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Stasers had both lethal and non-lethal settings, and fired an unspecified type of directed energy. They were relatively harmless to inorganic matter but caused massive tissue disruption to living creatures. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'') | Stasers had both lethal and non-lethal settings, and fired an unspecified type of directed energy. They were relatively harmless to inorganic matter but caused massive tissue disruption to living creatures. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'') | ||
It would seem single staser shot could kill a [[Time Lord]] outright and ensure that [[regeneration]] could not take place. | It would seem a single staser shot could kill a [[Time Lord]] outright and ensure that [[regeneration]] could not take place. | ||
Stasers were ineffective against [[Sontaran]] armour, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'') and against androids of [[Kraal]] manufacture. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]'') | Stasers were ineffective against [[Sontaran]] armour, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'') and against androids of [[Kraal]] manufacture. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]'') | ||
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Staster pistols apparently come in different versions. Those seen after the Sontaran invasion were significantly larger then those seen before. It is possible that as the older variety were ineffective against Sontaran armour, a newer, more powerful version was issued to the Chancellery Guard. | Staster pistols apparently come in different versions. Those seen after the Sontaran invasion were significantly larger then those seen before. It is possible that as the older variety were ineffective against Sontaran armour, a newer, more powerful version was issued to the Chancellery Guard. | ||
The stasers issued to Chancellery Guards and to security personnel were coloured red, However Castellan Spandrell and Chancellor Goth both used black pistols (though the staser the Un-named Castellan supposedly used was red). | The stasers issued to Chancellery Guards and to security personnel were coloured red, However Castellan [[Spandrell]] and Chancellor [[Goth]] both used black pistols (though the staser the Un-named Castellan supposedly used was red). | ||
== Instances of use == | == Instances of use == | ||
