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| − | The '''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 disintegration compared to more quick and painless means using phasers and other disruptors. |
| + | Only five were ever produced; four of them were owned by [[Zibalian]] trader [[Kivas Fajo]], who slept with one of them under his pillow. Fajo used a Varon-T disruptor to [[Murder|kill]] [[Varria]] when she and [[Data]] attempted to escape his ship. When Fajo made it clear that he would continue to kill people, Data, realizing he had to be stopped and left with no other means of doing so, fired the weapon at him, but was transported to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D}} just as the weapon discharged, saving Fajo. ({{TNG|The Most Toys}}) The fifth Varon-T disruptor was kept by the [[criminal]] [[Kelsey]], who was killed when her [[Kelsey's scout ship|scout ship]] exploded. ({{TNG|Starship Mine}}) |
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| − | The prop used for the Varon-T disruptor was later used as a weapon in {{TNG|The High Ground|Captain's Holiday|Starship Mine|Gambit, Part I|Gambit, Part II|Journey's End|Preemptive Strike}}, and {{VOY|Fair Trade}}. |
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| + | {{bginfo|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 "Starship Mine", phaser pistols 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 alien weapons in both {{VOY|Fair Trade}} and {{VOY|Darkling}}.|It is not clear if some of these weapons were intended to be Varon-T disruptors. However, in "Gambit, Part II", the reused prop was identified as a phaser; the type of the pistol was not identified in the other instances. "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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| − | The weapon was shown as a phaser or similar weapon in {{e|Gambit, Part I}} and {{e|Gambit, Part II}}. The weapon fired a momentary burst of blue in a beam and was used on stun by Picard and Riker. Even when set to kill, it did not cause the intensely painful death of a Varon-T disruptor. Also, at the end of that episode, T'Paal told Picard to "''pick up the phaser.''" Even so, it is possible that Data recognized Fajo's disruptor as a Varon-T, despite only referring to it as simply a "disruptor." The ''Enterprise'' probably confiscated the four disruptors owned by Fajo, leaving only one unaccounted for, so it is extremely unlikely that the weapons in these episodes were Varon-T disruptors. |
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Latest revision as of 14:23, 24 February 2023
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 disintegration compared to more quick and painless means using phasers and other disruptors.
Only five were ever produced; four of them were owned by Zibalian trader Kivas Fajo, who 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. When Fajo made it clear that he would continue to kill people, Data, realizing he had to be stopped and left with no other means of doing so, fired the weapon at him, but was transported to the USS Enterprise just as the weapon discharged, saving Fajo. (TNG: "The Most Toys") The fifth Varon-T disruptor was kept by the criminal Kelsey, who was killed when her scout ship exploded. (TNG: "Starship Mine")
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 "Starship Mine", phaser pistols 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 alien weapons in both VOY: "Fair Trade" and VOY: "Darkling".
It is not clear if some of these weapons were intended to be Varon-T disruptors. However, in "Gambit, Part II", the reused prop was identified as a phaser; the type of the pistol was not identified in the other instances. "The Most Toys" was also the only episode in which this weapon was shown to produce the distinctive painful disintegration effect.
External link
- Varon-T disruptor at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works