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[[File:klingon_disruptor-dsc05.jpg|350px|thumb|center|Klingon disruptor ([[Chronology: 2256|2256]]) ([[Star Trek: Discovery|DSC]] [[Choose Your Pain (Episode)|05]])]] | [[File:klingon_disruptor-dsc05.jpg|350px|thumb|center|Klingon disruptor ([[Chronology: 2256|2256]]) ([[Star Trek: Discovery|DSC]] [[Choose Your Pain (Episode)|05]])]] | ||
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| − | The disruptor was a common [[Klingons|Klingon]] personal weapon that used a microwave beam to disrupt the structure of living tissue or (at higher power levels) any solid matter. Early models used focused sound waves instead of microwaves, but such "sonic disruptors" were considered outmoded as the [[Klingon Empire|Empire]] expanded into space. (As sound cannot travel through a vacuum, "sonic" | + | The disruptor was a common [[Klingons|Klingon]] personal weapon that used a microwave beam to disrupt the structure of living tissue or (at higher power levels) any solid matter. Early models used focused sound waves instead of microwaves, but such "sonic disruptors" were considered outmoded as the [[Klingon Empire|Empire]] expanded into space. (As sound cannot travel through a vacuum, "sonic" disruptors were never used as spacecraft weaponry. Even so, the focused microwave version was sometimes erroneously referred to as a "sonic" disruptor.)<ref name="FASA2002E2"/> |
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Revision as of 05:57, 18 July 2019
The disruptor was a common Klingon personal weapon that used a microwave beam to disrupt the structure of living tissue or (at higher power levels) any solid matter. Early models used focused sound waves instead of microwaves, but such "sonic disruptors" were considered outmoded as the Empire expanded into space. (As sound cannot travel through a vacuum, "sonic" disruptors were never used as spacecraft weaponry. Even so, the focused microwave version was sometimes erroneously referred to as a "sonic" disruptor.)[1]
References
- ↑ McLimore, Guy W. Jr., Poehlein, Greg K., and Tepool, David F., with Ippolito, Donna, and Huettel, Todd W. "The Klingons: Star Fleet Intelligence Manual." Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, Supplement 2002, Second Edition. Based on original material by Ford, John M. Illustrations by Todd F. Marsh, Dana Knutson, Jeff Laubenstein, and Mitch O'Connell. FASA Corporation. 1987.
