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 (DIR) Post #A2eWfiOFPeMYxJXG1w by Azure@tailswish.industries
       2020-12-28T07:21:30.726146Z
       
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       Do you ever wonder why Star Trek even /has/ Phaser Rifles when the small handheld phases can cut through doors and blow up buildings and even kill Borg drones if they're equipped to change frequencies randomly?
       
 (DIR) Post #A2eWogoMeTcSfK1xvk by terrana@sleeping.town
       2020-12-28T07:22:53Z
       
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       @Azure So that the screenwriters can show it's Serious Time, obviously.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2eWy0ndhmTdGS8Y2y by Azure@tailswish.industries
       2020-12-28T07:24:49.296757Z
       
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       Speaking of Trek Weaponry one thing I /did/ like from DS9 was the slugthrower-with-integrated-transporter.It feels like you should be able to build a larger version of that and use it on a ship, though maybe having a heavy enough projectile moving fast enough counts as a high enough mass that it would be impractical for a shipboard transporter.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2eWz4Aaf0SQ0SNILQ by errant@glaceon.social
       2020-12-28T07:24:04Z
       
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       @Azure For more accurate long-range aiming and more space for power cells, maybe?
       
 (DIR) Post #A2eX0lb8gH5CzCbTns by Azure@tailswish.industries
       2020-12-28T07:25:19.766132Z
       
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       @errant Power cells is a good point, if you're going to be out in the fields and using it a lot.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2eYeslJZ1zYk73V7w by errant@glaceon.social
       2020-12-28T07:43:29Z
       
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       @Azure Makes you wonder if frontier colonies/shipwrecks with agressive fauna make do with whatever they could do to improve standard handheld phasersThere is just something amusing about such a high-tech device being augmented with a carved wooden stock and duct-tape
       
 (DIR) Post #A2eYloscOdKgjHmPD6 by rebel_luddite@social.linux.pizza
       2020-12-28T07:44:44Z
       
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       @Azure Accuracy? Ergonomics?Also, that transporter rifle was real awakening for me a long time ago when I saw that episode broadcast, probably the first time I saw DS9.That gun felt actually futuristic, totally sci-fi, not just some dressed up facsimile of things I am familiar with.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2fSEsVdTbjJrWtn1M by Verdigris@cybre.space
       2020-12-28T18:04:54Z
       
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       @terrana @Azure One of the key functions of non-covert weaponry is intimidation. If one side backs down with at most warning shots fired, that’s a loss minimizing outcome for both.Of course, that’s not flashy, so we rarely see it on screen. Although it can make for a great psychological study of the characters involved.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2fSHZc8BX9c82DppY by Azure@tailswish.industries
       2020-12-28T18:07:02.965328Z
       
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       @starkatt Sure! I'm curious. The main obvious answer so far seems to be 'more power cells'.
       
 (DIR) Post #A2fTuxVPOGo9TVQE4G by Azure@tailswish.industries
       2020-12-28T18:25:22.016041Z
       
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       @starkatt Huh, interesting. I thought the ease of aiming rifles was all down to the barrel shape and rifling making the bullet fly straighter.I didn't realize there was as much of how you hold and sight along it involved.