Mysteron Gun
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Some very good replies here - Kambei, I thought of tasers myself, just not at a convenient time - and they do sound awfully similar don't they? The world has been busy catching up with Geryy in the past few decades. Thanks for the info - that's quite useful!
and for Shaqui:
shaqui wrote:
Doc Denim wrote:
At some point I more or less adopted the more satisfying version of it that appeared in the John Theydon novel 'The Silent Sabatoeur' - which at least sounded a lot more portable and field-effective than the over-the-shoulder model from the series.
It's been a while since I read that novel but did the description match the version used in TV21?:
I have dug out my Silent Sabatoeur novel and have a couple of relevant excerpts:
….for the first time he remembered his anti-Mysteron gun. A high voltage discharge could play havoc with an electronic instrument----
He snatched it from its holster and discharged it…. (Pg 62)
Too late, from the corner of his eye, he saw the black-sleeved hand that closed about the butt of the anti-Mysteron gun that he had put down on the bench beside him.
He swung – and then went rigid, his throat tightening. Standing a few feet away from him, a cold smile on his ashen face, the anti-Mysteron gun in hand, was Captain Black.
“So we meet again, Captain Scarlet,: the Mysteron agent said tonelessly.
“You have been here all the time?” Scarlet scarcely recognized his own voice.
“On the mountain – yes. Partly by reason of what you Earthmen call luck or chance, partly by reason of your own undoubted courage and determination, you escaped the death that was planned for you, Captain Scarlet.”
Scarlet smiled tightly. “I’m sorry I was so inconsiderate, captain Black.”
“But you were considerate, Captain Scarlet.” The cold, dark eyes seemed to mock him. “Or were you just stupid like most of your fellow Earthmen? This is the gun with which you have destroyed many Mysterons. If it will kill them, it will also destroy you – utterly and beyond the hope of retrometabolism, Captain Scarlet.”
Scarlet stared at the unblinking eyes of the Mysteron who had once been one of his colleagues – and saw implacable hatred in them.
“Farewell, Captain Scarlet.”
Deliberately, Captain Black raised the gun and pointed it between Scarlet’s eyes.
(Pg 63-64)
There are more references, I just haven’t found them by quickly skimming the text – but it seems these Mysteron guns are far more pistol-like than bazooka-like and are carried about in a hip-holster, and quite easily managed in just one hand.
So, I have to say no, these novelized versions really don’t look at all like the ones presented in these drawings from TV21…I rather imagine that hauling an anti-Mysteron bazooka around would be almost as cumbersone as the OCS prototype and certainly not as relatively inconspicuous as a pistol-type might be.
More next time!
Doc Denim
PS - The Silent Sabatoeur is actually quite a decent tale as these things go....in a quick re-read, I am seeing in retrospect where I found the basis for many of the suppositons that have made their way into my own fan-fics.
PPS - just as an aside that may be more relvant for another thread, this also more or less answers (to my satisfaction, if you want to consider this canon, in any case) whether or not Scarlet can be killed by electrical discharges.
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