A Varon-T Disruptor.
The effect of a Varon-T disruptor.
The Varon-T disruptor is a hand-held directed-energy weapon banned in the Federation due to its vicious nature: the disruptor literally tears the body apart from the inside out, resulting in a relatively slow and excruciating death. Only five were ever produced; four of them were owned by Zibalian trader Kivas Fajo and he slept with one of them under his pillow. Fajo used a Varon-T disruptor to kill Varria when she and Data attempted to escape his ship. (TNG: "The Most Toys")
- The prop used for the Varon-T disruptor was later used as a weapon in TNG: "The High Ground," "Captain's Holiday," "Starship Mine," "Gambit, Part I," "Gambit, Part II," "Journey's End," "Preemptive Strike" and VOY: "Fair Trade." The weapon was shown as a phaser or similar weapon in [[Gambit, Part II]. The weapon fired a momentary burst of blue in a beam and was used on stun by Picard and Riker. Even when set to kill, it did not cause the intensely painful death of a Varon-T disruptor. Also, at the end of that episode, T'Paal told Picard to "pick up the phaser". The Enterprise probably confiscated the four disruptors owned by Fajo, leaving only one unaccounted for, so it is extremely unlikely that the weapons in these episodes were Varon-T disruptors. Despite this, it is possible that Data recognized Fajo's disruptor as a Varon-T, despite only referring to it as simply a 'disruptor'.