Sonic weapon

Sonic weapons generated a wide cone of high frequency sound. There was two main settings, stun or blast. In stun setting Released a high pitch wail that causes eho ever got shot by it to lose balence and conscioueness. On blast setting the sound cone was comparable to a blaster bolt, it could shatter solid objets and break bones.

Due to the wide variety of lifeforms that populated the galaxy the sonic pistol had to be reset to differnet species, but the internal computor could store several settings.

Sonic pistols such as the Sg-82 rifle had a maximum range of only 35 metres, with an optimum range of 15, and a maximum width of 10 metres. There main advantaje was they were very simple, only needing a power pack to make them work. There were also capable of firing under water, another advantage over blasters.

There main drawback was the user was required to wear hearing protection to protect them from 'sonic feedback'.