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Space battles would be so much cooler if every now and then the phaser gets split around the ship instead of hitting the shields.
Would also work even when shields are down.
But that needs air. There's no air in space.
Damn... you're right.
Maybe they'll find another way now that they've found one.
A mirror? Light won't reflect off of nothing. The closest you'll get is gravitational lensing, but that requires about a galaxy's worth of mass to make any noticeable difference.