In the time before launch, when the Phoenix was molten and without form; When Drask the the ur-Behemoth and there were no jumpjets; Drask's range on barfing lightning was infinite. So, you could spawn into a map (which, in its prototype stage was flat), be the equivalent of 1/8 of a mile away, and receive a warm welcome from the jolly green jerk int he from of a face-melter