Blaster

'Blasters' are nicknames for the most common form of armament in the Force Galaxy. They are directed energy weapons that burn flesh, similar to the Covenant Plasma Rifle or the Dalek Laser, which all use the same technology.

Blaster are either hand-held or used on spaceships, but either way they are effective. They are also useful against Energy Shields, since the overload of power can burn out shields and render them useless.

Blasters are used all over the Force Galaxy and even in other Galaxies, meaning that the widespread use of them has led to many counter-measures being developed. Methods like the bubble-shield used by the Covenant or the Dalek Absorbtion Shield. Even the gormless Sontarans have anti-measures to prevent blasters from funtioning at all, this is known as an emission field and also works on conventional weapons.

According to Trask Ulgo, it is suicide to use a blster on the Bridge of a starship.