Phasers are better than Star Wars blasters and light sabers

Lightsaber Range While the beam doesn't spread all the time, the beam is able to spread by setting the phaser to fire a phaser sweep [1]. Secondly, stating that a magnetic containment field wasn't there because there is no evidence of it in the form of hearsay on the show is a logical fallacy by argument of silence. Further evidence for the charge of a phaser beam can be found in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual. To quote the book, a phaser works because "energetic plasma is pumped to a prefire chamber made out of a superconducting lithium-copper. There, it undergoes a rapid nadion effect in which strong nuclear forces are liberated. A protonic charge forms and is released in pulses to the emitter made out of the same superconductive crystal. A beam of elecromagnetic energy is released from it, at the speed of light" [1]. Note the underlined text in the quote. The beam is both a form of electromagnetic energy and clearly has a "protonic" charge. Therefore, due to the fact that the beam has a charge, it will therefore be adversely affected (Either deflected away from, or absorbed into) a lightsaber's blade. Sabotage Firstly, you, as pro, have the burden of proof to assert evidence for the capability of sabotaging a lightsaber. Secondly, due to the fact that the system is self-contained (plasma arcing out, and being forced back into the hilt via magnetic containment), and that the lightsaber has energy dampeners in place to prevent energy discharges, along with the lack on examples of sabotage on the Wookipedia page on lightsabers even though the lightsaber has been used since at least 3653 BBY, it can therefore be inferred that sabotage of a lightsaber is quite difficult to achieve, if not near-impossible [2][3]. Blasters Sabotage Firstly, you, as pro, have the burden of proof to assert evidence for the capability of sabotaging a blaster. Secondly, due to the increased complexity of the system relative to the phaser (the phaser only needing to charge up plasma to accelerate nadions out of an emitter with seemingly zero moving parts, whereby a blaster must have a gas discharge into a chamber to get charged up and sent out of a barrel which involves at least the movement of the Heter valve), a saboteur would have to somehow jam the Heter valve open to allow more and more gas to build up, and then plug up the barrel/reverse the polarization of the actuating module to keep the gas inside the XCiter (unlike the phaser, which merely needs a power overload), and even then, due to the lack of examples of blaster sabotages, this hypothetical situation might not even cause the weapon to critically malfunction. Radiation That still brings into question the availability of servo circuits, as the only one available was from an android. There was seemingly no more convenient of a way to get a servo circuit, than to utilize one that was already in use which implies that such a modification is difficult to achieve via the shortage of materials. Versatility Such a modification should require at most one part to keep the chamber open, which shouldn't be very difficult depending on how field-srippable the blaster is (Which if blasters are as any bit as field-strippable as real life guns, would make such a process quite simple). Secondly, the issue of accuracy via plasma should therefore affect phasers as well, since both utilize plasma, and in-fact, due to phasers being a continuously discharged beam, rather than single bolts, such an issue of accuracy (in combination with the aforementioned lack of optical sights) should therefore make phasers less accurate. Let the reader note that the issue of a non-lethal setting wasn't addressed by pro. Gas You are assuming that the plasma is made from Helium. Due to the fact that the plasma from the phaser emits a particle that doesn't actually exist in reality, it is not even known how applicable your math is. Furthermore, Sarium krelide has a maximum energy density of such magnitude. It is not asserted that a phasers power cell has such high quality Sarium krelide. You also fail to take into account that Sarium krelide leaks less than 1.05 kilojoules per hour, therefore reducing its lifespan. Lastly, neither on the page for power cells, Sarium krelide, or phasers is any mention of the power requirements for a phaser mentioned at all, let alone 1 MW. Tunnel Vaporization Firstly, what "large" is isn't specified, and secondly, this capability was only ever shown once from a type 2 phaser. Lastly, I should reiterate that such a capability is only available on the highest power setting. The standard power setting of a blaster has just as much capability to destroy "large" objects, the only difference being the time that it takes to accomplish such a task. Conclusion Due to the evidence that lightsabers can compensate for the increased range of a phaser, be just as versatile as a phaser, have less overall impairments than a phaser, and are less prone to sabotage than a phaser, I assert that a lightsaber is better than a phaser. Secondly, due to the evidence that blasters are less prone to sabotage than a phaser, have less impairments than a phaser, are just as versatile and powerful as a phaser, I assert that a blaster is better than a phaser. 1. http://en.memory-alpha.org... 2. starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsaber#Mechanics 3. starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsaber#Sith_developments_and_usage