I say weapon because it gets to complicated with all the super powers you can get. Turning invisible, walking through walls, teleporting. So for this I want to limit it to sci fi weapons that at least attempt to have a tech basis. So like not the masters device that turns people into dolls. However we don’t care if we can completely explain how it might be done now. Like lightsabers are fair game. As for me I would go with the star gate zat guns as initially put in. Both lethal and nonlethas and very portable. I want to put an honorable mention for tthe minority report sonic shotgun that seems to run on wind up energy so you should never theoretically run out of ammo. although not so sure as there was no indication you could power up more than one shot at a time.
EDITED: Its a little late at this point as the answers have went way off the rails but in case it gets more replies my intention was a weapon someone might carry around and could use as one person. not a weapons system or vehicle. Also no robots or things that essentially are their own entities. It should be a weapon used in a weapon like manner. aim and fire. also that quote about sufficiently advance technology looks like magic. if it looks like magic to us instead of technology then its to far afield. I hope this makes it more clear what I was looking for. Honestly I would have like to not use weapons as a basis but there are just to many things when you look at all of sci fi.
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An emp that blankets the world, but instead of electromagnetic it’s empathy manipulation such that it either eliminates those lacking empathy or forces them to be empathetic.
Goodbye capitalism, pedophilia, corruption, etc. We’re facing what I believe is a global empathy crisis through the rise of the far right due to global neoliberal capitalism. To secure profits, which we’ve tied to survival, we’re un-learning empathy, which was an evolutionary advantage for us. Capitalism rewards narcissism, a lack of empathy, being willing to exploit others.
I would set that empathy pulse off in an instant. I’m tired of seeing people brutalized around the world because of greedy people in power.
I think such a weapon is achievable once we understand genetics enough. Create a gene modification that makes people a little more cooperative and more interested in everybody else’s welfare - say 20% more - and infuse it into enough of the world’s water supplies to give the mutation to a majority of humans. Wait a few years and I think their behavioral changes would turn our whole world around. No need to design a perfect social system and use politics to implement it. It would quickly evolve on its own. .
Isn’t this the lore of the Reavers in Firefly?
Similar idea, but the “pacification gas” wasn’t a genetic modificationn. And of course how something works in a sci-fi story doesn’t depend on how it worked in a different one.
I’m not sure I’d like having a portal gun. I want one. I really want one. I just think life would kinda feel either pointless or overly complicated.
With only one of you with your regular human brain you’d be unable to save the entire world so any good you achieve would feel depressingly underwhelming, like the ending of schindlers list. Also you’d likely fall for a bad guys story and think you’re doing good but actually making shit worse.
If you manage to just be selfish with it and keep it quiet, what would you even do with life? Once you’d done all the landmarks, snuck onto area 51 and shit, what’s left? Doesn’t seem much point working a job, keeping a house or even robbing banks or whatever. Why bother with money when you’ve got a portal gun?
I really want it. But I must never have it.
I shouldn’t feel bad for just using it to reach the fridge from the sofa.
Yeah, I’d shoot two portals in a vertical line
Undo my belt, lean in and
Change pants without having to look down
Also I’d suck my own diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Be your own reach around
I’m pretty sure I can already do that.
Now you’re thinking with portals!
Don’t forget the protective footwear.
The flashy thing from Men in Black “my report was great and you have me an A+”
While a death star is definitely more powerful, I think I would have to choose then BFG9000 from Doom.
The Death Star is a weapon you can live in. It’s an important consideration.
yeah I mean the death star is outside of scope but the bfg is within. although i think it is one of those. the hero is so strong they can lug around a weapon thats supposed to be mounted type thing.
The point of view gun
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Nicoll-Dyson beam. You can fry your enemy anywhere, anytime, at the speed of light, with the power of an entire star.
Sonic Screwdriver is pretty much a magic wand with lights, so I choose that.
They’re scientific instruments, not water pistols!
Cerebral Bore from Turok 2. Not sure why, but that one stuck with me over the years.
A Gun That Can Kill The Past
The ZF-1.
it’s light. Handle’s adjustable for easy carrying, good for righties and lefties. Breaks down into four parts, undetectable by x-ray, ideal for quick, discreet interventions. A word on firepower. Titanium recharger, three thousand round clip with bursts of three to three hundred, and with the Replay button, another Zorg invention, it’s even easier.
Plus a tempting red button
Dena’s chakrams but laserfied
While a ship, the Lexx was primarily designed as a weapon that could destroy planets, so I’ll go for The Lexx.
Portal Gun, no question.
Nah, huge limitation that it only works on walls painted with moon dust. Even without that detail, the surface needs to be flat and judging by the main characters height, roughly 1m x 2m. Those details really limit its functionality outside the enrichment center.
Then explain the ending of Portal 2. What flat surface exists on the moon?
Scale is important. Yes, the moon is round, but local flatness could be within the tool’s tolerance. Even a surface plate (used by machinists a reference for flatness) has local peaks and valleys if you zoom in on the surface.
Judging by the moon landing pictures, most surfaces on the moon are roughly flat especially in the dusty areas.
The games are also a bit inconsistent about what happens when the surface moves. Sometimes the portal fizzles out, and on rare occasions it doesn’t.
If we really want to get into the specifics technically everything is moving. Could maybe that as long as the object is stationary relative to nearby large mass but then that would start to strain the moon shot since that is a separate large moving mass being linked to another moving mass
idk about flat but it’s 100% covered in moon dust.
I never actually played. I assume it creates portals.
Yep, links two portals to each other. Place one over a dangerous area and one below someone, they fall. Boom, a weapon. However, it’s also a very useful tool for transportation purposes.
it’s also a very useful tool for transportation purposes
Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.
You need the boots, though, otherwise it’s very easy to accidentally go splat.
I may be misremembering it but, I think you are forgetting the most limiting part of the portal gun:
spoiler
It only works on surfaces painted with moon dust.
One on the wall next to me + one on the wall next to my refrigerator = not having to get up for snacks.
Oh, there’s so many other uses for it if you put your mind to it…
lol someone can finally play go fuck yourself
Yes. It could technically be a weapon if you placed a portal up high, and another on the ground under someone.
The best way to use the Portal Device in Hedgewars (especially if you can shoot one end above water), given it doesn’t end your turn.
Yes, but every time I get the chance I either miss too many times or something’s blocking the way.
and tele-fragging: stepping into the same space as your target, theoretically exploding them
I don’t think this one would work, since they don’t occupy any space in the flat plane the portals appear on. You’re just making doors.
Is that a weapon? The game doesn’t let you use it on people.
In Portal 2 there’s a multiplayer mode. It can definitely be used as a weapon when you quickly swap out the portal exit so that your companion falls to their demise.
There are some fun community levels where you can race against a friend and there are all sorts of traps you can trigger/set if you plan it right.
The HL2 multiplayer set to gravity gun only was so fun. We called it “pie fight” since it was 3 Stoogles style chaos. The only thing missing was that you couldn’t use a person’s previous body to kill them. I so wanted to yell “stop hitting yourself” as I bashed someone with their own corpse.
Wow. I didn’t know it was multiplayer. I bought an old Xbox 360 a while back and it came with a bunch of games. I played portal 2 on that. Does it have multiplayer on that platform?
I liked it so much I bought Portal 1. I think it’s better to play them in order. 2 was better than 1.
Oh yeah 100%, you can play portal 2 local co-op or online co-op. I’ve never personally done online co-op on the 360, but it probably works fine.
Portal 1 is single player only and you’re totally right about playing them in order, that’s the way to do it.
Well regrettably my wife didn’t really get the hang of portal and we’re the only two who live here. Maybe when I have a friend over. I’m kind of old and the only friend I have that really plays games lives in the UK. We pay together online. If you’re interested we’ve played:
Borderlands Borderlands 2 Borderlands 3 Tiny Tina’s Wonderland Borderlands the pre-sequel Grim Dawn Aliens elite team Warhammer 40000 space Marines?
And we’re currently playing Aliens Elite Team 2.
I may have forgotten some.
Yeah, I didn’t realize it for a while as well. The multiplayer has its own whole storyline of what happened before GLaDOS took control.
in the game there are not ppl alive anymore, but you use it to “dispose” a lot of angry turrets and eventually get the endboss to hurt themselves.
You can instantly turn anything into a weapon and you can instantly drop the floor out from anyone and drop them from the highest point you can reach.
Yes. It’s a weapon and a tool like an axe is a weapon and a tool
Yeah, I guess so. I only played single player and now I know.
It’s called a gun, so I vote yes.
Orgazmo’s Orgazmorator, a ray gun that forces orgasm upon whomever it is fired.
*for crime fighting, bad politicians, or consensual encounters, only.
I still quote, “I am Sancho!”
My friend quotes/mimics Neutered Man often to hilarious effect.
Oh god! 🤣🤣🤣
A cheap clone of the Tasp. I assume Orgazmo came after 1970.
It did. It’s a 90s movie from Matt Stone and Trey Parker about a Mormon that becomes a superhero genre pornstar. At the time it was funny as fuck, but haven’t seen it in years to know if it still stands up or not.
It does!
If you have a couple drinks first it’s still decent
Which is a portable version of the Excessive Machine (Orgasmotron) from Barbarella.
A Death Star. Hugely powerful weapon, but also spacious living space, and travel solution all in one. Just need to get a grate over that exhaust port and we’re all good.
Good cafeteria as well.
But the trays are all wet.
Do not underestimate the power of the dishwasher.
