To: oath@MIT.EDU
Subject: Information on plasma lenses
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 14:12:46 -0500
From: Derrick Kong
Plasma lenses in general:
Standard plasma lenses are the only sort that are currently in
production, or in widespread use. There were once nanoplasma lenses,
though not many, and there are even fewer of them now. Other than
standard plasma lenses, most of the other kind are "lost", i.e. still
exist but are not actively used.
Macro-lenses:
There are no other plasma macro lenses in existence. This one was
made on Tiras Nova a long time ago, and it was never made at all, and
it was made recently. Nobody has the technology to make plasma macro
lenses, though it is something that current inworld tech could aspire
to.
Micro-lenses:
There's under a hundred in existence. The approximately-nearest one
is on Pierogi. Most of them are in the inworlds; the largest clump is
on Riden. This one was made on Craterrock a long time ago. Nobody
has the technology to make plasma micro-lenses, though it is something
that current inworld tech could aspire to.
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