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A stunner (sometimes named a slammer, in order to avoid confusion with sonic firearms) was a refined version of the Terran pneumatic speargun. This slow-pellet projectile weapon was widely favored for the fact that it could be used safely against shields.
The weapon threw a poison-tipped or drug-tipped dart. A stunner's effectiveness was limited by variations in shield settings, and by relative motion between the projectile and its target.
When House Harkonnen attacked House Atreides on Arrakis, the Sardaukar forces used kindjals and stunners so that they could kill without the risk of attracting a sandworm.
Gallery
Apocrypha
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Stunner
(illustration from the tabletop roleplaying game Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium, 2001, Last Unicorn Games)
(illustration from the tabletop roleplaying game Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium, 2001, Last Unicorn Games)
Adaptations
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Attempted slow-pellet attack on Idaho's personal shield, fired by a sardaukar's stunner (Dune, 2021)
Appearances
Appearances in adaptations
- Frank Herbert's Dune (2000)
- Dune (2021) - Used to successfully stun duke Leto and for an attempted but unsuccessful stunning of Duncan Idaho, while both had their personal shields activated.