TEXT: CLASSIFIED, 
  CLASSIFIED. 
  CLASSIFIED 
  STARFLEET HAND WEAPON 
  FAMILIARIZATION HANDBOOK 
   
  FOR STARFLEET USE ONLY.........FOR STARFLEET USE ONLY 
  
  NOTE
  THIS WEAPONS FAMILIARIZATION HANDBOOK 
  IS CLASSIFIED MATERIAL FOR USE BY STAR 
  FLEET PERSONNEL ONLY.  AN UNAUTHORIZED 
  USE MAY RESULT IN DETAINMENT AND / OR 
  IMPRISONMENT UNDER PROVISIONS OF 
  FEDERATION STATUTE 3511.07, STARDATE 
  2533. 
   
  UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS 
  
  FEDERATION HAND WEAPONS
   
  
  IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT STARFLEET 
  PERSONNEL BE AWARE OF THE VARIOUS 
  HAND WEAPONS WHICH MAY BE ENCOUNTERED, 
  IT IS HOPED THAT THIS HANDBOOK WILL 
  AID IN WEAPON IDENTIFICATION OF THE 
  MOST COMMONLY SEEN HAND WEAPONS AND 
  KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR CAPABILITIES. 
  
  PHASER TYPE 1 
  THE PHASER TYPE 1 WAS FOR MANY YEARS THE 
  MAINSTAY OF FEDERATION PERSONAL WEAPONRY: 
  ALTHOUGH BOTH TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 PHASERS ARE 
  SLOWLY BEING REPLACED BY THE MORE POWERFUL 
  PHASER TYPE 3, MANY TYPE ONE PHASERS ARE 
  STILL IN USE BY FEDERATION FORCES.  BY 
  ITSELF, THE TYPE 1 PHASER IS AN EASILY 
  CARRIED, COMPACT WEAPON, WHICH STILL PACKS 
  ENOUGH POWER FOR MOST PURPOSES: WHEN 
  COMBINED WITH A PHASER TYPE 2 SHELL, THE 
  TYPE ONE PHASER BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST 
  FORMIDABLE HAND WEAPONS EVER CARRIED. 
  FOR PHASER TYPE ONE DIAGRAMS AND 
  SPECIFICATIONS PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING 
  PAGE. 
  
  HAND  PHASER TYPE I 
   
  
  PHASER TYPE 2 
  PHASER TYPE 1  AND PHASER TYPE 2 ARE PRESENTLY 
  BEING PHASED OUT BY STARFLEET COMMAND AND 
  ARE BEING REPLACED BY THE UPGRADED AND MORE 
  STREAMLINED PHASER TYPE 3: HOWEVER, THE COST 
  OF EACH WEAPON AND THE NUMBER OF HAND WEAPONS 
  PRESENTLY IN THE FIELD MEAN THAT THE TYPE 2 
  PHASER WILL BE IN USE IN SOME PORTION OF 
  STARFLEET FOR YEARS TO COME. MANY MEMBERS OF 
  STARFLEET ARE, IN FACT, HAPPY ABOUT THIS FOR 
  THE PHASER TYPE 2  HAS BEEN A DEPENDABLE AND 
  USEFUL WEAPON: IN COMBINATION WITH THE TYPE 
  ONE PHASER IT HAS PROVIDED BOTH PROTECTION 
  AND SAFETY TO FEDERATION SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS 
  FOR NEARLY 10 0 TERRAN YEARS.  WITH A STUN 
  RANGE OF NINETY METERS AND A DE-MATERIALIZE 
  RANGE OF THIRTY METERS, THE TYPE 2 PHASER HAS 
  AGAIN AND AGAIN PROVED ITSELF A RELIABLE AND . 
  DEPENDABLE WEAPON.  LONG AFTER THE LAST TYPE 2 
  PHASER IN USE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A PHASER 
  TYPE 3, STARFLEET WILL OWE THIS WEAPON A DEBT 
  OF GRATITUDE, FOR WITHOUT IT, GALACTIC EXPLORATION 
  AND FEDERATION DEFENSE MAY HAVE PROVEN MUCH 
  MORE DIFFICULT. 
  FOR PHASER TYPE 2 DIAGRAMS AND SPECIFICATIONS 
  SEE THE FOLLOWING 2 PAGES. 
  
   
  HAND  PHASER-TYPE II 
  
  HAND   PHASER-TYPE II 
   
  
  PHASER TYPE 3 
  THE PHASER TYPE 3 REPRESENTS SOME MAJOR 
  UPGRADING AND REVISION IN FEDERATION HAND 
  WEAPONRY: ALREADY IN USE BY PERSONNEL ON 
  CONSTITUTION CLASS STARSHIPS (THE U.S.S. 
  ENTERPRISE, THE U.S.S. EXETER, ETC.), THE TYPE 
  3 PHASER WILL EVENTUALLY BE THE MAJOR HAND 
  WEAPON FOR ALL FEDERATION PERSONNEL: THE 
  WEAPON IS MORE POWERFUL THAN A TYPE 2 PHASER 
  AND ALSO ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR THE DUALITY 
  OF THE TYPE 1 AND THE TYPE 2 PHASER, BECAUSE 
  IN ADDITION TO HAVING MORE 'PUNCH' THAN A TYPE 
  2 PHASER, THE TYPE 3 IS STREAMLINED, SO THAT 
  IT IS EASIER TO CARRY THAN A TYPE 2. A 
  DRAMATICALLY UPGRADED POWERCELL PROVIDES MORE 
  PHASER SHOTS PER PHASER CHARGE AND ALSO 
  INCREASES PHASER EFFECTIVENESS SUBSTANTIALLY. 
  BOTH IN LABORATORY TESTING AND IN FIELD USE 
  ON THE CONSTITUTION CLASS SPACE SHIPS , THE 
  PHASER TYPE 3 HAS PROVEN TO BE AN EFFECTIVE 
  PERSONAL WEAPON WHICH IS A LOGICAL EXTENSION 
  OF FEDERATION TECHNOLOGY AND CAPABILITIES. 
  FOR PHASER TYPE 3 DIAGRAMS AND SPECIFICATIONS, 
  PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING 2 PAGES. 
  
  HAND PHASER-TYPE III 
   
  
  HAND PHASER-TYPE III 
   
  
  PHASER RIFLE 
  THE PHASER RIFLE IS THE MOST POWERFUL HAND-
  CARRIED WEAPON USED BY STARFLEET PERSONNEL. 
  INDEED, SMALLER WEAPONS (PHASER 1, PHASER 2, 
  PHASER 3) USUALLY PROVIDE AMPLE PROTECTION AND 
  OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY: HOWEVER, ALL FEDERATION 
  STARSHIPS CARRY A NUMBER OF PHASER RIFLES, 
  WHICH CAN BE ISSUED TO PERSONNEL AS THE NEED 
  ARISES.  THE OCCASSIONS ON WHICH PHASER RIFLES 
  HAVE HAD TO BE USED HAVE BEEN RARE, BUT HAVE 
  OCCURED ENOUGH TO MAKE THE STARFLEET PERSONNEL 
  INVOLVED RELIEVED TO HAVE THE WEAPON. 
  THE PHASER RIFLE IS VALUEABLE AS A DEFENSIVE/ 
  OFFENSIVE WEAPON BECAUSE OF ITS EFFECTIVE 
  WORKING RANGES: IT CAN STUN AT 200 METERS AND 
  CAN DISRUPT AT 175 METERS: FOR CLEARING OBJECTS 
  OR PATHWAYS, ITS EFFECTIVE DE-MATERIALIZATION 
  RANGE IS 80 METERS, WHICH IS ALMOST TWICE THE 
  RANGE OF A TYPE 2 PHASER.  THE MAJOR PROBLEM 
  WITH THE PHASER RIFLE, IF IT HAS ONE, WOULD 
  SIMPLY BE THE FACT THAT IT IS MUCH HEAVIER AND 
  BULKIER TO CARRY AROUND THAN A TYPE 1,2, OR 3 
  PHASER: AND WHEN DEALING WITH ATMOSPHERIC 
  CHANGES, UNEXPLORED WORLDS, AND THE LIKE, 
  STARSHIP PERSONNEL HAVE GENERALLY OPTED FOR THE 
  EASE  AND CONVENIENCE OF THE SMALLER HAND 
  WEAPONS. 
  FOR PHASER RIFLE DIAGRAMS AND SPECIFICATIONS 
  PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING 2 PAGES. 
  
  PHASER RIFLE 
   
  
  PHASER RIFLE 
   
  
  OFFENSIVE/ DEFENSIVE RAY GUN
  THE OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE RAY GUN IS CARRIED 
  AS AN AUXILLIARY WEAPON ON MANY HEAVY 
  CRUISER AND DESTROYER CLASS STARSHIPS BUT 
  THE WEAPON HAS SEEN LIMITED USE, DUE TO THE 
  LACK OF A CLEAR NEED: WHEN SHEER POWER IS 
  NEEDED BY CREWMEMBERS OR STARFLEET PERSONNEL, 
  PHASER RIFLES ARE GENERALLY AVAILABLE: WHEN 
  THE SHEER POWER IS NOT NEEDED, HAND PHASERS 
  ARE NORMALLY CARRIED. THE RAY GUN DOES, 
  HOWEVER, HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER THE PHASER 
  RIFLE IN THAT IT IS MUCH SMALLER: HOWEVER, 
  THIS ADVANTAGE IS OFFSET BY THE FACT THAT 
  THE RAY GUN IS ALSO SOMEWHAT LESS POWERFUL. 
  ONE SIGNIFICANT NOTE ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE/ 
  DEFENSIVE RAY GUN IS THAT IT HAS MUCH MORE OF A 
  'WIDENING FIELD EFFECT' THAN NORMAL PHASER FIRE 
  DOES: WHEN SET ON OFFENSIVE (DISRUPT), FOR 
  EXAMPLE, THE RAY GUN WILL DISRUPT EVERYTHING 
  WITHIN A 3 METER AREA (AT A RANGE OF 90 
  METERS): A PHASER AT THE SAME RANGE WILL 
  DISRUPT A MUCH MORE PINPOINTED AREA. 
  FOR RAY GUN DIAGRAMS AND SPECIFICATIONS, PLEASE 
  SEE THE FOLLOWING PAGE. 
  
  RAY GUN 
   
  OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE AREA WEAPON 
  
  40MM HAND LASER
  PRIOR TO THE ADVENT OF PHASER TECHNOLOGY, 
  THE 40MM HAND LASER WAS THE PRIMARY HAND 
  WEAPON OF STARFLEET FORCES THROUGHOUT 
  FEDERATION SPACE: ALTHOUGH PHASED OUT BY 
  STARFLEET WHEN THE MORE POWERFUL AND LESS 
  BULKY PHASER BECAME AVAILABLE, THE 40MM HAND 
  LASER IS STILL IN COMMON USE ON MANY 
  FEDERATION WORLDS AND BY MANY INTERPLANETARY 
  TRADERS.  STARFLEET PERSONNEL SHOULD KEEP IN 
  MIND THAT ALTHOUGH THE TECHNOLOGY IS DATED, 
  AT A RANGE OF 50 METERS OR LESS. THE HAND 
  LASER IS JUST AS DEADLY AS A FULLY CHARGED 
  PHASER SET ON KILL: INDEED, THE LASER IS 
  PERHAPS EVEN MORE DEADLY, BECAUSE THE USER OF 
  A 40MM HAND LASER CANNOT SET IT ON 'STUN' - 
  IF IT HITS YOU IT WILL DESTROY YOU: IF IT 
  MERELY GRAZES YOU, YOU COULD LOSE AN ARM OR 
  LEG. 
  THOUSANDS OF HAND LASERS ARE STILL IN USE IN 
  FEDERATION SPACE: MANY OF THE USERS ARE 
  CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OR PLANETARY MILITIA: 
  CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS ADVISABLE TO BE FAMILIAR 
  WITH THIS WEAPON. 
  NOTE: DEVELOPMENT OF LASER TECHNOLOGY SEEMS TO 
  BE A NORMAL PHASE OF PLANETARY CIVILIZATION 
  EVOLUTION: ERGO, IN MANY CASES, NEWLY CONTACTED 
  CIVILIZATIONS MAY USE SOME VERSION OF A HAND 
  LASER WEAPON AS YET UNKNOWN TO STARFLEET. SHOULD 
  YOU COME ACROSS SUCH A WEAPON, PLEASE FILE 
  REPORT 1723.7 WITH STARFLEET WEAPONS DIVISION. 
  FOR 40MM HAND LASER DIAGRAMS AND SPECIFICATIONS 
  PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING 2 PAGES. 
  
  4O MM HAND LASER 
   
  
  40 MM HAND LASER 
   
  
  NON-FEDERATION HAND WEAPONS 
   
  
  KLINGON SONIC DISRUPTER
  THE KLINGON SONIC DISRUPTER PISTOL IS THE 
  KLINGON BASIC FIELD ISSUE HAND WEAPON: BASED ON 
  SONIC DISRUPTION/DEFRACTION PRINCIPLES, IT CAN 
  DISRUPT AT 55 METERS AND DE-MATERIALIZE 
  BEINGS/OBJECTS AT 35 METERS.  FOR EACH OF THESE 
  FUNCTIONS ITS EFFECTIVENESS IS MORE OR LESS THE 
  SAME AS A PHASER TYPE 2; OF SIGNIFICANCE, 
  HOWEVER, IS THE FACT THAT THE WEAPON HAS NO 
  'STUN' MODE: ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE TECHNICALLY 
  FEASIBLE TO BUILD A STUN FACTOR INTO THE 
  DISRUPTER, THE KLINGONS DO NOT TAKE PRISONERS 
  IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY 
  REDEEMING REASONS FOR INCORPORATING A 'STUN' 
  MODE INTO THEIR WEAPONS. 
  THE SONIC DISRUPTER IS A STANDARD KLINGON 
  IMPERIAL NAVY FIELD ISSUE ITEM: ALTHOUGH THE 
  KLINGONS ALSO OCCASIONALLY EMPLOY A SONIC 
  DISRUPTER RIFLE, IT IS, TO THE BEST 
  INTELLIGENCE AVAILABLE, NOT IN COMMON FIELD 
  USE. 
  FOR SONIC DISRUPTER DIAGRAMS AND SPECIFICATIONS 
  PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING 2 PAGES. 
  
  KLINGON SONIC DISRUPTER PISTOL 
   
  
  KLINGON  SONIC DISRUPTER PISTOL 
  STANDARD FIELD EQUIPMENT ITEM 
   
  
  ROMULAN DISRUPTER
  THE ROMULAN DISRUPTER IS A STANDARD ROMULAN 
  MILITARY FIELD ISSUE ITEM, AND OPERATES ON 
  MUCH THE SAME TECHNOLOGY BASE AS THE 
  KLINGON SONIC DISRUPTER.  ALSO LIKE THE 
  KLINGON WEAPON, IT CAN BE SET FOR DISRUPT 
  OR DE-MATERIALIZE ONLY, AND CANNOT BE USED 
  TO STUN AN OPPONENT FOR CAPTURE. 
  THE ROMULAN DISRUPTER IS A MORE COMPACT 
  HAND WEAPON THAN ANY WEAPON IN COMMON USE 
  EXCEPT THE FEDERATION PHASER TYPE 1, BUT 
  IS ALSO LESS EFFECTIVE THAN MOST OTHER 
  COMMONLY USED HAND WEAPONS. 
  INTELLIGENCE REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE 
  ROMULAN SPACE NAVY HAS DEVELOPED AND IS 
  TESTING A NEW HAND WEAPON TO REPLACE THE 
  DISRUPTER, BUT THIS WEAPON HAS NOT, TO DATE 
  BEEN RELEASED FOR NORMAL FIELD USE. 
  FOR ROMULAN DISRUPTER DIAGRAMS AND 
  EFFECTIVE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS, PLEASE 
  REFER TO THE FOLLOWING 2 PAGES. 
  
   
  ROMULAN DISRUPTER 
  
  ROMULAN DISRUPTER 
   
  
  GORN BLASTER 
  THE GORN BLASTER OPERATES ON UPGRADED 
  LASER TECHNOLOGY, WHICH HAS BEEN 
  CONSIDERABLY REFINED AND IMPROVED. 
  THE BLASTER HAS AN EFFECTIVE DISRUPT 
  RANGE OF 67.5 METERS AND AN EFFECTIVE DE-
  MATERIALIZE RANGE OF 40 METERS, MAKING IT 
  A FORMIDABLE WEAPON: LIKE THE HAND PHASER 
  OR THE HAND LASER, THE BLASTER CAN ALSO 
  BE USED TO HEAT ROCKS AND OTHER ITEMS FOR 
  WARMTH. 
  LIKE MOST OTHER HAND WEAPONS, THE GORN 
  BLASTER IS STANDARD FIELD ISSUE FOR THE 
  GORN ALLIANCE SPACE FLEET: THE BLASTER IS 
  ALSO COMMONLY USED BY CIVILIANS ON MANY 
  GORN COLONIAL WORLDS AND TRADING VESSELS. 
  FOR GORN BLASTER DIAGRAMS AND SPECIFICATIONS 
  PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING 2 PAGES. 
  
  GORN  BLASTER 
   
  
  GORN BLASTER 
   
  
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