Talk:Stasis Rifle/@comment-31189012-20170507233542/@comment-24.19.0.70-20170904205924

Although the possibility of lasers is ruled out by the fabricator not wanting to make them and the rather high probability of your character not knowing or being able to make one powerful enough to be lethal, the possibility of both larger melee weapons and explosives remains. It wouldn't be too hard to make a pole or something and weld a knife blade too it, or to brew an explosive compound to load into a torpedo with all of the laboratory equipment you find. Also, (spoiler alert) it mentions in the datalogs that Marguerit Maida is capable of killing leviathans using melee tactics. Granted, she does have training in the field, but it should still be a possibility. However, if you wanted to remain true to the games principles, you could have the explosives serve as an extremely powerful but nonlethal deterrent (not strong enough to puncture armor or thick hide, but still strong enough to leave a mark) that would leave even a sea dragon terrified. In the end, the human should find a way to do what humanity does best: dominate.