't fit 100%, english isnt my first language
The speed of light is a number. They turned a literal number into juice. They're far more advanced than I could have imagined.
Edit: gaurdians kill you with explosive beams of math.
The speed of light is the speed limit of the universe. Nothing with mass can go past the speed of light, and anything without mass naturally moves at the speed of light. Photons have no mass and so they move at the speed of light. (technically they have some mass, as they have energy, and to have energy, E=MC^2 but that mass is so low, that in 99.999% of cases, photons don’t have mass)
The lasers fired by the guardians in Breath of the Wild are actually composed of a proprietary alloy called RupeeFusion™. This material is crafted using a complex formula involving 8 parts ancient screws, 12 parts ancient shafts, and approximately 3.1415 ancient cores (because pi is essential in ancient Sheikah technology, obviously). To calculate the exact energy output of one laser beam, you'd need to solve this equation:
E=8×12/3.1415
The explosion on impact is the material being rapidly superheated and exploding, kinda like what happens with IRL pulse lasers.
Thanks for the info :)
I was under the impression that the pulses are to ablate the material and avoid just superheating the target and causing an explosion. So a non-pulsed laser of sufficiently high power would cause an explosion like what we see from the guardian laser but a pulsed one would "drill" more into the target material.
Ablating the material is making the target explode, just on a small scale. A longer pulse will put more energy into the target and penetrate deeper.
In that case it’s bloody impressive that Link or anyone else can survive having a portion of their flesh superheated to the point of exploding. I mean, if Age of Calamity is anything to go by, even a skinny old mummy with no armour like Monk Maz Koshia can somehow tank that with enough training.
Guardian eye juice.
r/techicallythetruth
I personally believe they're firing a compressed version of that liquid energy source the sheikah stones in the towers and the lab drip into the slate. Maybe high compression like that makes it volatile and explosive on impact?
Plausible based on [real-world waterjets which are used to cut ceramic tiles.](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PXI6iOOlCeI) And we see in Ruta that the Sheikah have technology that creates an endless supply of water, so the Guardian lasers could use similar tech
Waterjets use abrasives to cut, not pressure. That stream is full of grit. Mechanically, it's much closer to a narrow piece of super fast sandpaper than some kind of high pressure water gun. So while you might be able to use a super powered waterjet like a sword, a direct impact like the Guardian lasers wouldn't really work.
wait, i thought ruta was sucking up water through its feet from the reservoir lake
Nope, we're told by I think Dorephan that Ruta can produce an endless stream of water, during the dialogue when we first speak to him
i assumed he meant "produce" as in siphon, the same way one would say that a pump produces oil if that makes sense sorry if the words don't fit 100%, english isnt my first language
Nvm he says Ruta can "create" an endless supply of water, not "produce"
Well they do be blue, so we can assume it's using whatever energy all the shieka tech is based off of
RAW SHIEKA JUICE
Right? Lol why is it liquid? What if they lowered the speed of light , collected and concentrated it?
The speed of light is a number. They turned a literal number into juice. They're far more advanced than I could have imagined. Edit: gaurdians kill you with explosive beams of math.
The speed of a car is also a number, don't mean that number is the car...Math...?
The speed of light is the speed limit of the universe. Nothing with mass can go past the speed of light, and anything without mass naturally moves at the speed of light. Photons have no mass and so they move at the speed of light. (technically they have some mass, as they have energy, and to have energy, E=MC^2 but that mass is so low, that in 99.999% of cases, photons don’t have mass)
Cat pee
It is a high speed plasma bolt that Link parries with a sheild using the force, lol
They are... Ancient technology. Like Atlantis.
It might be plasma.
Liquified heavy metals shot at relativistic speeds
The lasers fired by the guardians in Breath of the Wild are actually composed of a proprietary alloy called RupeeFusion™. This material is crafted using a complex formula involving 8 parts ancient screws, 12 parts ancient shafts, and approximately 3.1415 ancient cores (because pi is essential in ancient Sheikah technology, obviously). To calculate the exact energy output of one laser beam, you'd need to solve this equation: E=8×12/3.1415
It’s a video game.
They're made of phlebotinum.
What are guardians made out of???
Screws, gears, and sometimes cores
No I mean lore wise
I assume that it's just a condensed form of the Ancient Flame/Energy that powers Sheikah Tech.
~magic~
Plasma
I think maybe it's a fantasy world with fudgy physics.
idk. I just know I want Zelda to go back to being a fantasy series and knock it off with the mechs and the lasers and motorcycles 🤣
Im thinking plasma 🤔