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Author: Halberd

Dec 16th 2012 at 12:18:05 PM

Well, no, it's not about "there's no way of guiding them", it's just that how you describe it, it sounds like the magnetic field is like a track and the bolt simply travels down it like a bullet down very long, invisible gun barrel that stops the plasma going off in random directions. ''"When the weapon charges, a ball of superheated plasma forms in front of the turret, then after about 3 seconds, it fires outward at its target. Inside the turret, gas is superheated by the ship's reactor to produce the charge of plasma. Magnetic coils shape and guide the plasma, acting as a sophisticated focusing lens."'' - The most descriptive extract from the most popular Halo Wiki, [[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Plasma_turret_(starship) Halo Nation]], that I found, which seems to back up that interpretation.

If it isn't like that, please can you tell me how it is supposed to work, or point me toward a reliable source.

If it actually tracks by being pulled this way and that by alteration of magnetic fields, etc. (and is not just travelling in an arc because magnetic fields are curved) as it travels through space then it is played straight.