Phaser

        

"Fire Phaser on my command!"

- Kathryn Janeway (SD: HDN)

Perpetually Heat-Activated Sonic-Emmitted Ray
Weapon Information
Type: Beam

Range: 2 - 150,000 km
Rate of Fire: 600 RPM (beam loop)
                    300 - 600 RPM (beam burst)
First used: 12 BDG
Last used: 3,007 ADG
Status: Various Star Democratic Weapon
Affiliation: United Federation of Planet
                Universal Federation of Alliance
                Interstellar Federation of Galactic Alliance (J/B)

Phasers, also known as Perpetually Heat-Activated Sonic-Emmitted Ray or Photon Maser was the most common and standard directed energy weapon in the Universal Force, Universal Defense Force and Federation Defense Fleet of the both Interstellar Federation of Galactic Alliance and several other powers in 1,200 ADG. Most phasers are classified as particle weapons and fire nadion particle beams, but some like the Actactan-II Phaser are classified as blaster weapons and fire blaster beams. Based on the intensity and field of the beam and a variety of adjustments, a wide variety of effects can be achieved.