Staff weapon

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The staff weapon is a directed-energy weapon and the standard weapon of Goa'uld and Jaffa forces. A similar weapon is used by Ori levies.

Design Flaws

The main problem with the staff weapon is it's shape, which resembles a spear over a meter in length. While this allows the weapon to be used as a quarterstaff in melee, it makes it large and cumbersome to fire in cramped conditions as well as being a very bad shape ergonomically for firing, limiting it's range to less than a hundred meters and are in most respects outclassed by the projectile weaponry of the Tau'ri. This fact has been attributed to the fact that Staff Weapons were designed by the Goa'uld primarially as weapons of Terror to keep in line various populations of primitives.

Staff weapons are powered by a Liquid Naquadah power cell and in general don't need to be reloaded during their operation lives.

Firepower

Staff Weapon bolts can reliably penetrate Jaffa body armor.

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Varients

• A miniaturized, wrist-mounted variant of the staff cannon is the primary weapon of Kull warriors. These appear to have a higher rate of fire than standard staff weapons.
• The Sodan are known to use a smaller version of the staff weapon.

See Also

• Staff cannon
• Zat'nikatel
• Hand Device

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