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Archaic laser pistol

Archaic laser pistol

Archaic Laser Pistols represent extremely primitive laser technology reaching so far back that they haven't even been manufactured in centuries. Nonetheless, on very rare occasions they show up on board some ancient derelict or wreck, the back of a junk shop, or as a lovingly kept family heirloom.

They are completely outclassed by modern energy weapons. Their damage is fixed at 2d10 per shot, and each shot draws the equivalent power from their power source of 2 SEU. They have half the range of modern lasers due to more primitive lasing elements, and weigh twice as much.

Their power packs are so primitive that they cannot be recharged from sources with modern connections. A good Technician might be able to jury rig a connector in a pinch. (Make a Repair Machinery check at -25%. Failure means that the power pack will be ruined. Succeed or fail, the connector no longer works with modern devices.) Any Repair check on the pistol itself is like wise at -25%

Given their complete obsolescence, archaic laser pistols are almost impossible to buy or sell, except to/from collectors or possibly a museum. Therefore no standard price is listed, but it could be anything from a handful of credits to 10s of thousands.

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This item is introduced mostly as something for characters to find as mentioned above, or as an adventure seed (the characters might be hired to transport one safely from owner to owner, or to steal one, etc). The representative image is that of a Lost in Space Season 1 laser pistol.

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