SCIFI.COM - Farscape

Aeryn just walked by carrying her precious pulse rifle. She takes it with her everywhere, strutting around like little Miss Rambo. She loves that gun -- it seems to be the Peacekeeper equivalent of a security blanket.

At this point, I haven't been able to learn much about the rifle itself. It's fueled by something called "chakan oil." This oil is an explosive liquid that's synthesized from the Tannot roots found on the planet Sykar and maybe other places. Leave it to the Peacekeepers to devise a way of turning tubers into TNT.

I'm not sure exactly what the pulse rifle fires out of its barrel. When I first saw it in action, I figured it was a laser but it doesn't seem to [ PULSE RIFLE ]

leave any visible wounds on its targets. Lasers usually turn things extra crispy, extra quick.

My best guess is that the rifle fires some form of electromagnetic energy. Electromagnetic pulses back on Earth knock out computer networks. It isn't that far fetched to imagine another form of pulse that's able to knock out our neural networks without leaving any sort of visible wound.

Speaking of visible wounds, I almost took off my right arm when one of these pulse rifles exploded before I could fire it. Seems that the rifle's chamber can overload & explode in a matter of seconds if it's not fired correctly.

That's just too perfect. The Peacekeepers designed a gun that explodes if you don't fire it. The NRA would love them!