whats the best handheld weapon

[vshah]

if you could have one, what would it be?

 

[BeauJangles]

lightsaber

 

[Evadman]

From a movie: Phaser Rifle.
Game: BFG.

 

[RedPickle]

The tiny gun on MIB
aka "The Cricket"

 

[aplefka]

The guns in MIB were pretty sweet, but a lightsaber is a must.

 

[spidey07]

rifle/grenade launcher from aliens

 

[venk]

Lightsabre

 

[anxi80]

the pulse gun that tom cruise uses in the 'minority report' looks like it'd be some fun.

edit: the gun that gary oldman shows off in 'the fifth element' was pretty neat also.

 

[WhiteWonder]

A zat from stargate sg-1.

1st shot stuns
2nd kills
3rd gets rid of the body

edit: crap it has to be a movie

in that case a light sabre.... i guess

 

[Howard]

The question is the "best", not the coolest.

 

[gsaldivar]

 

[bluewall21]

Force Lightning.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar
Death star.

*BOOM* /you

If you can fit that in your hand, you should definitely be playing basketball...

 

[gsaldivar]

Oops lol - I didn;t see "handheld" in the title!

 

[xeno2060]

PPG(personel plasma gun) from Babylon 5

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
lightsaber

 

[chowmein]

that handheld from sliders

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: vshah
if you could have one, what would it be?

Dirk Diggler's wang...

 

[OverVolt]

Originally posted by: gsaldivar
Death star.

*BOOM* /you

THE DEATHSTICLE?

 

[HalosPuma]

The Star Trek phaser of course:

1 - it's easy to conceal and looks like a cell phone
2 - there is a non-lethal setting so you can just knock out people. i.e. if there are no bruise marks, how can you get in trouble w/ the police?
3 - there is a lethal setting and you can cut through layers of steel
4 - it can be a time-bomb by overloading it

 

[DaveSimmons]

Lightsaber if you have the skill to use it, since it then can deflect bolts from any other energy weapon.

On TV, in SG-1 the Gou'ld hand device is apprently a weapon, force shield, healing device, all-around psionic amplifier.

 

[vshah]

could a lightsaber deflect a phaser beam?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: vshah
could a lightsaber deflect a phaser beam?

I'd guess yes, the "blade" of a lightsaber is apparently an impenetrable field.

A lightsaber would probably be less useful against a crowd of Federation troops vs. Imperials though, since the beams are continuous instead of pulsed. On the other hand, the saber-deflected beams would also be continuous so would do much more damage as well.

 

[dighn]

phaser - flexible and also very powerful
the lightsabre is cool but come on do you really see yourself using it without accidentally chopping your own head off?

 

[amoeba]

harlequin's kiss from warhammer 40K.

phasers just remind me too much of tv remotes.