Ray gun
A ray gun was a type of directed energy weapon commonly used in science fiction references. 

In 1986, Commander Pavel Chekov was being interrogated by an FBI agent while on board the aircraft carrier , after collecting photons from the ship's nuclear reactor to re-crystallize dilithium on the . While the FBI agent was distracted, Chekov picked up his Klingon disruptor and warned the agent he would stun him. The agent told Chekov to calm down and give him the "ray gun". ()

When  saw T'Pol's phase-pistol, during her and Jonathan Archer's visit to Detroit in October 2004, he told her that she had a "nice ray gun", and didn't believe it was "for real" until she shot a hole in his car door. Later, when he was arrested by the Detroit Police, he warned them that they had to find the lizard people, but to be careful because "they've got ray guns." ()

When Jean-Luc Picard remarked that Lily Sloane had set a phaser to , Lily remarked that it was her first ray gun. ()

When Tom Paris was briefing Kathryn Janeway on the technology of The Adventures of Captain Proton, he told her to remember that it was "ray gun, not phaser; [and] imagizer, not viewscreen". ()

See also 
Death ray
Xindi-Reptilian ray gun

External link 
 
Fictional weapons
The Adventures of Captain Proton