FACT FILE: Phasers
Phasers remain the most effective and commonly available directed
energy weapons (DEW) in the Federation. There are two basic forms of phaser
technique, the pulsed phaser and the beam phaser.
The pulsed phaser fires a series of short energy beams (pulses) at the target, increasing the chances of an effective hit. These rapid-fire units do not achieve the same maximum destructive force of beam phasers, however, and shot dispersion can prevent the weapon from causing sufficient pinpoint damage to create a deflector-shiled weak point.
The beamed phaser attempts to maintain a continuous energy beam on the target, achieving penetration in direct relation to dwell time. As a rule of thumb, beam phasers are more powerful, pulsed phasers are more accurate.
Material on this page ruthlessly plagerized from the SFMC's Aerospace Branch Manual by Matt Kelley and available from SFMC Academy.
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