Деревня Дураков :: Джо Кукан (Joe Duncan) :: Каламбур (тележурнал) :: crossover :: Бегущий по Лезвию :: Смешные комиксы (веб-комиксы с юмором и их переводы)

C-beams are spacer short for cesium beams, a type of particle beam weapon used in space combat. Highly reactive isotopes of C55 are accelerated to near light speed and blasted at targets at relatively short range, shorting out E-shields (the "glitter" effect) and reacting explosively with elements in starship hulls. If you see the C-beams glittering, that means you're observing the combat at point-blank range - you're either firing the beams or you're the target. "I saw the C-beams glittering" is the space combat soldier's equivalent to the old phrase "saw the elephant".