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'''Staser''' weapons were the standard armament of the [[Chancellory Guard]] on [[Gallifrey]]. The Guards were normally equipped with staser pistols, although staser rifles were also occasionally used.
'''Staser''' weapons were the standard armament of the [[Chancellory Guard]] on [[Gallifrey]]. The Guards were normally equipped with staser pistols, although staser rifles were also occasionally used.


Like most advanced energy weapons, stasers had both lethal and non-lethal settings. They were relatively non-damaging to inorganic matter but caused massive tissue disruption to living creatures. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')
Stasers had both lethal and non-lethal settings. They were relatively non-damaging to inorganic matter but caused massive tissue disruption to living creatures. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')


As a result a single staser shot could apparently kill a [[Time Lord]] outright by causing so much damage [[regeneration]] could not take place. Against other targets the weapons proved less effective than one might expect of Gallifreyan technology.
:''As a result a single staser shot could apparently kill a [[Time Lord]] outright and ensure that [[regeneration]] could not take place.''
 
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Revision as of 17:25, 17 March 2007

Staser weapons were the standard armament of the Chancellory Guard on Gallifrey. The Guards were normally equipped with staser pistols, although staser rifles were also occasionally used.

Stasers had both lethal and non-lethal settings. They were relatively non-damaging to inorganic matter but caused massive tissue disruption to living creatures. (DW: The Deadly Assassin)

As a result a single staser shot could apparently kill a Time Lord outright and ensure that regeneration could not take place.