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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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09-05-2015, 11:35 AM
seaneley
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I'm curious, and have wondered this most of my life since they introduced Flash: What does a laser trooper really do? Of course, on the Sunbow cartoons, everyone was a "laser trooper" - they all had blasters like the characters in Star Wars. In reality though, would Flash simply hide behind cover and point his laser gun at a tank or other target to "spot" it for missiles? That seems lame.
I'm also perplexed on how the H.A.L. (Heavy Artillery Laser) would operate on the battle field? Would Grand Slam literally have to concentrate both barrels of his huge laser cannon on a flying enemy vehicle and track it until it eventually exploded? I just never understood how lasers would really work in reality except to "spot" targets for artillery or infantry.
The file-cards for the laser troopers never helped me either. Sci-Fi's says that he just stood there so his laser could eventually cut through things. That's great, so long as no one's shooting at you. (This included the Laser-Vipers' file-cards which pretty much summed it up and it was always a let down for me, who thought the Cobra character looked so great with twin shoulder-mounted laser guns.)
If anyone could enlighten me on how the laser troopers would work in the Joe universe (or the Real World, for that matter!) - or what they would do to be a viable part of the team on and off the battlefield - I would really appreciate it!
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