No wrong answers. (there IS a right answer though)
Star Trek phasers can be rigged to be explode just fine. They have all the functionality of C4 plus some.
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Stargate wouldn't be C4, it would be a Zat'nik'tel.
- one shot stuns
- two shots kill
- three shots vaporizes
Full credit to Shanks for asking the important questions how badly designed a plot device it is. "How long between shots does it reset on the same target?"
Nothing has been disintegrated since 1969
Nah man. P90
This (waves P90) is a weapon of war.
Hey you, get that target swingin a little
I love that the p90 was literally designed to be the opposite. it was supposed to be issued to truck drivers and other support type personnel (and close quarters peace time antiterrorism type stuff).
Everything is relative.
I always assumed it was like dosing medication - depends on the person's weight and age.
No don't worry about that!
It's an electric current. So it would be as long as the charge is still present. If it wears off, it resets
Will always love the scene where they're on Apophis's ship, looking down over the shield generator. Bra'tac states that to disable it, they need to go on some long cliche sci fi quest of going through multiple decks, flipping various controls, etc to disable the generator. O'Neill just calmly pulls out a couple grenades and drops them into the generator, destroying it.
Yup, that's the one!
The next bit is gold too.
What now?
Now we die.
Well that's a bad plan. Where are the glider bays from here?
Are these....shuttles...formidable warships?
Or the time when the Asgard are like “your stupid method of using shotguns against the replicators is surprisingly effective.”
Well... It also worked against the Borg every time, but Star Trek people insisted on never replicating some.
Maybe they should send the Enterprise back in time to recruit somebody too.
That's why the Asgard wanted humans as allies. They had a unique but primitive way of tackling problems everyone else had forgotten.
"What do you mean we just blow up our brand new highly advanced spaceship?"
"WTF that worked?!"
The "O'Neil". Writers were cleverer back then.
SG for the m'fn P90. Duh.
A thoroughly rousing speech on space ethics from captain Janeway .
Uhm. I think you mean from Daniel fucking Jackson.
Followed by breaking said ethics/morals/Prime Directive.
Found section 31.
With as much temporal shenanigans that she got up to it wouldn't suprise me if Janeway founded Section 31.
Or just telling the helmsman they're relieved and piloting the ship herself between two stars. Probably my favorite scene of hers. Fuck with her crew and she's pissed. Kill one of them, oh hell...
Handy timing with the announcement of new Star Gate!
TOS phaser with TNG Picard? C'mon
Same issue with the lightsaber, how am I supposed to enjoy a lighthearted comic with this bullshit?!
Grow up, it's just a laser sword
Alec Guinness, is that you?
Hello there
The sonic by far, a lightsaber is probably cooler and phasers are crazy versatile, by the time I stopped watching Doctor Who it was basically a magic wand if it wasn’t always.
I'm pretty sure it's just a Green Lantern power ring. Doesn't work on wood my fanny...
Can you imagine the mischief Scotty would have gotten into if he had a sonic screwdriver
It always was
C4? Please. How about using an actual Stargate to destroy a system?
"You blow up one sun and they never let you forget it..."
Self sealing stem-bolts.
I feel like an idiot.
Everyone wants these things and I don’t even know what they do.
I guess it doesn’t matter, they sell well.
One of my oldest
I'd gladly pay you yamok sauce on Tuesday for a self sealing stem-bolt today.
When in doubt, C-4. -Adam Savage
Jamie is the one who said that
If we're going by frequency, for Star Trek, I'd replace the phaser with "reversing the polarity". But I think it's pretty spot-on for the others.