Many of the weapons are treated as constructs rather than as simple objects. These include the disposable organic blade, disposable organic blade venomous, wriggleblade, plague blade, plague sword, plague wand, tanglevine, venomous bio-sword, venomous bio-stabbing stick, flesheater spike, flesheater blade, biological claws, venomous claws, infectious claws, biological katar, infected biological katar, psychoactive spike, death thorn, paralysis thorn, pain-thorn, rage thorn, thorns of madness, debilitation thorn, brain-rot thorn, motor function disruption thorn, the black stinger, nerve-rot thorn, demon eel, electric eel, and constrictor eel. This universe has quite a long list of biological weapons that are named organic weapons in this universe. In the case of a living weapon, the living weapon may possess simple sentience or higher levels of intelligence and this can be a plot device. The weapon may be alive and/or is made of a material with biological properties. Weapons in this subsection are constructed of biological tissue. The weapon may be made of (1.1) biological materials, a material of (1.2) Super Material Strength, a material that is (1.3) super heavy, a material that is (1.4) Super Sharp, a material with strange (1.5) Dimensional properties, be made of a material that is (1.6) Polymorphic or other (1.7) exotic material. Because of exotic materials available in science fiction, you can make weapons that are stronger, sharper, heavier, etc. What is the composition of the weapon? This is the defining characteristic of the weapons in this section. The sections of this essay included (1) Advanced Materials Weapons, (2) Energy Weapons, (3) Enhanced Movement Weapons, (4) Disintegration Weapons and the (5) Conclusion. Electrical technology makes the weapon deadlier. For example, an electric sword will be classified not under swords but under (2.1) electric, a subcategory of the category (2) Energy Weapons. More specifically, the taxonomy is a “how a type of technology enhances killing” system. The taxonomy system created for this article is a “how it works” system. Halo 3 and Star Wars are strictly science fiction universes and do not have fantasy counterparts. The Eldar of Warhammer 40k resemble the Elves of Warhammer Fantasy but are actually a distinct group. For example, the Squats, a Warhammer 40K version of the Warhammer Fantasy dwarfs have been eliminated altogether. The company itself has gone to great lengths to make the distinction between these two universe greater over time. Warhammer Fantasy needs to be distinguished from Warhammer 40K that is science fiction. The D&D publication I used is an obvious attempt to focus on the SF elements of the D20 system and this will be the exclusive focus of this essay when dealing with this company. Dungeons and Dragons has a rich fantasy world with many magical melee weapons and there are entire books about the fantasy weapons of D&D. The Dungeons and Dragons weapons are from the publication One Thousand and One Science Fiction Weapons. The science fiction universes surveyed include Dungeons and Dragons (D20 system), Comic Book Universes (DC, Marvel and Indies), Halo 3 (the video game), Star Trek, Star Wars, and Warhammer 40K. However, nowadays, I think superheroes are a form of speculative fiction with strong science fiction roots. I agreed with this definition for many years. The comic book superhero is often considered a subgenre of science fiction. Separating futuristic and magic weapons would be artificial and contrary to the spirit of the comic book art form. Fantasy characters and their weapons exist side by side with science fiction characters and their weapons in comic books. In Marvel comics, Thor, a fantasy hero, regularly fights side by side with Iron Man, very much a high tech hero, in the Avengers. In comic books the line between science fiction and fantasy is blurred. This essay will look at several science fiction universes and focus on high tech weapons rather than fantasy weapons.Īn exception to this rule will be made for comic books. A weapon that fires a projectile, or is a projectile itself, is a ranged weapon.”įuturistic means in this context weapons in the possible future or high tech. “A melee weapon (from French, mixed, referring to groups of fighters interlocked in close combat) is any weapon that does not involve a projectile - that is, both the user and target of the weapon are in contact with it simultaneously in normal use. What is a futuristic melee weapon? Wikipedia offers the following definition:
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