Phasers are better than Star Wars blasters and light sabers

I will be arguing that the blaster and lightsaber weapon types within the canonical Star Wars universe are superior to the phaser weapon types within the canonical Star Trek universe. The Phaser To compare and contrast the various capabilities of the lightsaber, the blaster, and the phaser, we must first ascertain how each weapon system functions. The phaser utilizes a fictional particle called the nadion, which is allegedly capable of liberating atomic nuclei [1][2]. This intense sustained emission of artificially produced radiation appears to act similar to laser systems, in that the smaller the area that the phaser beam is concentrated, the greater the effect [3]. The aforementioned canonical physics behind the phase however, has given it some striking limitations. Firstly, the fictional radiation known as hyperonic radiation is known to "randomize" the fire of the phaser [4]. While it is unknown whether or not this randomization is affecting the vector of the beam or the focal point, it is still enough of an issue that if the phaser is in an environment that has too high of a concentration of hyperonic radiation, the phaser is rendered inoperable [3]. The phaser is also limited by what it can defeat in terms of materials, as both alloys of the fictional element neutronium and the dikironium cloud creature are totally unaffected by being struck by a phaser's beam [5]. Not only were some materials unaffected by it, but the Armus could possibly feed off of the emitted radiation beam [5]. Lastly, phasers could be sabotaged by allowing the power cells to overload and emit all of their stored energy at once [5]. Lightsaber Superiority The lightsaber is a weapon that utilizes the energy of a high-output Diatium power cell, which after being focused through a series of lenses, becomes a plasma which can then arc out of the handle to a specified length, before being attracted back into the handle [6]. The aforementioned physics of the lightsaber gives it superior qualities over the phaser. For one thing, there is no evidence to suggest that, unlike the phaser, high levels of nuclear radiation will not affect the functionality of the lightsaber. The lightsaber also lacks much of the limitations that the phaser has to deal with with regards to interactins with certain materials. Unlike a phaser, a lightsaber can easily penetrate very thick armor and blast doors without much difficulty [7]. It should also be noted here that the only materials that are capable of totally resisting a lightsaber strike are very rare, and therefore quite expensive [8]. Unlike the phaser, the lightsaber also lacks a material and/or creature that can "feed off of" the energy from the weapon. Blaster Superiority A blaster (more specifically, its particle-based variant) is a weapon that utilizes a high-energy gas (the most notable gas being tibanna) that would be agitated and energized in a chamber to give the gas a high amount of energy, which was then compressed to increase the level of energy contained inside the gas which at this point is now a bolt of energy [9]. The fact that the blaster uses a compressed bolt of energy, rather than a continuous beam would better conceal the position of the shooter, as the origin of a blaster bolt flying past an individual should be much harder to ascertain than a continuous beam, as such a beam is simply a straight line that can be followed back to it's origin, whereas a blaster bolt is simply a moving object that is traveling at such a high rate, that one might have to watch many bolts fire at them to ascertain the exact position, which is obviously something that a person would not want to have to do. Secondly, this type of weapon, unlike the phaser, should be much less prone to sabotage, as for the bolt to fire, it requires that the gas be moved into a XCiter to agitate the gas, before being shot out of the barrel [10]. This is a more complex system that requires more failures to malfunction than a phaser, which only feeds plasma through a phaser emitter which is essentially just the barrel of the phaser [5][11]. 1. http://en.memory-alpha.org... 2. http://en.memory-alpha.org... 3. en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Phaser#Modifications 4. http://en.memory-alpha.org... 5. en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Phaser#Descriptions_and_uses 6. http://starwars.wikia.com... 7. http://starwars.wikia.com... 8. http://starwars.wikia.com... 9. http://starwars.wikia.com... 10. http://starwars.wikia.com... 11. http://en.memory-alpha.org...