Okay, so when I first saw the new Empyrean gun, I immediately thought of this. I quickly forgot about it, but when I was looking at it again just now in AV, I realized that I had to make a post... a very nerdy post, indeed. I think I know where SE got the design for Armageddon--the original Star Trek series!!! LoL >.< But LOOK!
The episode is called "The Doomsday Machine." Just thought it was kind of a cool similarity... ^-^