Gravitational Beam Emitter

Gravitational Beam Emitter is the gun used by Killy in BLAME!, a manga by Tsutomu Nihei. It is also known as the Graviton Beam Emitter and the Graviton Radiation Projector.

Related Topics:
Gun - Killy - BLAME! - Manga - Tsutomu Nihei

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While at the beginning of the manga it seemed to be an overpowered gun, it grew to be the 3rd most powerful weapon in the entire series, next only to Mensab's teleportation ability and the Level9, (the "Ultimate Weapon"). Killy states that he doesn't recall the origin of the weapon, though it was the only perfected GBE that could sustain such a high output for long periods.

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The weapon fired a highly condensed bullet of energy, which could repel beams from other weapons (seen in the Corporation against the Guardians), and can blast through larger forms of the GBE, seen at Toha Heavy Industries.

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It also draws on the power of the user, hence the reason why Killy is suited to using it, because of this the GBE never 'runs out' of bullets and has unlimited ammo so long as the user has power. There were very few occasions when the GBE had no power. Inside Toha Heavy Industries, where the Safeguard aren't allowed access, Ivy (one of the Silicon Creatures) states that 'the weapons of the Safeguard are disabled', so the GBE is not permitted to work. This also happens in the alternate universe inside the Gravity Furnace. Later when he met Dhomochevsky, Iko managed to stop the power of the GBE for a split second, giving Dhomochevsky an advantage in firing his own weapon. Incidentally, Iko called the GBE a 'Class 1 Critical Effect Weapon', obviously a powerful category.

Related Topics:
Toha Heavy Industries - Silicon Creatures - Gravity Furnace

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Whenever Killy loses the weapon for whatever reason (stolen, dropped, borrowed), he always gets it back, searching constantly for it, and even breaking through walls to get to it. In addition Killy refuses to let anyone else fire the GBE.

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Nothing can stop the beam once it has been fired. Anything that appears in its way is destroyed. It is the only weapon capable of penetrating the solid layers between levels of the Megastructure. A GBE beam can be deflected by another GBE beam as shown when Killy uses it to defend Cibo when another Safeguard fires a GBE at her. He shoots just the point of the beginning of the beam (i.e. the bit about to hit Cibo), and it is deflected away.

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There were 5 distinct 'levels' of power.

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