Dread

Emotion: See Angst

Also the name for a revolutionary new weapons system, called DREAD.

This is a new system that uses a rotating drum or wheel to spin spherical projectiles up to a high speed, in the same way as a candy floss machine, only with slightly more lethality. The design allows for a very high rate of fire, variable projectile velocity, and uses nothing but electricity (no gunpowder, cordite, etc.)

I actually invented this years ago, but someone else has now come up with it, and patented it. Damn. I just couldn't work out how to make it accurate enough.

See http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=526 for details and a video. Which shows they can't make it accurate either...