Lasers and Force Fields / Shields

[sunderedhero]

Do lasers pass through armor mod force fields? The laser section says they're blocked by "Barriers of energy" which sounds like a force field to me, but int the section on force fields it says that they don't block laser beams. And if they do, does the force field still take damage as they pass through like they do to "transparent physical barriers"?

Lasers p184:

"Laser weapons emit highly focused beams of light that deal fire damage. These beams can pass through glass and other transparent physical barriers, dealing damage to such barriers as they pass through. Barriers of energy or magical force block lasers.

Force Fields p206:

The force field blocks solids and liquids but not gases or light (including laser beams).

And the big question is if lasers do bypass force shields, would then starship lasers pass through (and possibly still damage) a starships shields?

Thoughts?

[Aramilian]

sunderedhero wrote:

Do lasers pass through armor mod force fields? The laser section says they're blocked by "Barriers of energy" which sounds like a force field to me, but int the section on force fields it says that they don't block laser beams. And if they do, does the force field still take damage as they pass through like they do to "transparent physical barriers"?

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And the big question is if lasers do bypass force shields, would then starship lasers pass through (and possibly still damage) a starships shields?

Thoughts?

Well, reading as a pure RAW it would seem like laser weapons are basically the kryptonite of shield users, something I honestly would be more than okay with, but the ship question is actually rather interesting. I think the question comes in with what the shield is supposed to do, for if the ship shield is built to basically act as a way to encapsulate what it's protecting while the ship itself creates the air it might be a case of no, but then would it cause light itself to be blocked since that's what a laser is?

[sunderedhero]

Anyone else wanna chime in/faq this?

[dragonhunterq]

Force fields come with with their own rule re: lasers. If they are an energy barrier the specific rule for them overrides the general rule, it does not create a new general rule.

Shields are not force fields.
Shields are energy fields that are called out as being effective against "lasers, missiles and larger impacts".