A disruptor was a particularly powerful type of energy weapon often preferred by assassins and bounty hunters. Disruptor weapons were similar to their blasters counterparts in many ways, such as the use of blaster gas and energy cell. Popular forms of this weapon included the disruptor pistol and the disruptor rifle. Disruptors were illegal on many planets, and in many places merely possessing one would earn an instant death sentence. Even under the Galactic Empire, only a select few Imperial Intelligence Officers were permitted to utilize them. Examples included the Galactic Solutions Industries GSI-21D, Merr-Sonn Model MSD-32 disruptor pistol and the Tenloss Syndicate DX-2 and DXR-6.