Nah, Heavyarms Kai from Wing. That was the... third Gundam I'd ever seen (after Char's Counterattack and SD) and the first one I had the time to watch all the way through.
But anyway. We're not here to talk about which Gundam series was the best (Hint: It's SD), we're here to talk beamsabers. And now that I know what you're aiming for, the Word of Mod can issue a preliminary ruling:
Beamsabers made with straight handwavium tech are possible, they'll look cool and provide +5 intimidation bonus to people who don't know better, but that's all they can do. A pure-wave saber is basically a really fancy prop weapon, like a light saber with a neon bulb. Pretty, but as a weapon you're probably better off trying to throw it at somebody.
Now, the technology is out there that would provide a proper Gundam style[1] beamsaber is out there. I'll leave the technobabble up to the technobabble experts; pseudo-Minovsky particle field bottle trapping high-density plasmas or whatever. The catch is, this is Catalog tech and wouldn't be available to the mech jock on the street until the 2020s. Naturally if the Gundam's a pre-2020 model upgrading is possible, but independent operators would get mean looks from law-enforcement and military pros, so probably want to reup on that AEUG membership or maybe just sign on with Great Justice and cut out the middleman.
[1] [url= if I can't help thinking of it, then neither can you.[/url]
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But anyway. We're not here to talk about which Gundam series was the best (Hint: It's SD), we're here to talk beamsabers. And now that I know what you're aiming for, the Word of Mod can issue a preliminary ruling:
Beamsabers made with straight handwavium tech are possible, they'll look cool and provide +5 intimidation bonus to people who don't know better, but that's all they can do. A pure-wave saber is basically a really fancy prop weapon, like a light saber with a neon bulb. Pretty, but as a weapon you're probably better off trying to throw it at somebody.
Now, the technology is out there that would provide a proper Gundam style[1] beamsaber is out there. I'll leave the technobabble up to the technobabble experts; pseudo-Minovsky particle field bottle trapping high-density plasmas or whatever. The catch is, this is Catalog tech and wouldn't be available to the mech jock on the street until the 2020s. Naturally if the Gundam's a pre-2020 model upgrading is possible, but independent operators would get mean looks from law-enforcement and military pros, so probably want to reup on that AEUG membership or maybe just sign on with Great Justice and cut out the middleman.
[1] [url= if I can't help thinking of it, then neither can you.[/url]
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"