Honory mention: Vogon Poetry
For although it is not actually a weapon, it does induce pain and vomitting and in some rare cases death
10. Cohe-Wand of the Paratwa
From the book Leige Killer
by Christopher Hinz. This is a great book. I read it years ago...I think I'm gonna go buy it again...The Cohe wand is used by the Paratwa, a race of super humans. It is kinda like an energy lasso. And the Paratwa can use it to DEADLY affect.
9. Flashlight Laser - Ringworld
Swiss army knife of weapons: cook dinner, fry a Kzinti, miss a Pac Protector, all in one. Louis Wu is also one of the coolest characters in Sci Fi history.
8. The cute little Cricket gun from Men in Black
Awesome contrast between the ultra-cool Will Smith and the dinky little gun...that packed a serious PUNCH!
7. Green Lanterns Ring.
What's not to like? Need a big hammer, zabamm, there you go. Need a bubble to protect your superhero friends as you zoom through the outer reaches of space after some super villain, bzzzz, not a problem, need to heat up that bag of popcorn but the microwave is AAAAALLLL the way over in the kitchen, poppity pop pop pop, done and done.
6. Thermal Detonator - Star Wars
Purely for negotiation purposes.
5. Tron Disc.
They can act as a frisbee like weapon, a shield, you can dip them in pure energy to get a hit, you can use them as a way to communicate with your user...I mean what more can a program ask for. And when Tron throws his disc and it splits the head of Master Control's servant, Sark...man that was cool.
Money Line: [Tron] - "I'm also BETTER than you!" throw disc, kill Sark, easy.
4. Blaster
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." - H. Solo.
It's awefully hard to argue with Mr. Solo on this one. Although I don't want one of the ones that's used by the stormtroopers, I think the sights are off because they can't hit a damn thing.
3. Plasma Caster - Predator
Well technically anything that a predator uses should be on this list but we'll go with his shoulder mounted plasma gun. When the Predator shot the arm off of Apollo Creed...Action Jackson...Dillon...man that was cool.
2. Spetsdod - The Man Who Never Missed
Not the deadliest, not the easiest, but just plain cool. A little dart gun you wear on the back of your hand that's activated by pointing your index finger. BTW it's also from one of the best pure Sci Fi Novels of all time.
...and like Louis Wu, Emil Khadaji is just dang cool. The author, Steve Perry's Blog: [linky]
1. Lightsaber
I mean c'mon it blocks all sortsa stuff and cuts things and remember its an elegant weapon from a more civilized age. 'nuff said
And don't even talk to me about those stupid phaser guns from Star Trek. They were always overloading and the fire rate on them was slow as molasses. Although the little handheld one Kirk used on a few older episodes was sorta cool for its formfactor, it'd slip in a pocket real nicely.
Let me know what you think. Leave a comment.
Update: Scooter over at Gadget Grid posted a great Lightsaber duel in response to the list go over and check it out: [GadgetGrid.com]