<strong>1st Lt. Ari "Patch" Redfirn  (Beta Team)</strong><br/><br/>Smiling at the physician, Ari offered her hand, and said, "Doc, nice to meetcha."  Then turned and nodded to Kat and nodded, "And you Kat."<br/><br/>Ari listened to kat's explanation, nodding her head the whole time.  I see.  Sounds interesting. Ari would love to try out that new item.  There are a few weapons that I have found work fairly well in nonlethal situations as well.  During a particularly hellish pickup in the middle of a civilian area, we used some ADS which focused microwave beams capable of heating the outer skin of a target individual or group to approximately 130° Fahrenheit (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/Fahrenheit) (54° Celsius (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/Celsius)) in about two seconds, which intensive pain in the receivers. It only burns the skin if there is continued exposure and once the target moves, the pain decreases.<br/>Ari's eyes darkened to a moss green when she talked about things that brought out her passion, and keeping people safe was something she was passionate about.<br/><br/>The second nonlethal I am most familiar with is a sort of pulse gun.<br/>It involves the emission of an invisible laser pulse which, upon contact with the target, destroys the surface and creates a small amount of exploding plasma. This produces a pressure wave that stuns the target and knocks them off their feet, and electromagnetic radiation that affects nerve cells causing extreme pain."  Ari explained both of these weapons in a detached voice.  While not fond of being the cause of pain, she was less fond of having a team member die, or herself be killed when there was something she could do to prevent it.  This definitely works through armor.<br/><br/>"There are a few others as well some work along shutting off a targets vision and others destroying a targets equilibrium through sound wave."  An ironic smile curved her lips as she thought of all the ways humanity has thought to beat one another.  Hopefully, they will find some benevolent races amongst the worlds they traverse.<br/><br/>"Anyway, let me know what you think of them."  Smiling, she turned and headed off to Captain Velnze's office.