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Energy weapons: phasers, disruptors, masers, plasma pistols, sonic stunners and radiation projectors.

set <weapon> to <setting> turn the selector, for example: set phaser to stun
look <weapon> shows its setting and the settings it has
fire <weapon> at <target> shoot (shoot works too)
check charge, load, unload see the cell, put a cell in, take it out

Each shot draws its setting's energy from the loaded cell, so stun shots last far longer than kill shots.
stun stuns for a few seconds and does no harm
heat burns
kill wounds, and kills if it is kept up
disintegrate a huge charge that destroys what it hits (phasers and disruptors only)
pulse sonic stunner: a hard blast of sound that bruises
low / high radiation projector: little direct harm, but a radiation dose and sickness later
Hand phasers, disruptors, masers, plasma pistols and sonic stunners take a hand cell. Phaser rifles and radiation projectors take a rifle pack.
All of them use the blasters skill.
See also: help phaser (for a weapon you are holding).