Phaser Type I: a weak/versatile standard issue phaser for emergencies

[mbc]

utility functions that would have been more interesting than what I had, which would have made it more of a common useful tool (sort of like how the PDA has so many functions) more than the weapon.

I have a pretty silly idea for this.

Make this gun into a PDA module that you insert and attaches a little barrel to the end of your PDA. Also, you could have the gun interact with the PDA internal battery in some way (wait, do PDAs even have batteries??)

aand THEN, you could change the PDA module's settings based on the job or the needs that need to be met. What if the RD could heat or cool a target tile with a bullet? What if the CE could fire RCD rounds to repair at range? Dumb stuff like that.