Rayguns in fiction
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Raygun
Rayguns are a type of fictional directed-energy weapon. They have various alternate names: ray gun, death ray, beam gun, blaster, laser gun, phaser, etc. They are a well-known feature of science fiction; for such stories they typically have the general function of guns...
s often appear in fiction, frequently science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
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| Aliens Aliens (film) Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, and Bill Paxton... and its series (Colonial Marines weapons) (Their other weapons fire projectiles.) |
"PIG" plasma Plasma (physics) In physics and chemistry, plasma is a state of matter similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized. Heating a gas may ionize its molecules or atoms , thus turning it into a plasma, which contains charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions... cannon |
Run off a backpack powerpack. Uses an electrolaser Electrolaser An electrolaser is a type of electroshock weapon which is also a directed-energy weapon. It uses lasers to form an electrically conductive laser-induced plasma channel... to create a magnetic containment bottle, and then slams a blob of plasma into the target. |
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| "Particle Beam Phalanx" | Particle beam Particle beam A particle beam is a stream of charged or neutral particles which may be directed by magnets and focused by electrostatic lenses, although they may also be self-focusing .... |
Cannon-sized. The APC Armoured personnel carrier An armoured personnel carrier is an armoured fighting vehicle designed to transport infantry to the battlefield.APCs are usually armed with only a machine gun although variants carry recoilless rifles, anti-tank guided missiles , or mortars... was armed with it. |
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| Babylon 5 Babylon 5 Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262... |
Phased plasma gun Phased plasma gun The Phased Plasma Gun is a fictional weapon from the television series Babylon 5. It fires a small charge of superheated helium. This gas retains both its shape and small volume via a residual magnetic field. Upon impact with an object, the magnetic field is dissipated and the heat discharged... |
small pulse of plasma Plasma (physics) In physics and chemistry, plasma is a state of matter similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized. Heating a gas may ionize its molecules or atoms , thus turning it into a plasma, which contains charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions... |
In earlier episodes, few shots were fired, & plasma bursts were carefully generated by CGI, & penetrated the target, but when massive battles were staged, the CGI became lower quality, so the burst did not penetrate, but faded off. |
| Blake's 7 Blake's 7 Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978... |
paragun | a short burst | Federation standard issue. Image here. More Federation kit images here. |
| a pistol | Federation issue. Image here. | ||
| Blood 1 and 2 | Tesla Cannon | A cannon that shoots electrical discharges, possibly named after Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer... |
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| Captain Proton | blaster | lethal white electric ray | 1930-ish, made exaggerated sound & visual effects |
| In a show within a show: parody within a "straight" show. In Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while... episode Bride of Chaotica, Tom Paris Tom Paris Thomas Eugene "Tom" Paris, played by Robert Duncan McNeill, is a character in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. Paris serves as the chief helmsman and an auxiliary medic aboard the USS Voyager... made a holodeck Holodeck A holodeck, in the fictional Star Trek universe, is a simulated reality facility located on starships and starbases. The first use of a "holodeck" by that name in the Star Trek universe was in the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Encounter at Farpoint", although a conceptually... adventure series where he acted as Captain Proton, a 1930s 1930s File:1930s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: Dorothea Lange's photo of the homeless Florence Thompson show the effects of the Great Depression; Due to the economic collapse, the farms become dry and the Dust Bowl spreads through America; The Battle of Wuhan during the Second Sino-Japanese... style SF Science fiction Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities... hero. |
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| Command & Conquer: Renegade Command & Conquer: Renegade Command & Conquer: Renegade is a first and third person shooter video game developed by Westwood Studios and is part of the Command & Conquer series. It is the only C&C game that uses the first person view... |
Black Widow (Volt auto-rifle) | constant electrical beam (electrolaser Electrolaser An electrolaser is a type of electroshock weapon which is also a directed-energy weapon. It uses lasers to form an electrically conductive laser-induced plasma channel... ?) |
High damage to all targets. Short range. |
| Firefly (laser rifle) | instant visible laser bolts | Rapid fire. Automatic. 50 shots per power pack. Recoil. | |
| Tarantula (laser chaingun) | instant visible laser bolts | Rapid fire. Chain driven, automatic, much faster than Firefly. 100 shots per power pack. | |
| Merlin (personal ion cannon) | instant visible bolt of ion Ion An ion is an atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, giving it a net positive or negative electrical charge. The name was given by physicist Michael Faraday for the substances that allow a current to pass between electrodes in a... s |
High-powered. Rather large. Fires for a second, but cannot again for 3 seconds after. Less than 6 shots per power pack. | |
| Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (novel) Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (novel) Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars is a spin off novel by Keith R. A. DeCandido based on the popular RTS video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars by Electronic Arts... |
T7 | Laser beam | Tiberium Tiberium Tiberium or Ichor is a fictional substance that is central to the plot of much of the Command & Conquer series of real-time strategy video games... fueled laser pulse. Nod weapon. |
| EW1 | Laser beam | GDI copy of Nod's T7. fuel cells leak when dropped | |
| Scrin cannon | particle beam | Beam of tiberium particles. Causes "Ti-rot" in affected humans. | |
| Crash Bandicoot | raygun | plasma of charged particles: rapid fire | fires green shots that when charged can completely obliterate target |
| Darwin's World Darwin's World Darwin's World, created by Dominic Covey, is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game first published under the d20 Open Game License in 2001. Originally designed as a quick adaptation of the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules, the game has since been greatly expanded and revised and now utilizes... alternate history post-apocalyptic role-playing game |
laser rifle | Nd:YAG laser Nd:YAG laser Nd:YAG is a crystal that is used as a lasing medium for solid-state lasers. The dopant, triply ionized neodymium, typically replaces yttrium in the crystal structure of the yttrium aluminium garnet , since they are of similar size... , possibly air-cooled |
hasty wartime mass-production c.2011, possibly recycled metal frame. No obvious sighting mechanism. Power usually from removable hydrogen fuel cell. Focusing crystals noted for high quality, possibly grown in microgravity. US Army and others. About 60 cm./24 in. long, 7 lbs. |
| David Weber's novel Apocalypse Troll | blaster | pulse of plasma Plasma (physics) In physics and chemistry, plasma is a state of matter similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized. Heating a gas may ionize its molecules or atoms , thus turning it into a plasma, which contains charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions... |
capacitor Capacitor A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electrical component used to store energy in an electric field. The forms of practical capacitors vary widely, but all contain at least two electrical conductors separated by a dielectric ; for example, one common construction consists of metal foils separated... -fed |
| Descent Series Descent (computer game) Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Entertainment Corp. in 1995. The game features six degrees of freedom gameplay and garnered several expansion packs... |
lasers, pistol | A laser pulse (colors ranging from orange to white to light blue) | uses argon-cyanide gas |
| Descent: FreeSpace Descent: FreeSpace Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is a 1998 space combat simulation IBM PC compatible computer game developed by Volition, Inc. when it was split off from Parallax Software. Published by Interplay Entertainment, it is also known as Conflict: FreeSpace – The Great War in Europe... |
photon beam cannons | a large devastating glowing beam that damages and destroys enemy ships. | |
| Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior... |
Dalek Dalek The Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Within the series, Daleks are cyborgs from the planet Skaro, created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals... s' guns |
"ruby rays" | fired from a gunstalk attached to the Dalek. Victim tuns negative and skeleton is visible for a few seconds. "Ruby" may be taken from ruby laser Ruby laser A ruby laser is a solid-state laser that uses a synthetic ruby crystal as its gain medium. The first working laser was a ruby laser made by Theodore H. "Ted" Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories on May 16, 1960.... s. |
| Doom Doom (series) Doom is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by id Software. The series focuses on the exploits of an unnamed space marine operating under the UAC , who fights hordes of undead and demons in order to survive... |
Plasma rifle Plasma rifle When discussing weapons in science fiction, a plasma weapon is a type of raygun that fires a stream, bolt, pulse or toroid of plasma... |
plasma Plasma (physics) In physics and chemistry, plasma is a state of matter similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized. Heating a gas may ionize its molecules or atoms , thus turning it into a plasma, which contains charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions... |
rapid-fire plasma bolt weapon. |
| BFG 9000 BFG 9000 The BFG 9000 is a futuristic weapon found in the video game series Doom. The BFG 9000 is a huge, solid metal gun that fires balls of green plasma. The most powerful weapon in the games, it is capable of destroying nearly any player or enemy in the vicinity with a single hit... |
undefined (stated as plasma in Doom 3 Doom 3 Doom 3 is a science fiction horror video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. An example of the first-person shooter genre, Doom 3 was first released for Microsoft Windows on August 3, 2004. The game was later adapted for Linux, as well as being ported by Aspyr Media for Mac... ) |
deadly energy weapon using unreal physics. | |
| Farscape Farscape Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment... |
various weapons | see Farscape Pulse weapons | |
| F.E.A.R. | Armacham Type-7 Particle Weapon | plasma Plasma (physics) In physics and chemistry, plasma is a state of matter similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized. Heating a gas may ionize its molecules or atoms , thus turning it into a plasma, which contains charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions... |
Quake railgun Railgun A railgun is an entirely electrical gun that accelerates a conductive projectile along a pair of metal rails using the same principles as the homopolar motor. Railguns use two sliding or rolling contacts that permit a large electric current to pass through the projectile. This current interacts... style weapon, can vaporise enemies, leaving only their skeletons and their weapons (for game reasons, to let the player pick them up) or on occasion reducing the target to a fountain of gibs. |
| Forbidden Planet Forbidden Planet Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox, with a screenplay by Cyril Hume. It stars Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, and Anne Francis. The characters and its setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and its plot contains certain... |
hand blasters | could kill or vaporize | crew issue |
| larger blasters | radio controlled, operated by "blastermen" | ||
| The Foundation Series (The Trilogy) | blaster | dazzling beam of high-power nuclear particle Subatomic particle In physics or chemistry, subatomic particles are the smaller particles composing nucleons and atoms. There are two types of subatomic particles: elementary particles, which are not made of other particles, and composite particles... s, shattered target. |
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| The Foundation Series (The prequels) | blaster | weaker, only disrupted men's internal organs, nearly no visible effect, only small release of power. | |
| The Foundation Series (The Sequels) | blaster | An almost invisible beam making living beings explode with moderate noise (explained to be a microwave Microwave Microwaves, a subset of radio waves, have wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF , and various sources use different boundaries... gun). |
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| Ghostbusters Ghostbusters Ghostbusters is a 1984 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis and follows three eccentric parapsychologists in New York City, who start a... |
proton pack Proton pack The Proton Pack is a fictional energy weapon used for weakening ghosts and aiding in capturing them within the Ghostbusters universe. First depicted in the film Ghostbusters, it has a hand-held wand connected to a backpack-sized particle accelerator... |
particle beam | long gun which runs off a backpack which contains a nuclear accelerator |
| Gridlinked Gridlinked Gridlinked is Neal Asher's first novel, published by the Macmillan Publishers imprint Pan Books in 2001. It contains elements of the technological inventiveness of hard science-fiction with a more contemporary political plotline... |
pulse-gun | various | |
| Gundam Gundam The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam.... |
mega beam cannons | "mega particles" | "Minovsky particles". Minovsky Physics operate throughout series. |
| Halo (series) Halo (series) Halo is a multi-million dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant... |
various Covenant Covenant (Halo) The Covenant are a fictional theocratic military alliance of alien races who serve as the main antagonists in the Halo video game series. They are composed of a variety of diverse species, united under the religious worship of the enigmatic Forerunners and their belief that Forerunner ringworlds... plasma weapons |
Magnetically guided and contained plasma; bolts appear to be subsonic | Uses battery that can't be recharged or replaced by main character |
| Type-50 Sniper Rifle System | Covenant sniper rifle firing a near-instanteneous blue beam | Similar to above | |
| Weapon/Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle (M6 G/GNR), a.k.a. "the Spartan Laser" | Powerful red LASER beam powerful enough for anti-tank warfare | Built-in non-replacable BA-53635/PLMD power cell lasts for 4-5 shots; PP-16979/AM-Sh recharges are extremely rare and thus not seen in the games | |
| The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin The Garin Death Ray also known as The Death Box and The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin is a science fiction novel by the noted Russian author Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy written in 1926–1927. It was one of the first science fiction novels in Russian... (1927 novel) |
"hyperboloid" | See The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin The Garin Death Ray also known as The Death Box and The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin is a science fiction novel by the noted Russian author Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy written in 1926–1927. It was one of the first science fiction novels in Russian... |
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| Hammer's Slammers Hammer's Slammers Hammer's Slammers is a 1979 collection of military science fiction short stories by author David Drake. It follows the career of a future mercenary tank regiment called Hammer's Slammers, after their leader, Colonel Alois Hammer... |
Powergun | plasma pulse | Accelerates 1 cm to 20 cm worth of perfectly arranged copper Copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish... atoms down a mirror- smooth, liquid nitrogen Nitrogen Nitrogen is a chemical element that has the symbol N, atomic number of 7 and atomic mass 14.00674 u. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.08% by volume of Earth's atmosphere... cooled tube; the atoms become a plasma Plasma (physics) In physics and chemistry, plasma is a state of matter similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized. Heating a gas may ionize its molecules or atoms , thus turning it into a plasma, which contains charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions... pulse. 1 cm pellets are the standard for pistols and submachine gun Submachine gun A submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were... s. 2 cm for rifles and tribarrels. 10 cm for antitank/antiair use. 20 cm used for tank Tank A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities... cannons and can split a mountain. |
| The Hyperion Cantos Hyperion Cantos The Hyperion Cantos is a series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. Set in the far future, and focusing more on plot and story development than technical detail, it falls into the soft science fiction category... |
Death Wand | A laser-like beam weapon which fatally disrupted the synapses of a human. | Could only be operated at close range (a few meters), had no visible or audible effects, caused no visible damage to the target. Neutrino Neutrino A neutrino is an electrically neutral, weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle with a half-integer spin, chirality and a disputed but small non-zero mass. It is able to pass through ordinary matter almost unaffected... based. All non-human life was unaffected. |
| Independence Day Independence Day (film) Independence Day is a 1996 science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same... |
city-destroyer ray | burst of unspecified blue energy | uses laser to aim at target, then shoots down a burst of energy, destroying target and igniting a destructive wall of fire to spread over city. |
| James Bond: Moonraker (film) Moonraker (film) Moonraker is the eleventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The third and final film in the series to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, it co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery, and Richard Kiel... |
"Moonraker laser" | laser beam | Has white casing. Images: http://goldeneye.detstar.com/beta/militarylaser.jpg http://www.agonybooth.com/moonraker/monk_laser.jpg http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/4995/rakerg8fe.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/MoonrakerMovieNovel.jpg It also appears in some videogames. |
| James Bond 007: Nightfire James Bond 007: Nightfire 007: NightFire is a first-person shooter video game featuring the character of the British secret agent James Bond and a sequel to Agent Under Fire, published by Electronic Arts in .... (a videogame) |
Phoenix International Experimental Laser Rifle | "laser beam" | handheld powerful weapon with unlimited ammo AMMO AMMO may refer to:* The AMMO Munitions Systems Specialist career field, as part of the United States Air Force* Ammunition as fired from projectile weapons, typically guns* Ammo * Ammo... , but needs a short time to recharge its integral power cell Power cell Power cell may refer to:* Battery , an array of galvanic cells for storing electricity* Electrochemical cell, a device that generates electricity from chemical reactions* Fuel cell, an electrochemical energy conversion chamber using reactants... s before reuse. Fires visible, rather slow-moving bolts. Can be charged up for a more-powerful slower-moving blast. |
| Kingdom Hearts II Kingdom Hearts II is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Buena Vista Games and Square Enix in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console... (a videogame) |
Gun Arrow | bullet-like laser beams | Handheld powerful weapon that Xigbar, No. 2 in the Organization Organization XIII is a fictional group of characters featured in Square Enix and Disney Interactive Studios' Kingdom Hearts video game series. The group comprises thirteen beings without hearts called NobodiesIn the video game series' setting, beings comprise a body, heart and soul, known as a 'Whole'. When a heart... , uses. Bullets shot will curve toward target. Can be overcharged to fire a powerful "Giant Shot". |
| Kingdom of Loathing Kingdom of Loathing Kingdom of Loathing is a browser-based, multiplayer role-playing game designed and operated by Asymmetric Publications, including creator Zack "Jick" Johnson and writer Josh "Mr. Skullhead" Nite. The game was released in 2003... MMORPG MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world.... |
Toy Ray Gun | laser Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation... beam |
A stereotypical laser Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation... pistol. It apparently has an artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its... . |
| Lucky Starr Lucky Starr series Lucky Starr is the hero of a series of science fiction books by Isaac Asimov, using the pen name "Paul French". Intended for juveniles, the books were written in the middle of the Cold War and the series shows traces of this, both in educational intent and in the nature of the social forces involved... |
blasters | small slugs which, meeting a surface, turned a fraction of their mass into energy (method indeterminate), killing the target with minimum of external light & sound | |
| Metroid (series) (a videogame) | various | see Items in the Metroid series | |
| Quake Quake (series) The Quake series is a line of first-person shooter video games produced by id Software.-Overview:The Quake series is somewhat unusual in that its focus changes frequently; the story of Quake II has nothing to do with Quake, and Quake III Arena has little to do with either of its predecessors... |
BFG10K | plasma | |
| Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, released in Japan as is a survival horror video game and the sequel to Resident Evil 2, developed and published by Capcom. The game was released for the PlayStation, and was subsequently ported to the Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo GameCube... |
Paracelsus's Sword | Massive experimental rail cannon being produced and wielded by the failed U. S. Army unit sent into Raccoon City to retrieve the G-Virus from William Birkin. | Needs unusually large batteries Battery (electricity) An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power... to fire; launches a massively offensive energy beam. |
| Resistance: Fall of Man Resistance: Fall of Man Resistance: Fall of Man is a first-person shooter video game for the PlayStation 3. It was developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game is set in an alternate history 1951, and follows Sgt... |
Auger Auger An auger is a drilling device, or drill bit, that usually includes a rotating helical screw blade called a "flighting" to act as a screw conveyor to remove the drilled out material... |
Chimeran primary weapon, similar to the Hl2 OSIPIR. | |
| Robotech Robotech Robotech is an 85-episode science fiction anime adaptation produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. and first released in the United States in 1985... |
Reflex Cannon | artillery-sized, to destroy spaceships | |
| Stargate Stargate Stargate is a adventure military science fiction franchise, initially conceived by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Stargate. It was originally released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco, and became a hit, grossing nearly... |
staff weapon | yellow plasma-bolt | 2-handed like a spear. |
| intar | red ball of energy | stuns & causes headache Headache A headache or cephalalgia is pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck. The brain tissue itself is not sensitive to pain because it lacks pain receptors. Rather, the pain is caused by disturbance of the... , used for training, supplied as mock versions of other weapons |
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| Kull disruptor | a blue blast | the only known energy weapon that can disable a Kull Warrior Kull Warrior In the fictional universe of the science fiction TV show Stargate SG-1, the Kull Warriors are creatures created by the Goa'uld Anubis for use as his personal army.-Concept and production:... |
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| zat | unknown: blue electrical discharge | Small, one-hand. One hit stuns, two kills, and three vaporises. | |
| Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" | raygun | red/blue bullet of energy | Fires bullet that on impact makes splash-like motion, causing minor damage. Overheats from firing too long. |
| laser shotgun | A steady blue beam of energy. | Fires sonic pulse stream that pushes back whatever it hits. Overheats from firing too long. | |
| laser RPG | A swirling mass of red and white energy. | After charging long enough, will fire a large ball of red and white energy that flies through the air on an arc, and on impact makes large explosion with wide area of damage. | |
| Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros., known in Japan as , is a series of fighting games published by Nintendo, featuring characters from established video games. The gameplay differs from traditional fighters for focusing on knocking opponents out of the stage instead of depleting life bars... |
Ray Gun | plasma | pistol-shaped plasma-shooting gun |
| Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise... |
phaser | red or blue beam of fictional "rapid nadions" (meson Meson In particle physics, mesons are subatomic particles composed of one quark and one antiquark, bound together by the strong interaction. Because mesons are composed of sub-particles, they have a physical size, with a radius roughly one femtometer: 10−15 m, which is about the size of a proton... -like subatomic particles, (according to the Star Trek the Next Generation Manual) "involved in the exchange of information within atomic nuclei.") |
Used by the Federation Federation A federation , also known as a federal state, is a type of sovereign state characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government... and some other species. Ranges from light stun (level 1) to complete disintegration (level 16) |
| disruptor | undefined green beam or pulse | Used by Klingon Klingon Klingons are a fictional warrior race in the Star Trek universe.Klingons are recurring villains in the 1960s television show Star Trek: The Original Series, and have appeared in all five spin-off series and eight feature films... s, Romulan Romulan The Romulans are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe. First appearing in the original Star Trek series in the 1966 episode "Balance of Terror", they have since made appearances in all the main later Star Trek series: The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager... s, Cardassian Cardassian The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. First introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating on the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia Prime... s, and most non-Federation species. Usually kills, sometimes stuns. |
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| Star Wars Star Wars Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year... |
blaster | various particle bursts | See blaster (Star Wars) Blaster (Star Wars) Blasters are ranged weapons in the Star Wars fictional universe. This category of plasma bolt-firing rayguns includes various pistols, rifles, and other powerful weapons.-Production:... . which describes it in detail, but with unreal physics. |
| lightsaber Lightsaber A lightsaber is a fictional weapon in the Star Wars universe, a "laser sword." It consists of a polished metal hilt which projects a blade of light about 1.33 metres long. The lightsaber is the signature weapon of the Jedi order and their Sith counterparts, both of whom can use them for close... |
energy arc | used as a blade rather than a gun, like a laser Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation... bullet Bullet A bullet is a projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or air gun. Bullets do not normally contain explosives, but damage the intended target by impact and penetration... frozen in mid-air, or significantly speaking, a beam sword. |
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| various weapons | see List of Star Wars ranged weapons | ||
| Total Annihilation Total Annihilation Total Annihilation is a real-time strategy video game created by Cavedog Entertainment, a sub-division of Humongous Entertainment, and released on September 30, 1997 by GT Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. It was the first RTS game to feature 3D units and terrain... |
Laser | May be a traditional laser Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation... , or may use coherent meson Meson In particle physics, mesons are subatomic particles composed of one quark and one antiquark, bound together by the strong interaction. Because mesons are composed of sub-particles, they have a physical size, with a radius roughly one femtometer: 10−15 m, which is about the size of a proton... or pseudo-boson beams instead |
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| Unreal Tournament 2004 Unreal Tournament 2004 Unreal Tournament 2004, also known as UT2K4 and UT2004, is a futuristic first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes... |
Lightning Gun | electrolaser Electrolaser An electrolaser is a type of electroshock weapon which is also a directed-energy weapon. It uses lasers to form an electrically conductive laser-induced plasma channel... |
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| V V (TV series) V is a science fiction franchise created by American writer, producer and director Kenneth Johnson about an invading alien race known as the "Visitors" – reptilian humanoids disguised as human beings – trying to take over Earth, and the human Resistance group attempting to stop them.It... |
shock rifle and pistol | unknown | Can stun or wound a person. Lethal if the target is hit in a vital spot. Fires an electric blue/white bolt. |
| Warhammer 40k | Lasgun | laser beam | It usually can remove an unarmored human limb in one shot. Often considered useless by gamers, as it can do nothing more than tie up time. Many variants exists, such as the Hellgun, Hellpistol, and Laspistol. |
| Lascannon | massive energy blast | Heavier version of the Lasgun. Unlike the Lasgun, it can destroy heavily armored units with one shot. Godhammer patterns have better accuracy than conventional ones. (Note: all 40K las-weapons are recharged by a solar battery, and thus may run for an unlimited time) | |
| Plasma cannon | plasma blast | Small-arms weapon, can be scaled up to a turret-sized weapon. Plasma weapons can blast through most armour, and are prone to overheating, except for the Tau Tau (Warhammer 40,000) In the universe of Games Workshop's table-top wargame Warhammer 40,000, the Tau Empire is an alien race, inhabiting a small but dense region of space on the eastern edge of the Galaxy, roughly 300 light years in diameter... plasma rifle Plasma rifle When discussing weapons in science fiction, a plasma weapon is a type of raygun that fires a stream, bolt, pulse or toroid of plasma... s. |
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| War of the Worlds (1898) | Heat-Ray Heat-Ray The Heat-Ray is the primary offensive weapon used by the Martians in H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds and its offshoots.- In the novel :... |
varies by versions: see Heat-Ray Heat-Ray The Heat-Ray is the primary offensive weapon used by the Martians in H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds and its offshoots.- In the novel :... |
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| Edison's Conquest of Mars Edison's Conquest of Mars Edison's Conquest of Mars, by Garrett P. Serviss, is one of the many science fiction novels published in the 19th century. Although science fiction was not at the time thought of as a distinct literary genre, it was a very popular literary form, with almost every fiction magazine regularly... (1898 sequel to ditto) |
disintegrator ray Disintegrator ray In science fiction, a disintegrator ray is an energy beam that destroys an object by disintegrating it to its basic components, which usually disperse into the atmosphere. Ray gun is the generic term for the weapons that fire disintegrator beams... |
unspecified invisible ray | evaporates matter whose frequency it is set to: no heat flash |
| (various) | plasma rifle | plasma Plasma (physics) In physics and chemistry, plasma is a state of matter similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized. Heating a gas may ionize its molecules or atoms , thus turning it into a plasma, which contains charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions... |
See plasma rifle Plasma rifle When discussing weapons in science fiction, a plasma weapon is a type of raygun that fires a stream, bolt, pulse or toroid of plasma... , including for why they are unlikely in the real world. |
