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From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP (The devil himself)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: re: phasers
Message-ID: <1156@decwrl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 12:18:09 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 30 12:18:09 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 06:34:35 EST
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>My understanding is that there are several types of phasers.  (The
> ...
>Type 1:	Small, concealabe hand model

	This is the only actual Federation hand-held phaser (as such)

>Type 2: Pistal type used in most shows.

	The type 2 phaser (pistol) is actually a type 1 phaser with
	an external powerpack (to extend the power and range) in a pistol
	grip.

>Type 3: The "paser-rifle" used in WNMHGB4  
>		(85% cofident on PHASER not LASER!)
                                                              
	There *are* phaser rifles (again, type-1 phasers, with much
	larger external power packs in a rifle stock).  However, you
	can't really include the weapons in "Where No Man Has Gone
	Before", since that was a pilot, and the Star Trek universe
	hadn't quite been worked out yet... the rifles weren't the same.

>Type 4: The "paser-cannon" used in "The Managerie" (Where Spock 
>	mutainously hijacks E to take Pike to _____ (name that planet))

	The weapons used in The Cage were lasers, not phasers.  Again,
	discrepancies are explained by the fact that The Cage (later
	adapted to the 2-part episode The Menagerie) was a pilot, and
	not subject to all the conventions and technology of the later
	Star Trek series.

>Type 5: Main ship phasers.

	Again, type 1 phasers with an even larger external power pack
	in the shape of a starship ;-) (``I say, that's a *joke*, son!'')

>Type 6: Alien versions.  (Name all the shows and aliens that use
>		phasers)

	I'll pass on this one, but I don't remember many aliens using
	phasers.  Klingons, yes... I'm not even sure about the Romulans,
	but I don't think so.

>			John W

	/dave

Dave Butenhof
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Digital Equipment Corp.
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