Weapons in Star Trek
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The Star Trek fictional universe contains a variety of weapons, ranging from missiles to melee. The Star Trek franchise consists mainly of several multi-season television shows and fourteen movies, as
Captain Kirk wielding a phaser rifle
An Akira-class starship fires photon torpedoes.
Raygun
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A raygun is a science-fiction directed-energy weapon usually with destructive effect. They have various names: ray gun, death ray, beam gun, blaster, laser gun, laser pistol, phaser, zap gun, etc. In
Weapons in Star Trek
…compared them to real-life microwave based weapons that have a stunning effect. The franchise depicts various weapons which mostly fit the motif of the raygun, the most prominent of these being the "phaser". These directed-energy weapons emit energy rather than a projectile, though some (particularly in newer…
Toy "Space Pilot X Ray Gun" made by the Japanese Taiyo company in the early 1970s. When the trigger is pulled, the mechanism in the toy makes sounds and causes sparks to appear inside the transparent red cone on the front.
Buck Rogers using a raygun on the cover of Famous Funnies #209
Raygun in E. E. Smith's Lensman novels