
Larger and more powerful phaser rifles are commonly issued to security personnel. Personal phasers can be made small enough to fit in the user's palm and still be lethal. The overload process is marked by a distinctive sound that increases in volume and frequency until it is deactivated or it detonates. Phasers can be set to overload, whereby they build up a force-chamber explosion by continuously generating energy without releasing it the resulting blast can destroy most natural objects within a 50-meter (160 ft) radius. The stream can be adjusted to strike multiple targets at once, strike a single target with precision, or even destroy large amounts of material.

This versatility means they can also be used as welding torches or cutting tools, and can create heat sources by firing at a large, solid object (like a rock). Phaser output can be adjusted in both area of effect and output: a typical hand phaser can be adjusted so that it will merely shock or stun a living organism, while the effects of higher settings range from burning, and disintegration to true vaporization. Though they seem to discharge in a continuous "beam", close observation reveals that phasers actually discharge a stream of pulsed energy projectiles into the target. Phasers range in size from small arms to starship-mounted weaponry.
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Phasers are common and versatile phased array pulsed energy projectile weapons, first seen in the original Star Trek series and later in almost all subsequent films and television spin-offs. Phased array Pulsed energy projectile weapon A hand phaser can be set to "stun" or "kill". These directed-energy weapons emit energy rather than a projectile. The franchise depicts various weapons which fit the motif of the raygun, the most prominent of these being the "phaser".

The Star Trek franchise consists primarily of several multi-season television shows and a dozen movies, as well as various video games and inspired merchandise. The Star Trek fictional universe contains a variety of weapons, ranging from missiles (the classic photon torpedo) to melee (primarily used by the Klingons, a race of aliens in the Star Trek universe).
