From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ixn5c!inuxc!ralph Newsgroups: net.startrek Title: Phasers Article-I.D.: inuxc.387 Posted: Fri Sep 10 16:37:44 1982 Received: Sat Sep 11 02:17:00 1982 OK, I give up. How *do* phasers work? Why is it that they only vaporize their target, without getting anything else around them? A very neat weapon indeed. Does the stun setting work on the same principle as the "kill" setting? Are there various levels between stun and kill? And since we're on the subject, I have to say that I liked the phaser "effect" in TWoK better than the old tv series' greenies. Live Long and Prosper, Ralph Keyser inuxc!ralph