Canon Blasters

[chosen]

At the notes of this profile https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Blaster_(Star_Wars) it says "Results vary from Hypersonic at the very least to Massively Hypersonic+ at most.".
Does someone have one of the hypersonic anf mhs+ calcs?

 

[chosen]

Bump

 

[ShadowWhoWalks]

This is weird. My impression is that the general consensus is that handheld blasters in canon are Subsonic.

Currently canon Jango Fett and Boba Fett are scaled to Subsonic based on Blaster bolts being Subsonic, using Mythbysters' calculation. Plenty of non-Force users dodge Blaster bolts, including regular Clone Troops, so if Blasters are Hypersonic or above this would upgrade lots of characters.

The Squadrons video game mention that the velocity of star fighter laser and ion cannons is 2000 m/s (Hypersonic), so it wouldn't make sense for handheld Blasters to be faster than that.

 

[chosen]

This is weird. My impression is that the general consensus is that handheld blasters in canon are Subsonic.

Currently canon Jango Fett and Boba Fett are scaled to Subsonic based on Blaster bolts being Subsonic, using Mythbysters' calculation. Plenty of non-Force users dodge Blaster bolts, including regular Clone Troops, so if Blasters are Hypersonic or above this would upgrade lots of characters.

The Squadrons video game mention that the velocity of star fighter laser and ion cannons is 2000 m/s (Hypersonic), so it wouldn't make sense for handheld Blasters to be faster than that.

Hm this might be revision worthy if i get those calcs then

Feats > stataments
If is True the Blasters shown hypersonic or higher then that game statament is contradicted

 

[ShadowWhoWalks]

These are the ones I know of:

• AT-TE heavy projectile mass driver cannon (~Mach 6)
• Blasters being scaled to the travel speed of star fighters, assuming the star fighters are not moving slowly in the scene (~Mach 3300)
• Planetary Defender ion cannon (~Mach 5)

An other argument is scaling Blasters to Slug Throwers, which should be comparable to real life firearms; a decanonized Legends novel (Shatterpoint) mention hypersonic Slug Throwers.
Though it is possible Slug Throwers are made obsolete by armor, and Blasters are widely used despite being slower due to their firepower and ease of maintenance.

 

[chosen]

These are the ones I know of:

• AT-TE heavy projectile mass driver cannon (~Mach 6)
• Blasters being scaled to the travel speed of star fighters, assuming the star fighters are not moving slowly in the scene (~Mach 3300)
• Planetary Defender ion cannon (~Mach 5)

An other argument is scaling Blasters to Slug Throwers, which should be comparable to real life firearms; a decanonized Legends novel (Shatterpoint) mention hypersonic Slug Throwers.
Though it is possible Slug Throwers are made obsolete by armor, and Blasters are widely used despite being slower due to their firepower and ease of maintenance.

Thanks for these