Phaser weaponry was invented by Starfleet during the 23rd century and was a vast improvement on the original phase technology from which it was derived (TNG: " A Matter Of Time "). A combination of phase and laser technology, phasers had the combination of …

Type 1 phasers were typically carried when it would be inappropriate to carry a larger weapon, such as on diplomatic missions, or "undercover" work. The type 1 had eight adjustable settings, ranging from stun to heat through disruption to disintegration. The 23rd century type 1, in use in the 2260s, incorporated a small flip-up sight.

A type-3 phaser (often simply referred to as a phaser rifle) was the Federation classification for the more powerful rifle variant of the standard Starfleet handheld phaser. Though the design has evolved over the years, the basic concept of the phaser rifle remains the same.

With its curvy one-piece design and notable blue emitter, the ‘dustbuster’ phaser was nicknamed after the popular hand vacuum of the era, a radical departure from the ‘pistol’ phaser design used in the Original Series and subsequent Shatner-led Star Trek films.

2021年10月1日 · TNG's 'Datalore' establishes that a phaser beam can actually be transported when it is in transit towards the target - in Lore's final confrontation with Data, he fires his weapon at the Enterprise-D officer just as Data hits the transporter control :

2017年5月6日 · Phaser, for the uninitiated, stands for: Phased Energy Rectification. It’s a fancy term for a high powered ray gun which stuns, kills, heats or even fully disintegrates an enemy, an object,...

Compared to non-lethal methods of incapacitation, the phaser still compares favorably to modern weapons. With a stun gun, for instance, it can take a second or two to daze a target via the stun gun's electrical disruption of CNS control, and three seconds or more to leave them unbalanced and disoriented.

Fully charged type-2 phaser capable of 10 shots before nearly depleting power cell (TNG Novel: Vendetta) Hand weapons powered by sarium krellide cells (ENT: "The Andorian Incident"; TNG: "In Theory")

2023年2月1日 · Up for preorder today with an anticipated June 2023 delivery, the Factory Entertainment “dustbuster” phaser will feature “an impressively heavy all metal body” and a design meant “to capture the best elements from all variants in a single blended execution.”

The term hand phaser refers to any type of hand-held phaser weapon, particularly the basic, miniature unit known as the Type 1 phaser. (TOS: "Arena", "The Enemy Within"; TNG: "The Mind's Eye") The...