Lasgun

Item from Dune by Frank Herbert

A continuous-beam laser weapon — devastating against unshielded targets, but its interaction with a Holtzman shield produces a nuclear-scale explosion that kills attacker and defender alike.

Also known as: laser gun, lasrifle, las-weapon

What They Know

• Contact with a Holtzman shield produces a pseudo-atomic explosion — mutual annihilation
• This interaction makes lasguns essentially unusable in any engagement involving personal shields
• On Arrakis, where shields are avoided due to sandworm attraction, lasguns regain tactical viability
• The weapon has no ammunition limit — it fires until the energy cell is depleted

Connections

• destroys — shield

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