Actually, what I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, want is something I learned about over Thanksgiving from a friend who works at Argonne National Labs.

What I want is an FEL.

A Free Electron Laser [FEL] generates tunable, coherent, high power radiation, currently spanning wavelengths from millimeter to visible and potentially ultraviolet to x-ray. It can have the optical properties characteristic of conventional lasers such as high spatial coherence and a near diffraction limited radiation beam. It differs from conventional lasers in using a relativistic electron beam as its lasing medium, as opposed to bound atomic or molecular states, hence the term free-electron.

It's the fact that it works in the mid- to high- infrared that makes it attractive to me. You see, it'll literally evaporate things (including certain people) out to about 12 kilometers!

ZAP! POOF!
ZAP! POOF!

YEE-HA! This would be the most fun since Sam Colt invented the revolver!!!