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From: m1b@rayssd.UUCP (M. Joseph Barone)
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Subject: Re: Re: Phasers
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 12:08:54 EST
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In <847@nmtvax.UUCP>, overlord@nmtvax.UUCP (Alan Kerr) writes:

>      This phased amplification is why the phaser had so many settings.
> You could selectivly cause a desired effect.... 
> heat: amplify in the IR region.
> Stun: amplify on the frequency/voltage/whatever for a nerve cell to fire.
> Disrupt: amplify on known resonance frequencies until it explodes.
> Etc.

	Actually, the selectivity was much more refined as explained by
Mike McNally in <18200019@smu.UUCP> over a year ago:

> Please pardon me if this topic has popped up before.
> 
> Let's face it: the phaser is the ultimate intelligent weapon.  It only
> affects axactly that chunk of matter which the wielder desires
> affected.  Here's my list of phaser functions:
> 
> 1.	Stun.  Not used nearly as often as you would think.  Seems to me
> that this would give everybody a weapon like Spock's shoulder pinch.
> 
> 2.  Make-object-turn-blue-and-go-away.  Frequently used.
> 
> 3.  Make-object-explode.  I saw this in "Private Little War".  In this
> episode, we also learn that communicators, when applied correctly, can
> make huge rocks come tumbling down a hillside.
> 
> 4.  Make-object-get-real-hot.  Can't remember the episode,; Zulu and
> some guys heat up a rock in an attempt to get warm.
> 
> 5.  Supply-power-for-shuttlecraft.  Happens in "Galileo 7".
> 
> 6.  Kill-people-but-don't-remove-bodies.  Seems to me that the beam is
> red when this happens.
> 
> 7.  Overload-and-cause-vast-destruction.  The ultimate effect.
> 
> I'm sure there are many, many more.  How can the federation loose when
> every serviceman carries this kind of destructive force?
> 
> Mike McNally
> ...convex!smu!mike