Yeah, TNG phasers have widely variable settings, and I think UF even refers to it in at least one story, where Miki has raised his phaser's setting to a point where it would kill an unarmored target but stun armored Earthforce troops.

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>STO's pretty bad at giving the player the ability to emote. I don't
>wanna know how many times we've committed war crimes because of that.

Gods above this is so true. There's very few occasions where you get the option of expressing displeasure at something an ally says. It's a little more frequent when you're telling your enemies to go to hell that you can choose different approaches, but in no case does it mean anything. There's several allies I'd love to tell off, and Daniels is high on that list. Especially when he first refuses to tell you about his...alterations, to keep it spoiler-free.

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