Concluding that the "real world" and the Matrix are both VR constructs within a larger Matrix is the only way to reconcile plot holes and turns Neo's "magical" abilities from Deus Ex Machina as a plot device to cover up lazy writing by making it an actual act of Deus Ex Machina as part of a larger force within the story line.
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Originally Posted by Zeraph
Speaking of star wars...they never explain any of their weapon systems (are they lasers? plasma? None of those things act that way!) or why storm troopers wear all that armor when it doesn't protect them in the least. In fact it seems to make blaster fire worse...
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Right! "Blaster" fire moves at less than the speed of light. It LOOKS like light. What IS it?
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There were two types of energy weapons used in the Star Wars universe, plasma weapons and blasters. Blasters (from pistol sized through ship-mounted heavy lasers) used two power sources. One was a battery, which produced the energy required to ionize spin-sealed Tibanna gas (a more stable form than exists in nature, and the primary export of Cloud City) and emit these ionized particles. The beam itself was composed of high-energy ionized particles focused into a coherent "beam," and the light was produced by the photoelectric effect as ionized gas toward the outside of the particle beam returned to its ground state.