[Ataru briefly flinches, but when Cliffjumper reveals the nature of the weapon, it quickly restores the boy's confidence.]

I said based on the chambering of the fuel cells, if your... audio receptors, are working.

[Ataru makes a guess - who knows, maybe there's a specific term for robot ears.]

After all, unlike a munitions based armament, you've got it absolutely sealed tight - except for when the triggers pulled, I assume. So what you have is something that would be otherwise capable of leaking, like say, plasma. Added to which, the fact it needs such cells at all shows it can't simply a beam generating weapon, because there's some kind of existing matter at work.

Still, wouldn't have guess you'd be able to change the settings.