Alpha Laser

After many years of research and development, Weapons Branch finally produced the Alpha Laser. It was to be their crowning achievement, and many still believe it is to this day.

The unit consists of a rifle-like unit, which acts as a focussing and release chamber, and a battery pack that must be carried on the back. It has two distinctive firing modes, which were deliberately designed. The first allows for it to be used on living targets, but the charge is limited to being able to stun the target. The second mode is where it can truly show off its destructive capabilities, but is limited to non-living targets.

Weapons Branch have tried to develop a manner in which the Alpha Laser could discern one type of target from another, but that technology is apparently out of reach for now. All they can say is that the first mode won't work on targets that are non-living, and vice versa.

One additional piece of information that is useful to know is that the Alpha Laser is the only weapon known to be able to circumvent a Forcefield. This is because a Forcefield falls into neither of its prescribed firing modes as it is neither living, nor non-living.