Vibroblade
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A vibroblade is a class of science fiction weapon that uses an ultrasonic generator attached to a bladed weapon like a knife or sword. The ultrasonic vibrations along the blade's edge allow it to cut through much denser materials than would normally be possible. Alternatively, friction from the vibrations are used to heat the blade white-hot, and the heat is the source of the increased cutting power.
Vibroblades have been used in numerous sci-fi settings, including:
- BattleTech (Vibroblades)
- Devil May Cry 4 (Nero's Red Queen sword)
- Fallout and Fallout 2 (Ripper)
- Final Fantasy VIII (Gunblades)
- GURPS (Vibroblades)
- Guyver (High Frequency Swords)
- Heavy Gear (Vibroblades/swords/sabers/rapiers etc.)
- Honor Harrington series (Force blades)
- "If This Goes On—" by Robert Heinlein (Vibroblades)
- Long Tomorrow (Quiver-Shivs)
- Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4 (High Frequency Blade)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Vibroblade used by AEU mecha in first episode)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (Progressive Knife)
- Parasite Eve 2 (Gunblade)
- Perfect Dark Zero (Vibroblade)
- Perry Rhodan (Swords, daggers, saws)
- Rifts (Vibroblades)
- Shadowrun (Monowhip, Vibroweapons)
- Star Wars (Vibroweapons)
- Transformers (Wreck-Gar and Broadside, among others, carry vibro-axes)
- Unreal Championship 2 (Legion Sword)
- Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (Vibroblades)
- Mospeada: Yellow's transformable VR series of Armor Cycle (Vibroblades)
- X-COM: Terror from the Deep (Vibroblades / Thermic Lance)
- Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic (Vibroblade)
- Mission: Thunderbolt (Vibroknife, Vibrosword)
