Shredders are handheld energy weapons used by the Andalites. The Yeerk Empire created a more brutal variant of these called Dracon beams.

History

Shredders have six different power settings. Level one delivers a mild, light charge, enough to stun an average creature for a few seconds, while level six is powerful enough to blast a hole through ten feet of solid alloy. Level three is not deadly to most creatures, but is powerful enough to knock them unconscious for several hours.^[1] When set to kill, Shredders did so instantly and painlessly.

The Shredders equipped on the Andalite dome ships are far more powerful than any hand model. Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill has stated that the energy and heat released from a single full-powered blast are so great that if aimed at a planet it could set the entire atmosphere ablaze and render its surface little more than a charred crisp.

At some point, the Yeerk Empire reverse engineered Shredders to develop their Dracon beams. Unlike the more merciful Andalite weapons, Dracon beams deliberately slowed the death process, making it excruciatingly painful.

Ax used a Shredder to knock out the Animorphs when they first entered his sunken Dome ship as a precaution.^[2]

Appearances

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In chronological order:

• The Hork-Bajir Chronicles
• The Andalite Chronicles
• The Message
• The Suspicion (mentioned)

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References

Technology
Andalite Technology	Morphing | Dome Ship | Escafil Device | Hirac delest | Mirrorwave call | Z-Space transponder | Mag-Hover Truck | Quantum Virus | Shredder | Gleet Bio-Filter | Prion Virus
Yeerk Technology	Yeerk Pool | Kandrona | Kandrona rays | Bug fighter | Dracon beam | Pool ship | Blade ship | Anti-morphing ray | Gleet Bio-Filter | Nova-class Empire Ship | Z-Space transponder | Mag-Lev Train | Hunter Robot | Yeerk Distress Beacon
Pemalite/Chee Technology	Chee | Chee holographic crystal | Pemalite crystal | Pemalite ship
Ketran Technology	Explorer | Time Matrix | Mapping Crystal Quadrant 3 | Uninet | Adge
Other	Dropshaft | Ixcila | Skrit Na Saucer | Hawjabran Colony Ship | Hawjabran freighter