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ProfessorGAC

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7. You Beat Me To It

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:54 PM

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They even have the light phaser which is about the size of 2 Bic lighters.
The phaser rifle, however, looked kind of like a light machine gun with a phaser attached to the end & the pulse cannon looked like a cross between an RPG & a shotgun .
So, they went back to the gun look fir the heavier weapons.

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