I say weapon because it gets to complicated with all the super powers you can get. Turning invisible, walking through walls, teleporting. So for this I want to limit it to sci fi weapons that at least attempt to have a tech basis. So like not the masters device that turns people into dolls. However we don’t care if we can completely explain how it might be done now. Like lightsabers are fair game. As for me I would go with the star gate zat guns as initially put in. Both lethal and nonlethas and very portable. I want to put an honorable mention for tthe minority report sonic shotgun that seems to run on wind up energy so you should never theoretically run out of ammo. although not so sure as there was no indication you could power up more than one shot at a time.
Would the Infinity Gauntlet count?
Transphasic torpedoes from Star Trek, because only one is needed to destroy a Borg Cube.
I don’t know if it counts as science fiction or fantasy, but The Subtle Knife would be my choice (if I could use it to its full potential).
The Grille from Men in Black. I want to know how it works.
Depends on context, for warfare probably a shard rifle that can be fed any metal for ammo.
For assassination, maybe a Star Wars disruptor rifle, seems useful to atomise targets.
For my daily life I don’t need much killed or destroyed, so I’d probably go for a dual use thing, like the Portal Gun, Grabbity Gun, or perhaps high level psychic powers like Babylon 5’s Jason Ironheart.
The Farsight from Perfect Dark (or the equivalent gun from the last season of Deep Space 9). The scope sees through walls quite a distance away, and when fired the shot teleports to the target.
The “Bobbler” from Vernor Vinge’s Peace War series.
It’s a device that can remotely enclose arbitrary volumes within “Bobbles”, which are impenetrable and in which the time stands still.
It is instantly used as a kind of passive weapon, enclosing all known nuclear sites and big military installations in one go to force peace (although in the story this backfires into a strange kind of authoritarianism).
What’s special about it is, that its weaponization is only a kind of secondary use, it’s later uses propel humanity into a technological golden age.
The Bowel Disruptor from Transmetropolitan:
Non-lethal, untraceable, and thoroughly unpleasant for any unfortunate sod that has earnt my ire!
A Death Star. Hugely powerful weapon, but also spacious living space, and travel solution all in one. Just need to get a grate over that exhaust port and we’re all good.
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Orgazmo’s Orgazmorator, a ray gun that forces orgasm upon whomever it is fired.
*for crime fighting, bad politicians, or consensual encounters, only.
I still quote, “I am Sancho!”
A cheap clone of the Tasp. I assume Orgazmo came after 1970.
Which is a portable version of the Excessive Machine (Orgasmotron) from Barbarella.
It did. It’s a 90s movie from Matt Stone and Trey Parker about a Mormon that becomes a superhero genre pornstar. At the time it was funny as fuck, but haven’t seen it in years to know if it still stands up or not.
Death star, without the stupid weakness.
I think blowing up is always a weakness
Unless it’s a bomb, then it’s kind of a job requirement.
Portal Gun, no question.
I never actually played. I assume it creates portals.
Yep, links two portals to each other. Place one over a dangerous area and one below someone, they fall. Boom, a weapon. However, it’s also a very useful tool for transportation purposes.
Is that a weapon? The game doesn’t let you use it on people.
in the game there are not ppl alive anymore, but you use it to “dispose” a lot of angry turrets and eventually get the endboss to hurt themselves.
In Portal 2 there’s a multiplayer mode. It can definitely be used as a weapon when you quickly swap out the portal exit so that your companion falls to their demise.
There are some fun community levels where you can race against a friend and there are all sorts of traps you can trigger/set if you plan it right.
Wow. I didn’t know it was multiplayer. I bought an old Xbox 360 a while back and it came with a bunch of games. I played portal 2 on that. Does it have multiplayer on that platform?
I liked it so much I bought Portal 1. I think it’s better to play them in order. 2 was better than 1.
Oh yeah 100%, you can play portal 2 local co-op or online co-op. I’ve never personally done online co-op on the 360, but it probably works fine.
Portal 1 is single player only and you’re totally right about playing them in order, that’s the way to do it.
You can instantly turn anything into a weapon and you can instantly drop the floor out from anyone and drop them from the highest point you can reach.
Yes. It’s a weapon and a tool like an axe is a weapon and a tool
Yeah, I guess so. I only played single player and now I know.
I can’t think of a sci-fi weapon that would be cooler than actual existing weapons but the closest thing would be an Ornithopter from Dune. I guess it probably haves guns - I haven’t seen the movies or read the books.
They seem so impractical, especially on desert planets. But damn they are cool.
They have been designed to “work” like desert insects, but yes, they are pinnacle impractical for anything that flies. Especially if you see the landing crafts that seem to work without rocket engines, IIRC. Why bother with wings when you could just float away. But what a cool design.
The Point of View Gun, conveniently, does precisely what it’s name suggests. That is, if you point it at someone and pull the trigger, they instantly see things from your point of view.
