Beams
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Instead of firing a single beam from between the prongs, each prong fires its own beam which cycles down the "rail-gun" structure and "twists" together with the other beams into a combined spiraling stream of energy.
Source: Wave-Motion Tuning Fork - Or it could be that the "energy beam" is just an animation gimmick to make it easier to see, like how rail guns shoot "yellow beams" or the "Cannons" on the guncannon and guntank shoot glowing bolts of energy.
- Henry, who supposedly Dual Wielded two twenty-pound sledgehammers because the standard ten-pound hammer felt light to him, was able to hold up the support beams until his fellow rail workers could escape, before his strength finally gave out.
Source: Heroic Sacrifice / Other
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