Trazer
Overview
While Pegasus has wraith stunner and the Milky Way has the zat, the Millennium Expedition in NGC 300 has begun using trazers as their weapon of choice when they wish to capture an enemy. Designed by the ingenious fierri, the trazer utilizes electricity to neutralize targets. They come in a variety of designs including pistols and submachine guns. Their design also allows the user to simply incapacitate a target or render it unconscious.
Design
Like the rest of their weapons, the trazer uses a pair of rails to launch electrical contacts down a helical barrel, creating a magnetic field that would launch the projectile. Though the current going through these rails are weaker than those found in their standard weapons it is still incredibly powerful. Most fierri projectiles are the size of fingernails. Trazer capsules are the size of 9mm rounds. Each capsule contains a series of piezoelectric liquid crystals as well as other chemicals. When the container hits a target, it shatters, the impact causing the piezoelectric liquid to release a massive jolt of electricity. The other chemicals in the capsule serve to conduct this electricity as it splashes on the target. There are variants that, instead of piezoelectric liquid crystals, have a series of chemicals that, when combined, will produce a massive electric jolt with the same affect.
The electricity produced has been measured to be several hundred thousand volts and the current can kill a person. However, the current is brief so that damage done is negligible and will even arc over the surface of the target rather than through it. But there is damage done. 1-3 shots produce intense pain. The damage to the body is minimal and can heal. 4-6 shots will render a target unconscious. Damage done is now more significant. It still can be healed but it will leave more burns and scars. 6 or more shots is dangerous and is likely to result in permanent damage or even death. Because of this, all trazers only have single shot or burst fire. There are no automatic trazers as it would defeat the purpose.
Specs
Trazers simply refer to weapons that fire these chemical-filled capsules. They can be fired from pistols or submachine guns. The pistols are at a length of 22 cm, barrel length of 12.5 cm, and height of 14 cm with an optimal firing range of 50 m. The magazine holds 17 trazer capsules. The SMG variant is very blocky, probably because it can fold up into the size of a laptop. It has a folded length of 25 cm and an unfolded length of 50 cm with a barrel length of 17 cm. The SMG trazer can be semi automatic or has a burst mode.
The trazer is used in situations to apply less than lethal force. It primarily relies on pain compliance but additional shots can be used to render the target unconscious. The electric discharge will also damage equipment.
