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<p>202.152.243.199: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:ROTF rail gun.jpg|thumb|right|350px|About the only thing S7 did right.]]<br /> Based on studies of [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E.-1]] by [[Sector Seven]], the '''rail gun''' is an advanced anti-[[Transformer|N.B.E.]] weapon which fires a steel projectile at Mach Seven, currently used only in secret trials by the [[United States Navy]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=== <br /> After realizing that [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] was trying to get to the [[star harvester]] inside the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], former Sector Seven agent [[Seymour Simmons]] took a radio from a downed [[Jordan]]ian helicopter and managed to contact the ''[[United States Navy#U.S.S. John C. Stennis (CVN-74)|U.S.S. John C. Stennis]]''. Speaking with [[L. W. Wilder|Captain Wilder]], Simmons informed the Captain of Devastator's presence, and said that the rail gun would be the only weapon capable of taking out Devastator. After Wilder said that the rail gun's existence was classified, Simmons screamed not to talk to him about classified and told him to relay a ready order to the properly equipped ship. Wilder contacted the ''[[United States Navy#U.S.S. Kidd (DDG-100)|U.S.S. Kidd]]'' and got them linked to Simmons frequency. After Simmons relayed the coordinates, the personnel on the ''Kidd'' aimed and fired the rail gun. The weapon struck Devastator and instantly severed his right arm and punched a hole through his head, causing him to lose his balance and fall from the top of the pyramid to his death below. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * The specifics about the rail gun being based on studies of Megatron comes from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]]. <br /> * In the novel, the rail gun was located on the ''Zumwalt'', not the ''Kidd''. Additionally, Wilder was captain of the ''Theodore Roosevelt'', not the ''John C. Stennis''.<br /> * Rail guns are totally real, and their existence is [http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,160195,00.html not at all a secret]. A model as advanced as the one in ''ROTF'' is still many years beyond current technology, however.<br /> * The [[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game]] adapted the idea of the rail gun into the [[Axiom Gun]].<br /> * In the novelization and [[Revenge of the Fallen (comic series)|comic book adaptation]] the rail gun is fired on Devastator as Optimus makes his aerial attack on the pyramid.<br /> * So, why wasn't it fired on the harvester itself?<br /> *Or The Fallen Himself?<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Railgun|Railgun article on Wikipedia]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]<br /> [[Category:Weapons]]</div>

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