Aeryn just walked by carrying her precious pulse rifle. She takes it with her everywhere, strutting around like little Miss Rambo. At this point, I haven't been able to learn much about the rifle itself. This oil is an explosive liquid that's synthesized from the Tannot roots found on the planet Sykar and maybe other places. I'm not sure exactly what the pulse rifle fires out of its barrel .
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. That's just too perfect.