R-infinity accelerator

The r-infinity accelerator is unusually squat for a gun.

An r-infinity accelerator is a powerful, portable weapon which draws energy from the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}degenerate matter|{{#if:degenerate|degenerate|degenerate matter}}]] core of a dead star. It is seemingly one of a class of "critical mass weaponry", of which it is the only revealed type.

The accelerator's barrel has a central, conical device surrounded by six smaller cones. When powering up, plasma trails from the outer cones in a display similar to that produced by [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Tesla coil|{{#if:||Tesla coil}}]]s. The weapon discharges several intertwined blue-white beams. When the beams strike a stone or concrete floor, they sound like "ba-da-doooom!"

For a being of around median Cybertronian size, the size of the weapon means it is best fired from a shoulder-mounted posture. Presumably smaller species will have to purchase some sort of stand or mount at additional cost.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

BA-DA-DOOOOM!

Swindle was selling critical mass weaponry, presumably including r-infinity accelerators, to the inhabitants of various planets when Ultra Magnus tracked him down. In a confrontation on Zull, Swindle fired an accelerator at Magnus, but missed. He was soon captured. Spotlight: Ultra Magnus

Notes

The accelerator's shoulder bracket is visible to the left from this angle.

• It is unknown whether the weapon acquires its energy through an intradimensional link like Megatron's black hole power, or if the weapon is literally powered by a small stellar core fragment housed inside the device. It is also unknown whether the collapsed star in question is a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}white dwarf|{{#if:||white dwarf}}]] or a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}neutron star|{{#if:||neutron star}}]]. Since both types of degenerate matter are extremely dense and hot, it may be that the r-infinity accelerator can be powered by either.