What are your favourite Sci-fi melee weapons?

I would like Phaseblades.

Like Wolverines claws but made of glowing energy.

Similar to Psyblades from Protoss from starcraft but 2 blades extending from the back of the hand.

 

Identity Disk from TRON: Legacy
They look cool and fight them is very impressive.

 

Wow I'm an idiot how did I miss that? Man I really wasn't paying attention to anything yesterday. Also I like your choice.

 

This.

 

For Aiur!

 

You require additional pylons.

 

The Shishkebab, from Fallout 3. A gas-powered flame-sword.

 

One of the Twin blades of Azzinoth not a sword... baka!!

 

sorry if it was already posted -

Not exactly sci-fi (in context) but could easily be re-worked to be:



Edit - Kazuma's Arm from S-CRY-ed in case anyone is interested in the source

 

I was about to post "Protoss psionic blades are helluva' awesome."

The best thing ever invented. As a strong second comes lightsabers.

 

This sounds like a 8-bit theater reference, either way, I approve of this weapon.

 

We should totally have swordchucks, yo.

 

My favorite part of the webcomic is the invisible spiders segments.

On Topic: I approve of this weapon too. Swordchucks ftw.

 

Chainsword > All

 

Chainswordchucks > Chainswords just saying...

 

I firmly disagree.

 

Well... I'm out of originality so :

Portable Energetic crossbow - One of the best traitor weapons in ss13. This little fella can fit in every backpack, carrying case or any other bag which makes it very handy to keep with you. Powered by plasma battery it gives you impressing power which after few shots can take away enemy's head so you will never be caught off guard even by aliens or changelings. And the battery can last very long ! The downside of it - It's very notable and speed of projectiles isn't that big compare with tazers or laser guns so it's good to use it in mid or close range.

Cryptographic Sequence or just Emag (Not a weapon but still amazing thing to have) - This cowboy is yours best friend in any situation. Emag is capable of hacking any device that you can imagine off - Doors, turrets, consoles, crates and etc. Also it drops emergency shuttle countdown on 10 seconds, sometimes helps. The downside of it that affected equipment will be permanently broken (You hack the door with it, door opens and breaks remaining in opened position before engineer fix it as an example) Well... Also it leaves obvious trail of broken machinery in your way but game cost the candles.

Trick cigarettes (Best friend of wannabi grifer) - I saw them only on the gibbed servers but it's best one so far. What is it you ask ? This is 9 mini-grenades in little cigarette pack. Not as noticeable as the crossbow and you can hold them in your pocket. Even if their power isn't that big, 2 of them would be enough to breach the hull and decompress whole room, leaving poor victims to suffocate while airlocks are auto-locked themselves. Also it's cheapest thing in the traitor menu (1 Telecrystal ) so you can fill pockets with those and blow up every single victim you will met. I remember a big group of the traitors blowing up whole station with those. They can be as mid+ or endgame throwable weaponry. (Stats can also be randomly generated)

Last but not in the list, the most common and deadliest weapon in the game (Sorry couldn't find any images)(And it's not so sci fi, but i should mention it. (We can add neon lights to make it look more sci fi-yish) - Oxygen tank and fire extinguisher -- The worst dream of every player in ss13. Few hits with this heavy baby in the head (Or even one) and you are knocked out leaving your body at the mercy of attacker. Nuff said, only floor tiles can compare with this power.

That's all i think, sorry for my bad English and terrible punctuation. Have a nice day.

P.S You can just beat the life out of your enemy with emag

 

Keyblades

also, pretty much anything from Phantasy Star Online (which already has a very similar world and aesthetic to Starbound)


And I might as well mention the axe from Brutal Legend

 

Well, it's a fantasy style weapon, but i want to see it in the game. I never changed it's skin (Well... I did. I changed it on the fire version) because it's so awesome looking. It would be nice to see guitar as a weapon too

We (Or devs) can always add some neon and whistles to make it more Sci Fi