We're postulating that powering it down is what makes it explode -- it's actively stabilized.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Craig Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
However, her vibrosword was also damaged in the attack . . .

















[Sorry if the ENORMOUS blank space above is still there. Gmail wouldn't let me remove it.

With weapons this unstable, standard first-responder procedure would be to power down the weapon and remove the power cells.

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