"I'm glad that the ones I was hit with, when you found me, were not like this one." Lloyd commented to Boyce with a slight grin.
Boyce studied the weapon for a moment switching it from the electrophoric to laser, and back again until he was satisfied with its performance.
"These guns, Burman — they use the same source of power for both elements?" Boyce questioned Burman.
Burman looked confused for a moment and questioned Lloyd with his eyes and Lloyd knew what it was that had confused Burman.
"Gun, is an ancient term for such a weapon of aggression."
Burman then remembered that word 'gun' and he answered Boyce letting him know that its power source was indeed common for both settings.
Boyce was satisfied with the answer, and so was Lloyd, since he had thought of asking a similar question. Now both of them knew that, once the source of power was used up, that was the end of that energy cell.
They each took a belt case and a spare cell, as their armament for the trip.
They did ask Burman to show them some of the larger-gauged weapons that were to be used in the invasion and these had a strength five times that of the small hand guns.
Everything seemed to be going well with the production and already the weapons were being sent all through the Northern United Alignment, to the armies that would get two more weeks, so it was hoped, of training with them until the invasion.