I won't blow your cover, Steph, but despite your demure avatar, that kind of warfare-like fact is right up your occupational alley. They don't call you 'Stealth Steph' for nothing!
Actually it is quite apropos. Despite the Star Wars moniker, the laser beams we use are invisible. No light show; things just start dropping like smoking flies! BTW, trebuchets and the like are to physicists what golf clubs are to you; fun when played with, but deadly when the need arises.
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.