Ray Weapon Designations on Dieselpunk-Atompunk Earth

Type 	Description 	Suggested base "build" components 	GURPS Ultra-Techoff the shelf Weapon
Heat Ray 	Causes damage primarily by heating up part of the target; mostly these are masers or lasers, though some pyrokinetic devices are placed in this category, along with a few particle beam weapons 	Burning Attack (burn) 	Particle Beam p. 123
Electric Ray 	Ray gun that does its work via electricity. Many Stun Rays and Sting Rays (see below) overlap with this category 	Burning Attack (burn); Surge 	
Psi Ray 	Energy weapon that does damage or affliction through an explicitly psionic effect might be called a psi ray, though this covers far more weapons than it is normally applied to. In most cases, telepathic and vampiric weapons are far more likely to be called 'psi rays' than psychokinetic or ergokinetic weapons will. Transmutation rays (frequently biokinetic and slow-acting, or fast and based on warping space) also fall in this category	Affliction (Mental Blast) 	Psionic Beams p. 132
Atomic Ray 	Energy weapon that causes damage via ionizing radiation (and also quite often causes radiation sickness and cancer). These are generally more talked about than actually used 	Toxic Attack/Burning Attack with Radiation (rad) Damage Modifier Enhancement)	
Sting Ray(pain ray)(prod)	Weapon that is more designed to inflict pain than to do anything else, like cause damage or unconsciousness. They most commonly are taser-like weapons using magic and/or UV lasers to carry the current, instead of wires. Such weapons tend to be used as compliance tools, instruments of torture, and combat practice devices 	Affliction with Malediction enhancement 	Microwave Weapons p. 120Neural Weapons p. 121-122
Force Ray 	Weapon that inflicts damage, or otherwise attacks, though kinetic (nearly always psychokinetic) energy, also called a 'pressor' or 'repulsor' (or 'tractor' for Force Rays that pull on the target). 	 	p. 88,
Stun Ray 	Weapon that is designed it incapacitate the target, preferably without doing much damage. This includes weapons that leave the victim stunned or dazed, unconscious, or temporarily paralyzed (the latter being called paralo-rays). The term sometimes refers to directed EMP weapons, or other devices intended to shut down machinery. 	Affliction 	Electrolaser p. 119-120Electormagnetic Guns p. 131-143
Death Ray 	Energy weapon that is not intended to be less-lethal is likely to be called a death ray 	Affliction with Heart Attack, +300% enhancement) 	p 122
Disintegration Ray 	Ray gun designed to rapidly reduce the target, or a significant portion thereof, to small particles (whether ash & dust, molecules, atoms, or subatomic particles), without a noticeable explosion. Usually a type of Death Ray, though some disintegrators do not effect living matter 	Corrosion Attack with Cosmic and Armor Divisor enhancements 	Disintegrators pg 130-131
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