Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-34954086-20120922085545/@comment-34954086-20121116051607

Well i think your exact understanding of lasers is slightly misguided... here. Lasers can have concussive force, which i think is the main issue you have?

But your other points make it way more interesting then that. Now the Hard Water Constructs, when underwater these are practically limitless, he could continue to replensish it's depth faster then the beam can destroy it.

6 provides an interesting idea for the physical properties if it is a laser. Lasers are Light, essesntially, the Manta-Helmets are ultra sensitive to light, from that we can presume that they focus and intensify minute amounts of light, increasing intensity to allow them to see underwater. Now do that in reverse, shoot a lesser laser through the helmet, the material intensifies it, shoots it with a far greater intensity then it would be to generate the beam under normal condition. That means it could have a far less massive power source. Oh and since we've only seen it fire while connected, i figure that the power source is actually within the suit proper, only connecting the circuit when the helmet is on. Hence also explaining 7.

With some specifics I might be able to work out some intensities. But for the moment i'll leave you with that...

Sorry about not being able to work out the mercy explosive one, as it happens, to determine the force, we have to back extrapolate from the parabolic motion. Her path is odd addmittedly, but same principles fairly basic. You work it by components, I got her vertical managed, but her horizontal is kinda, really, impossible convoluted. You need to determine initial velocity, however air resistance is clearly a factor, meaning you cannot simply use deltaX=vX*t, But to determine Drag, you need velocity, since it changes depending on speed. So you need her velocity, to work out, her velocity... If given initial force i could determine the force upon impact, through the same formulas. Or visa versa. But we have neither. :(