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** Alternate technological development path to the [[phaser]]
** Alternate technological development path to the [[phaser]]
** Nations known to use:
** Nations known to use:
*** [[Breen Confederacy]]
*** [[Breen Confederacy]] (''Star Trek: Generations''; TNG Novel: ''A Time for War, A Time for Peace'')
*** [[Cardassian Union]] (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil'')
*** [[Cardassian Union]] (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil'')
*** [[Dominion]]
*** [[Dominion]]
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* Stunning disruptor shot results in "disruptor hangover" (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil'')
* Stunning disruptor shot results in "disruptor hangover" (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil'')
** Stabbing headache, soreness, difficulty forming thoughts (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil'')
** Stabbing headache, soreness, difficulty forming thoughts (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil'')
* Varying implementations classified by [[Starfleet]] into types
* Maximum effective range of 30 meters before particle dispersal drastically reduces effectiveness (TNG Novel: ''Death in Winter'')
** Type 3
*** Implementation in use by [[Breen Confederacy]], [[Klingon Empire]], [[Romulan Star Empire]] (''Star Trek: Generations'')
**** No stun setting (''Star Trek: Generations'')
**** Kills through burn-like effects (''Star Trek: Generations'')
**** Breen implementation affects only living tissue, not inorganic objects (TNG Novel: ''A Time for War, A Time for Peace'')


[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:Weapons]]

Latest revision as of 22:59, 2 September 2019

  • Common particle weapon
    • Alternate technological development path to the phaser
    • Nations known to use:
    • Term commonly used as a catch-all name for multiple different weapon technologies also encompassing nadion-based weaponry, but this description is for the specific weapons technology shared by the above civilizations
  • Stunning disruptor shot results in "disruptor hangover" (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
    • Stabbing headache, soreness, difficulty forming thoughts (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
  • Varying implementations classified by Starfleet into types
  • Maximum effective range of 30 meters before particle dispersal drastically reduces effectiveness (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
    • Type 3
      • Implementation in use by Breen Confederacy, Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire (Star Trek: Generations)
        • No stun setting (Star Trek: Generations)
        • Kills through burn-like effects (Star Trek: Generations)
        • Breen implementation affects only living tissue, not inorganic objects (TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)