Disruptor

• Common particle weapon
  • Alternate technological development path to the phaser
  • Nations known to use:
    • Breen Confederacy (Star Trek: Generations; TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
    • Cardassian Union (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
    • Dominion
    • Jarada (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight)
    • Klingon Empire (Various)
    • Orion
    • Romulan Star Empire (Various)
    • Tholian Assembly (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 2")
  • Term commonly used as a catch-all name for multiple different weapon technologies also encompassing nadion-based weaponry, but this description is for the specific weapons technology shared by the above civilizations
• Stunning disruptor shot results in "disruptor hangover" (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
  • Stabbing headache, soreness, difficulty forming thoughts (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
• Varying implementations classified by Starfleet into types
• Maximum effective range of 30 meters before particle dispersal drastically reduces effectiveness (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
  • Type 3
    • Implementation in use by Breen Confederacy, Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire (Star Trek: Generations)
      • No stun setting (Star Trek: Generations)
      • Kills through burn-like effects (Star Trek: Generations)
      • Breen implementation affects only living tissue, not inorganic objects (TNG Novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)