SORLIE: That unusual array is the piece about which we have the most questions.
ENNESBY: It's a gravy gun, only without the usual focusing apparatus.
SORLIE: But that's...
Okay but how do you get any range out of it?
ENNESBY: Those five annies fire in various rotations of phase, amplifying the output along the path to the target.
SORLIE: What about all the out-of-phase effects? The halo from the gravy pulse could permanently irradiate the entire assembly.
ENNESBY: "No User-Serviceable Parts Inside." We fired it one time.
SORLIE: Who built this? And are they in prison yet?