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== Miscellaneous ==
* Memorably mentioned in Larry Elmore's ''[[Snarf Quest]]'' comic that used to run in DRAGON Magazine back in the 80's, when a group of space-travellers from a medieval fantasy world, posing as a rock band (it makes sense in context, trust me) angered a group of space miners, resulting in a high-speed chase with both parties exchanging gunfire; while the miners weren't too worried about the heroes' lasers, when Snarf pulled out his ''.357 Magnum'' (that he once killed a ''dragon'' with), they started to panic because "lasers'll burn ya, but them slug-throwers will rip yer head off!" The matter became moot, anyway, after the team wizard hit the miners with a Lightning Bolt spell, but still...
* In both ''[[Star Wars]]'' and the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'' blasters rule the day, but some groups use firearms, which are called slugthrowers, since they can be silenced, their rounds cannot be seen like blaster bolts (the former traveling significantly faster), can be made to be explosive/incendiary etc, can not be deflected with a lightsaber, and are cheaper. Blasters are typically used because they are more powerful (RPGs consistently make them 1.5 times as powerful), have significantly higher capacity, and have stun settings.
** I present you [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Protector_revolver the Protector] [[Revolvers Are Just Better|Revolver]]. Yes, [[Revolvers Are Just Better]] in the Star Wars verse, as it is very easy for this revolver in particular to pierce modern armor. Why would it be able to pierce armor? Well, it's often been said of the blaster that it increased the use of the slugthrower by making heavy body armor useless, thus dissuading people from making themselves bulletproof. Slugthrowers in general are also apparently more rugged and reliable, cause according to the wiki's page quote for [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Slugthrowers slugthrowers]:
{{quote|'''Phloremirlla Tenk''': Slugthrowers. I hate 'em. But they're easy to maintain. Day or two in the jungle and your blaster'll never fire again. A good slug rifle, keep 'em wiped and oiled, they last forever. The guerrillas have pretty good luck with them, even though they take a lot of practice—slugs are ballistic, y'know? You have to plot the trajectory in your head. Shee, gimme a blaster anytime."}}
* In the dwelling of crossover fanfiction writers, a common argument is found raging endlessly. Star Wars vs. Halo. The main conflict comes from the argument that even though Star Wars tech is centuries ahead of UNSC and Covenant tech, a MAC round might completely ignore any and all Star Wars shielding. While Star Wars has [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Deflector_shield ray shields] to deal with physical projectiles, it's arguable that they were not designed with [http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Magnetic_Accelerator_Cannon 3,000 ton slugs moving at 120,000 kilometers a second] in mind (four tenths the speed of light).
** Which if you really think about, makes a whole lot of sense. If a Star Destroyer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4PH_K7XzEo can't even block an asteroid from slamming into it's bridge,] there's no way it's going to do anything to stop a MAC round.
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