| Specs: With a maximum effective range
of 100 yards, the MK1 Phaser has 16 different power
settings. Setting 1 to 3 is almost wholly limited to simple
electromagnetic and mild thermal effects. These are concentrated on the
nervous system of the target, causing pain and/or unconsciousness in
most beings. At higher levels the thermal effect becomes prevalent, and
the phaser will begin to cause physical damage to the target resulting
in moderate or severe injuries. At setting 7 the energy is distributed
equally between thermal and nuclear disruption energy. Disruption
effects become widespread, resulting in immediate death to most Humanoid
life forms. At levels higher than 7 the majority of phaser energy is in
the form of nuclear disruption. A large portion of the target is
simultaneously vaporized and transitioned out of the continuum, a
process which is instantly fatal. The higher power settings available
with Type 3 phasers (setting 9+) cause severe damage over a wide area.
These settings are rarely used because of the relatively high power
consumption; a single setting 10 discharge uses more than twenty five
times as much energy as a setting 7 discharge, while a setting 16
discharge uses over three hundred and fifteen times as much, and causes
the destruction of upwards to 3,900 metric tons of rock per 0.28 second
discharge |
