function Create(self)
self.burst = CreateAMOSRotating("Attempt")
self.hasburst = false
self.Timer = Timer()
self.rayhit = Vector(0,0)
self.raymiss = Vector(0,0);
self.LifeTimer = Timer()
end

function Destroy(self)
end

function Update(self)
if self.Timer:IsPastSimMS(20) then
SceneMan:CastObstacleRay(self.Pos,(self.Vel/self.Vel.Magnitude)*750,self.rayhit,self.raymiss,-1,0,2);
if ((self.rayhit - self.Pos).Magnitude) < 7 and self.hasburst == false and not self.rayhit:IsZero() then
self.LifeTimer:StartSimTimeMS()
end
end

if self.LifeTimer:IsPastSimMS(500) then
self:GibThis();
self.hasburst = true
end

if self.hasburst then
self.burst.RotAngle = self.Vel.AbsRadAngle;
self.burst.Vel = self.Vel*20;
self.burst.Pos = self.Pos;
MovableMan:AddParticle(self.burst);
self:GibThis();
end
end

At a glance, i would suggest that you have missed a couple of semi colons, in function Create(self) especially.
The function Destroy(self)/end can be removed entirely.

Yo dawg lua doesn't need semicolons syntactically unless you're doing many things on the same line.