Clan Tri-Laser

The Clantech Tri-Laser is a direct-fire energy weapon that fires three beams to the target. Each beam is an independent attack.

Conception
It was developed by Clan Jade Falcon anticipating in anticipation of the anticipated invasion of the Inner Sphere. Anticipatedly, of course.

Development
There were several problems during development, including that the heat efficiency was less than anticipated. The system was as weighty as a clan Large Laser but had a lot of less range.

Operational history
Nontheless, some Falcon star captains wanted to have the last of the last weaponry, and thus, putfitted their 'Mechs with the tri-laser. After all, it did increase the chance of critical hits, and its damage output was still fairly good.

Star Colonel Nicolai Malthus piloted a custom Summoner that, despite false reports to the contrary, boasted one tri-laser on each leg. Documentary evidence clearly shows three lasers shooting from each leg section. The fact is that non-superheavy battlemechs and omnimechs only have two leg hardpoints, making the use of tri-lasers indisputable.

End
However, the expenses in continuing development during trying times for Clan Jade Falcon (Seeing that Clan Wolf khan, Ulric Kerensky, became saKhan) meant that the program got cancelled and eventually the tri-laser became LosTech. With very few units initially produced, high mantainance cost and lack of spares, the weapon became very rare already in the Jihad era. In 3091, the last Tri-Laser exhaled its last attack, before being destroyed, ironically enough, by a Falcon. It was on a salvaged Timberwolf operated by Dark Caste bandits.

Timeline
Prototype: 3039 Introduced: 3049 Extinct: 3091