Does anybody else just love these things? One shot stuns, two kill, and three vaporise. How cool is that. One thing confuses me. Assuming that the Zat works by delivering an electrical charge as stated when it stuns somebody, how the HELL could it vaporise somebody? I mean, I get it can kill with another electrical charge delivered quickly behind the first, but vaporize?
Thoughts?
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Re: Zat Guns
1. I love the Zat Guns.Mark wrote:Does anybody else just love these things? One shot stuns, two kill, and three vaporise. How cool is that. One thing confuses me. Assuming that the Zat works by delivering an electrical charge as stated when it stuns somebody, how the HELL could it vaporise somebody? I mean, I get it can kill with another electrical charge delivered quickly behind the first, but vaporize?
Thoughts?
2. If you watch carefully, you'll notice that the "3 shots disintegrates" is very quietly retconned/discontinued and is actually made fun of in the Wormhole X-Treme episode "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard"
"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
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Re: Zat Guns
Well, in Wormhole X-treme, somebody who knows nothing about Zats is the one that says that. I'm taking it that we won't see to many more "3 shots" in the future?
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Re: Zat Guns
Not that I recall. Mostly because a lot of fans reacted the same way: 3 shots vaporize?Mark wrote:Well, in Wormhole X-treme, somebody who knows nothing about Zats is the one that says that. I'm taking it that we won't see to many more "3 shots" in the future?
How?"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
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Re: Zat Guns
It can't be vapourisation for the same reason that phasers don't vapourise people. There's no vapour.
What exactly is done is unknown.
And yeah, the 3-shot disintegration thing is retconned out of existance. It's pretty much never used again.
What exactly is done is unknown.
And yeah, the 3-shot disintegration thing is retconned out of existance. It's pretty much never used again.
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Re: Zat Guns
Also it seems to be retconned exactly how painful the stunning works. I think when they first were shown they hurt a whole lot more. Teal'c says the Goa'uld used them as a torture device. By the end of the series they look relatively painless.
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Re: Zat Guns
As it stands now, the effects can be shaken off easily..........more so than say a taser.
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Re: Zat Guns
I guess if you get hit often enough, or where you get hit.
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Re: Zat Guns
Well, Taser's seem to put you down for a bit longer than I've seen O'Neill down for.
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Deepcrush
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Re: Zat Guns
Depends on the taser really. Plus I've seen electricians who can take some nasty wattage.
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Re: Zat Guns
I've ZAPPED an electrician who wasn't even tickled by it. (I ended up getting tossed over a table as a result)
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.