Changes: Heavy Laser

Revision as of 17:40, 6 July 2019

A heavy laser is a light-based beam weapon about the size of a heavy machine gun. It must be mounted on a tripod or a swivel mount to be fired. It has longer range than a laser rifle, and a minimum SEU setting of 5. Otherwise it operates the same as the laser rifle.

Heavy lasers have an adjustable power setting ranging from 5 to 20, consuming an equal number of SEU per shot; lower settings are less damaging than higher settings, but all settings are technically "lethal", with no available "stun" setting.

A heavy laser can be fed via an armoured cable from a power beltpack or backpack. Dedicated military heavy weapons teams usually have the team´s second member carry an econopack or a parabattery. In fixed emplacements, pintle-mounted heavy lasers may be fed from the redoubt´s generator.

Heavy Laser, Vehicle-mounted

A vehicle mounted heavy laser is even more powerful than a standard heavy laser. As the name implies, it is typically mounted on a vehicle, though nothing prevents it from being mounted in a fixed fortification as well. It is capable of being dialed up to 30 SEU per shot, and has a longer range. Vehicle-mounted heavy lasers usually operate off of a power econopack or the vehicles or emplacement´s generator.

References

The standard heavy laser is described in the Alpha Dawn rulebook. The vehicle-mounted version of from the article "Tanks a Lot" in Dragon #91.

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+[[File:Heavy Laser 2.jpg|thumb|270x270px]]
-[[File:HL1.png|thumb|300x300px|[[WarTech Incorporated|WarTech]] ''Firefall'' heavy laser, non-standard firing position]]
+{{Weapon_Stats|name = Heavy Laser
-[[File:Heavy lasgun, aka devastator.png|thumb|220x220px]]
+(man-portable)|skill = Beam Weapons|damage = 1d10 per SEU (5 - 30 SEU per shot)|ammo = 50 (beltpack) /
-A '''heavy laser''' is a [[Laser Weapons|laser]] weapon about the size of a Machine Gun. It must be mounted on a tripod or a swivel mount to be fired. It has longer range than a [[Laser Rifle|laser rifle]], and a minimum [[SEU]] setting of 5. Otherwise it operates the same as the laser rifle.
+(backpack) /
+(econopack)|RoF = 1|defense = Albedo|range = - / 100 / 200 / 1,000 / 2,000|cost = 6000 Cr|kg = 20}}A '''heavy laser''' is a [[Laser Weapons|light-based]] [[Beam Weapons|beam weapon]] about the size of a heavy [[Machine Gun|machine gun]]. It must be mounted on a tripod or a swivel mount to be fired. It has longer range than a [[Laser Rifle|laser rifle]], and a minimum [[SEU]] setting of 5. Otherwise it operates the same as the [[Laser Rifle|laser rifle]].
+Heavy lasers have an adjustable power setting ranging from 5 to 20, consuming an equal number of SEU per shot; lower settings are less damaging than higher settings, but all settings are technically "lethal", with no available "stun" setting.
+A heavy laser can be fed via an armoured cable from a [[Power Beltpack|power beltpack]] or [[Power Backpack|backpack]]. Dedicated military heavy weapons teams usually have the team´s second member carry an [[Power Econopack|econopack]] or a [[parabattery]]. In fixed emplacements, pintle-mounted heavy lasers may be fed from the redoubt´s [[Power Generator|generator]].
 == Heavy Laser, Vehicle-mounted ==
+[[File:Vehicle mounted laser.jpg|thumb|270x270px]]
-[[File:Xm312.jpg|thumb|300x300px|XM-312 Vehicle Heavy laser (successor of the PGC-HL5) tripod-mount|left]]A vehicle mounted heavy laser is even more powerful than a standard heavy laser.  As the name implies, it is typically mounted on a vehicle, though nothing prevents it from being mounted in a fixed fortification as well.  It is capable of being dialed up to 30 SEU per shot, and has a longer range.  Vehicle-mounted heavy lasers operate off of a [[Power Econopack|power econopack]].
+{{Weapon_Stats|name = Heavy Laser
+(vehicle-mounted)|skill = Beam Weapons|damage = 1d10 per SEU, 5-30 SEU per shot|ammo = 250 SEU (econopack)|RoF = 1|defense = Albedo|range = - / 150 / 750 / 1,500 / 3,000|cost = 7,500 Cr|kg = 25}}A '''vehicle mounted heavy laser''' is even more powerful than a standard heavy laser.  As the name implies, it is typically mounted on a vehicle, though nothing prevents it from being mounted in a fixed fortification as well.  It is capable of being dialed up to 30 SEU per shot, and has a longer range.  Vehicle-mounted heavy lasers usually operate off of a [[Power Econopack|power econopack]] or the vehicles or emplacement´s [[Power Generator|generator]].
+== References ==
 ''The standard heavy laser is described in the Alpha Dawn rulebook.  The vehicle-mounted version of from the article "Tanks a Lot" in Dragon #91.''
-{{Weapon Stats|name = Heavy Laser|skill = Beam Weapons|damage = 1d10/SEU (minimum of 5d10)|ammo = 100|RoF = 1|defense = Albedo|range = -/100/200/1km/2km|cost = 6000|Kg = 20kg|name1 = Heavy Laser, Vehicle-mounted|skill1 = Beam Weapons|damage1 = 1d10/SEU (minimum of 5d10)|ammo1 = 250|RoF1 = 1|defense1 = Albedo|range1 = -/150/750/1.5km/3km|cost1 = 7500|Kg1 = 25}}
 ==Gallery==
+[[File:Heavy lasgun, aka devastator.png|thumb|270x270px|Heavy lasgun (aka "devastator")]][[File:Xm312.jpg|thumb|270x270px|XM-312 Vehicle Heavy laser (successor of the PGC-HL5) tripod-mount]]<gallery>
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 HL2.jpg|''Archimedes'' heavy laser, pintle-mount
+</gallery>[[File:HL1.png|thumb|270x270px|[[WarTech Incorporated|WarTech]] ''Firefall'' heavy laser, non-standard firing position]][[Category:Equipment]]
-</gallery>
-[[Category:Equipment]]
 [[Category:Weapons]]
 [[Category:Laser Weapons]]