What are your favourite Sci-fi melee weapons?

Anything cleaver-shaped and made to look futuristic would actually be amazing

And if it hasn't been mentioned before, laser whips

 

Ah yes, nothing says Sci-fi like unintentionally wrapping your beam weapon around you and cutting yourself in half. Have we considered Lightsaberchucks too?

 

What should we call this? Darwin's Claymore? I think I'd like some weapons with this twin-helix style. I've got a few others:

Ion Blade: A beam of ions that loses coherence after four feet or so for Ion Swords, and different distances appropriate to other weapon types. Slightly worse than a metal blade against organic matter, but it just tears inorganic matter (metal, plastic, ETC) apart at a molecular level.

Laser Blade: A high-wattage laser that runs parallel to a metal blade/strut that supports a solar panel modified to accept high-wattage lasers. Better than a metal blade on all materials, but organic life lies in pieces on the floor after getting hit with one of these.

Plasma Blade: Think Lightsabers. And Lightaxes. And lighthammers. A striking surface composed of magnetically-contained plasma, which serves as a middle ground between Ion and Laser weapons, better than a metal blade against both, but not to the extent of either of the other two.

Of course, melee energy weapons would be top-tier. Mechanical blades, rocket assisted weapons, maybe even a hammer that deals damage through a directed explosion, pneumatic thrusting weapons, or swinging weapons that use some kind of mechanism to amplify force. Although for that last one, it could best be compared to powered nunchucks or a powered flail. Finally, I kind of want the circular saw spears that were in that weird version of Beowulf. The one Christopher Lambert. Unfortunately, I can't find a screenshot of it.

 

Many of those aren't melee weapons. Now I'm sad that I know what each one of them is called. Cool Post, though!

 

when was the last time you saw someone swing a deathstar?

 

Turkish Star Wars.

 

Not sure if anyones said this yet, but...

Lightsaber whip.

 

Probably a laser morning star. It's like a lightsaber, 'cept it's a morning star And it can extend into like a flail, too.

 

Rocket-boosted Hammers!
Chainswords, for sure!
A mutated arm that turns into a whip-like tentacle with jagged spines on it!

 

[PROTOTYPE] much?

 

Though rare, katanas with an elemental blade have always been the coolest thing to me :>

 

Warhammer 40k Powersack of powerdoorknobs. Preferred weapon of all Angry Marines.

 

The Bat'leth

 

A trekky While we're at it, let's get some

 

Romulans

 

In all honesty my favorite scifi weapon came from a tabletop rpg.

I was a super american orc named ungol slam who had a minigun with a chainsaw bayonet all of which was powered by gasoline...

 

That sounds... awesome.

As a sidenote, your profile picture and signature make me very happy.

 

Crysis 3: Typhoon

 

Yes, I agree. An excellent gun to whack things with.