Changes: Varon-T disruptor

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A Varon-T disruptor

The effect of a Varon-T disruptor

The Varon-T disruptor was a hand-held directed-energy weapon banned in the Federation due to its vicious nature: the disruptor literally tore the body apart at the molecular level from the inside out, resulting in a relatively slow and excruciating death by disentigration compared to most phasers and disruptors. Only five were ever produced; four of them were owned by Zibalian trader Kivas Fajo and he slept with one of them under his pillow. Fajo used a Varon-T disruptor to kill Varria when she and Data attempted to escape his ship. (TNG: "The Most Toys")

Background information

The props used for the Varon-T disruptors were originally seen as the Mariposan phaser-like pistols from TNG: "Up The Long Ladder", they were then reused as the gamma radiation weapon used by Paul Stubbs in TNG: "Evolution", a Rutian Ansata terrorist pistol in TNG: "The High Ground", a pistol of the Ferengi Sovak in TNG: "Captain's Holiday", a pistol of the mercenary Kelsey in TNG: "Starship Mine", phaser pistol used by the mercenaries in TNG: "Gambit, Part I", "Gambit, Part II", a pistol of the Native American colonists of Dorvan V in TNG: "Journey's End", a Maquis pistol in TNG: "Preemptive Strike" and an alien weapon in VOY: "Fair Trade".

It is not clear if some of these weapons were intended to be Varon-T disruptors. Only in "Gambit, Part II" the reused prop was identified as a phaser. The type of the pistol was not identified in the other instances. TNG: "The Most Toys" was also the only episode in which this weapon was shown to produce the distinctive painful disintegration effect.

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 ==Background information==
-The props used for the Varon-T disruptors were a reuse of the [[Mariposa]]n [[phaser]]-like pistols from {{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}} and they were later reused again as a [[Rutian]] [[Ansata]] [[terrorist]] pistol in {{TNG|The High Ground}}, a pistol of the [[Ferengi]] [[Sovak]] in {{TNG|Captain's Holiday}}, a pistol of the [[mercenary]] [[Kelsey]] in {{TNG|Starship Mine}}, phaser pistol used by the mercenaries in {{TNG|Gambit, Part I|Gambit, Part II}}, a pistol of the [[Native American]] colonists of [[Dorvan V]] in {{TNG|Journey's End}}, a [[Maquis]] pistol in {{TNG|Preemptive Strike}} and an alien weapon in {{VOY|Fair Trade}}.
+The props used for the Varon-T disruptors were originally seen as the [[Mariposa]]n [[phaser]]-like pistols from {{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}}, they were then reused as the [[gamma radiation]] weapon used by [[Paul Stubbs]] in {{TNG|Evolution}}, a [[Rutian]] [[Ansata]] [[terrorist]] pistol in {{TNG|The High Ground}}, a pistol of the [[Ferengi]] [[Sovak]] in {{TNG|Captain's Holiday}}, a pistol of the [[mercenary]] [[Kelsey]] in {{TNG|Starship Mine}}, phaser pistol used by the mercenaries in {{TNG|Gambit, Part I|Gambit, Part II}}, a pistol of the [[Native American]] colonists of [[Dorvan V]] in {{TNG|Journey's End}}, a [[Maquis]] pistol in {{TNG|Preemptive Strike}} and an alien weapon in {{VOY|Fair Trade}}.
 It is not clear if some of these weapons were intended to be Varon-T disruptors. Only in "Gambit, Part II" the reused prop was identified as a phaser. The type of the pistol was not identified in the other instances. {{TNG|The Most Toys}} was also the only episode in which this weapon was shown to produce the distinctive painful disintegration effect.