Tesla Electronics produces a unique type of advanced direct-energy weapon, operating on the electrolaser principle, which it calls the Lightning Gun. What this means is that as the weapon is fired, it ionises air in its path. A separate electrical connection then transmits an enormous current through this plasma channel. Its effects are varied and can be controlled by the user; it may stun its target (much like a taser), electrocute them to death or anything in between. Against complex machinery such as modern jet fighters and mechs, the Lightning Gun shows its fangs, frying the target's circuits. Most armour is also useless against it. Though the object itself is technically portable, contemporary power storage and generation methods are not, so it is mostly used as an emplaced defensive weapon.