csdeptaa@unm-cvax.UUCP (10/27/84)
Was that a laser used in (TC)? It looked like a phaser to me, but I suppose I should check on my books a little closer. Anyway, It seems that the laser was used as SF's standard weapon along with the partical beam cannon as SF's standard heavy weapon. It was suggested that the phaser, through intense experimentation, became a culmination of both weapons. Having the Penetration of the laser and the impact of the partical beam cannon. That's why I wonder about the cannon in (TC) being a laser or phaser? Chris Wayne @ UNM
slf@teddy.UUCP (Scott Fisher) (11/06/84)
Last night I just saw another SF weapon. It was a grenade launcher and the grenades were far from conventional. When they exploded they made a sound like metal striking one of those wires supporting a telephone pole. The episode was the one when Kirk had to fight the Gorn with no weapons accept what he could find on the planet. Scott.