REALITY DISRUPTION
BEAMS
These exotic weapons cause localized space/time warps
or probability disruptions. They’re often related to FTL,
matter transmitter, parachronic, or time travel technology.
Ghost Particle Beam (TL11^)
This fires a beam of exotic particles that passes through
solid material as if it wasn’t there. After a fraction of a second, the particles decay into an explosive combination of
high-energy particle-antiparticle pairs and gamma rays.
Probability field manipulation ensures the particles decay
nearly simultaneously at a desired point in space and time
. . . inside the target.
These are indirect-fire weapons operated using Artillery
skill. A ghost particle beam is not affected by atmosphere
and ignores intervening cover. It is also invisible and intangible – the only visible effect is a brilliant explosion inflicting burning damage with the cosmic, radiation, and surge
modifiers. The cosmic modifier means that if the beam hits
the desired target, ignore the target’s DR; it is an internal
explosion, doing three times normal damage (see p. B415).
This only applies on a direct hit. Do not ignore DR for the
collateral damage from the explosion. Reality-stabilized
force screens (pp. 190-192) protect against ghost particle
beams with one-fifth of the screen’s normal DR.
Weapons
Ghost particle beams require precise stabilization and
targeting systems. They are only available as vehicle-sized
weapons.

Ghost Particle Weapon Table
ARTILLERY (BEAMS) (IQ-5)
TL Weapon Damage Acc Range Weight RoF Shots ST Bulk Rcl Cost LC
11^ Ghost Particle Cannon 6d¥10(∞) burn ex 15 18,000/54,000 1,000/Fp 10 66(5) 70M -10 1 $1,000,000 1
11^ Heavy Ghost Particle Cannon 6d¥20(∞) burn ex 15 72,000/220,000 8,000/10Fp 10 83(5) 200M -10 1 $8,000,000 1



Reality Disintegrator (TL12^)
These weapons erase the target from existence. Some
alter probability so that the target no longer exists, at least
in this universe! Others project a field of “nothingness”
incompatible with the existence of normal matter, or
are ranged matter transmitters that will scatter a target’s
component particles across space.
Reality disintegrators are identical to disintegrators
(p. 130), except for the defenses effective against their cosmic armor divisor. Force screens and DR protect only if
they are reality-stabilized (p. 192).
If reality disintegrators disrupt probability or scatter the
target across multiple dimensions, someone with Temporal
Inertia (p. B93) may be immune!
Displacer (TL12^)
A displacer is a matter transmitter weapon that rips
open a warp in space and sends its target elsewhere. It is targeted on an area rather than an individual – use the Area
Effect rules (pp. B413-414).
A wormhole forms at the target point. Anything inside is
sucked into the rift. If an object’s shortest dimension is
greater than the radius of effect, it is too large to fit through
the warp and will be unaffected. A displacer will affect a
target in a stasis field, provided the field diameter is small
enough.
A reality stabilizer (p. 194) or reality-stabilized force
screen (pp. 190-192) can protect against a displacer: roll
against the reality stabilizer’s HT (usually HT 12) to resist
the beam.
Where a particular displacer transports its target is up to
the GM. Interstellar space, another parallel dimension, the
heart of a sun, the past, or solid ground a few miles (or light
years) away are all possibilities. The attacker does not have
any control over the effect, but it’s usually more fun to send
heroes and important NPCs to interesting places than to
kill them.
The effect might be totally random, or it might follow
specific rules, such as warping the target into the same
place but 10d centuries into the past, or into an adjacent
parallel world. If the effect is too safe and predictable, however, characters may start to use it as a cheap form of transportation. If displacers send their victims very, very far
away, some societies might use displacers as a punishment:
a cross between exile and disintegration! It is also possible
that the inventors and users of displacers may think they
have a space/time disruptor . . . not knowing that the targets may survive!
Weapons
Displacer Cannon (TL12^): A heavy displacer cannon,
capable of creating a warp large enough to spirit away a
small house or a tank-sized vehicle!
Portable Displacer (TL12^): This bulky, barely manportable weapon tears open a two-yard radius wormhole.
It’s sometimes nicknamed a “tachyon shotgun.

Displacer Weapon Table
BEAM WEAPONS (RIFLE) (DX-4, other Beam Weapons-4, or Guns (Rifle)-4)
TL Weapon Damage Acc Range Weight RoF Shots ST Bulk Rcl Cost LC
12^ Portable Displacer spec. (2 yd.) 18 200 70/2Dp 1 8(5) 15† -8 1 $100,000 1
GUNNER (BEAMS) (DX-4, or other Gunner-4)
TL Weapon Damage Acc Range Weight RoF Shots ST Bulk Rcl Cost LC
12^ Displacer Cannon spec. (10 yd.) 18 1,000 8,000/F 1 8(5) M -10 1 $12,000,000 1