Star Trek - What phasers do 

My favorite is actually the energy weapons from The Invaders, both in its sound design and in its visual damage.

not really, they are just in lower setting, may be there is regulation about using higher setting. Varporising people is not civilize

Yes, really. There is no canon or even non-canon explanation for why they are several orders of magnitude less powerful. You can do the writer's job for them by crafting theories to make the stories work, but that simply underscores how wantonly neglectful they were.​@@congnghequansuvn474

Your explanation is inverted. First and foremost, Starfleet's primary purpose is exploration and scientific discovery. For a phaser to be useful tool of explorers, it needs to be able to fire in multiple settings and amplitudes. The fact that it can hit multiple opponents at once or even vaporize them is mostly incidental. These properties are far more important in its role as a versatile tool, whether that be vaporizing rock or liquids, or distributing energy evenly to turn stone into a source of heat. But, even in a combat role, if an ill-conceived regulation dialed down a phaser's power dramatically, any peer or near-peer adversary could easily take advantage of that by employing personal shields or armor sufficient to defeat the lower energy bolts. A high power sustained beam is simply better suited to defeating such countermeasures. Additionally, I find the argument "vaporizing people is not civilize" to be flawed. There isn't anything particular more or less civilized about a lethal blast, except the degree of suffering it may cause. But, if there is any reason to govern the energy output of a phaser, it would be out of concern for the integrity of the hull of a vessel. But this also fails because the writers never made that argument. They had no argument whatsoever. They were simply unable or unwilling to appropriately write beam phasers into their stories which shows a lack of imagination and severe limitations as to the type of stories they were telling. If every plot is "we must do X to stop bad guys from destroying the universe", equipping your side with powerful and effective arms diffuses the only source of tension. @@congnghequansuvn474

@kyleplier Not sure about that. I have all the 60's aired versions of the Original Star Trek series, and after the episode Turnabout Intruder, The Cage is on it. This is on the DVD discs.

@@danbasta3677 do u mean u have unremastered copies of tos? are they dvd or laserdisc?

They can even make a tricorder say it's solid to your lying eyes! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F2WXZLje0oM.html

No. They're blowing the whole thing away later, when they're transmitting ship's power. So ... dead wrong.

True.

Yes, they did.

Enemy Within,duplicate kirk.

Same.

@@Idazmi7such a legendary show.

ep day of the dove they blow up teh evacuated klingon ship

***** That scene was graphic, but would actually be an example of low-yield Phasers. Highest yield would actually be the examples where they disintegrate entire vehicles and solid rock faces.

He said THE SHIP could blow up half a continent. The Enterprise carries other ordinance than phasers. But based on what we've seen the ship's phasers do I think it's fair to conclude you could lay waste to a city in under an hour.

Yeah, you need to have serious friends and a system of "Starfleet Regulations" to make it Work.

+bazzarr Discovery was clearly made by Star Wars fans: their "phaser" works much more like Star Wars' blaster gun: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2RJ5MijWduE.html Only the tank there has power similar to a true phaser.

Even Enterprise phasers would have killed that Terdigrade in one shot.

STD phasers are about as deadly as a .22 pistol.

STD was made by hack vandals who know very little about Star Trek.

I sincerely doubt that.

Last person that should hold a phaser. Or gun

That's very interesting to know.

Precisely.

That's a retcon. Before TNG, Star Trek got it's ideas from actual scientists.

Idazmi7 No wonder why TOS still seems the most realistic out of all of them.

@@Abu_Brandino Yup. When you get specialists from RAND to assist your show, it tends to be more scientific.

Same place you get everything else, Trelane. From Mommy and Daddy! :)

You assume too much.

i believe they use microfusion generators, those can last thousands, if not millions of years.

Alex Jamieson They use advanced batteries supplemented by a dilithium crystal.

Alex Jamieson That may be so but if I remember correctly, a couple episodes on TOS mentioned something along the lines of "spent cartridges" from phasers...

TropiCool You remember wrong. That was _The Omega Glory,_ in which a single phaser wielded by one man killed more than 10,000 primitive natives with roughly 4 power packs.

***** ;D

At maximum disruptor effect? Probably only one well-aimed shot.

They're called "blaster bolts". And yes.

Lasers are just hopped up light beams. Phasers are directed energy beams. Incredibly powerful. Star Wars blasters are also directed energy weapons, using tabana gas to help keep the energy contained. Trek phasers are adjustable for several settings. Blasters have 2 settings: stun and kill. Even the turbo lasers are not as efficient or versatile as phasers are

@@brianrogers7360 Lasers are _also_ directed energy beams.

They are also weapons.

Literally drawing on the film.

they turned off the camera, removed the object, and resumed recording, then added the effect later.

Sauce. Animation cartoon drawing post production. Sometime you can see the actors 'angle' of beam is off. Like if you had a flashlight and the beam emitter was up or down from target. They had to remain very still while pretending to fire.. if they moved or their hand moved - the beam illusion was lost. Explosions were on-set fireworks at times. SciFi still uses that basic effect in 2018 but it's computer drawn now.The sounds are added post production 2.

Well, I suppose that makes sense. It explains why the Klingons use them. Haha But anyways, there are far more powerful beam energies in the Star Trek universe than phasers though. If not disruptors, then what about Polaron, Plasma, (especially Borg plasma), and Antiproton?

Not just STO though. It was brought out and described many times in DS9 how the Dominion had advanced weaponry than the Federation and other Alpha Quadrant races, and same thing with Borg Weaponry from Voyager.

***** Yeah, I mean Plasma weapons even pre-dated Phase Cannons are they were considered low yield particle cannons by 22nd century klingons.

WaveForceful Also plasma cannons in ST were also so weak they were completely ineffective against the NX-01's unprotected hull. Reed stated they could fire at us all day.

***** The Romulans were using plasma weapons again around DS9, though, so they figured out some way to modernize them.

That's what happens when you plug and oversized phaser into a Warp Core.

What does any of this have to do with an alien invader who can't understand human emotions?

Gene Roddenberry worked on the The Original Outer Limits and I believe took the idea and action of a phaser weapon from this episode.

You mean the magnetic disintegrator. Phasers are not magnetic, and the idea of disintegration weapons easily predates both series.

Oh, I'm sorry, I was talking about the magic of TV land visuals. Not the debate of "magenetic disintegrators" versus the "photon ray effect" in the real world, like you

_"Oh, I'm sorry, I was talking about the magic of TV land visuals."_ You should know that effect comes from a far earlier source than both: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K6iF5sINVns.html The weapon here is Gort's atomic disintegrator, which I think was likely the actual inspiration for the phaser's disruption effect.

True. Phasers were invented shortly after that: my point was their destructive power.

Phase Modulated Laser. The successor to the Phase Cannon (2150s-2160s) and the precursor to Phaser Technology (2260s-Onward).

Early instalment weirdness. We can either take it as canon, or dismiss it as the creators not having worked it out yet.

+Epi Endless It's _canon_ knucklehead. Phasers were invented later.

That scene is from "Day of the Dove".

thank you

No problem.

@@Idazmi7 Liked how it was aired in the 60's version and how they destroyed the Klingon D 7 Battle cruiser, more realistic and lifelike. Don't much care about the enhanced version, it really wasen't an improvement to the Original Star Trek series.

@@danbasta3677 I agree. The Original actually looks better.

Nothing like that appears on this video.

The book "Making of Star Trek " has some photos of type one phaser props with one showing a battery inside. Sorry, nothing to do with your fine video.

I see now. Thank you.

No, rechargeable Ni-Cads

ok,thanks

+Idazmi7 Phase Modulated Laser. the successor of the Phase Cannon. Replaced by "Phaser" Weaponry in 2265.

In the chapter "Where no onse has gone Before", they refer to the rifle as a phaser.

They are really just early Phaser weapons

The Return of the Archons

***** Granted, they do seem to get downgraded by TNG, DS9, and VOY, but there are plenty of high-end examples that fall in line with TOS. Star Trek tech consistency leaves much to be desired.

***** BTW, I have been seeing your videos for quite a while, and I 've noticed you're being kinda cold and mean to people that write non-offensive comments in your videos. Like, they ask you something and you go "WHY?!". Dunno, just saying... Nice work you did thear :D

***** Well, I know it's pointless to say this, has I would be even LESS tolerant if I was in your situation, but you really shouldn't get pissed of by those warsies...

leonardo tavares dardenne BTW, could you do a Empire vs Goa'uld video? I think they're pretty similar, managing to be fucking useless and scarry at the same time. Plus, I wanna know whos more shit, a TIE fighter or a Death Glider. XD

How about the pyramids? Better or worse then the destroyers?

Those weren't Phasers or lasers but low yield Phase Particle Weapons. They lack the power to Vaporize humanoid targets and are fairly limited in capability. I assume that the lasers seen in "The Cage" are in fact the missing link between Phase Weapons and Phasers. DSC had to frak it all up by having the phrase "Phase Cannon" and "Phaser Bank" used in the same scene... Lol (It also frakked up alot of other things too) I actually kind of liked the DSC Phaser Pistol Prop but hated it's Pulse Bolt FX. It should have been a beam weapon.

***** Thank you for your response, you have earned another subscriber today. I completely agree that _TMP_ was underrated, although it had an incredible soundtrack that redefined Star Trek music forever and better visual effects than Star Wars. The story was slow, obviously written for a Phase II pilot, but still deep and thoughtful. You left out _The Undiscovered Country_, my personal second place, any particular reason?

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Voyager's phasers aren't realistic at all.

I would say that they are about the same (in terms of realism) as the TOS ones. (However I like the TOS version more.)

Mr Dogenstein The TOS phasers actually have a pistol grip and sights, settings dials, and parts that can be inspected. Voyager phasers don't have any of that.

Yes, but it is still functional via touch screen. I was mainly referring to the amount of energy that they can unleash.

Mr Dogenstein I haven't seen Voyager's phasers do anything as extreme as what's shown in this video.

ah no reason just curious lol