Extended Range Small Laser
The Extended-Range Small Laser (ER Small Laser) focuses a powerful beam of light on targets that causes damage by overheating or melting the target, at an extended range compared to its base counterpart, the Small Laser.
Capabilities[edit]
As the name suggests, the Extended-Range variant of the Small Laser increases the power of the beam to project it to much farther ranges. The power necessary to facilitate the production of such generates an increased quantity of waste heat.[1] Thus, as most ER energy weaponry, the ER Small Laser doesn't cost extra slots or tonnage, but instead causes additional heating.
Extended Range Small Lasers can be mounted on infantry, powered armor, or Elementals. Clans not having a standard small laser is relevant to an article on the ER Small Laser.
Variants[edit]
In the years between the Second Exodus and the beginning of Operation KLONDIKE the nascent Clans began development of what would become the ER Small Laser. One of the first of the advanced weapon types to be developed, experimental prototype versions of this new weapon were used during Operation KLONDIKE in small quantities. The Clan Prototype ER Small Laser (ER-SL-CP) available during this period has identical stats to the Inner Sphere ER Small Laser, other than that it generates 2 heat per shot.[6]
Models[edit]
The Extended-Range Small Laser is manufactured on the following planets:
Series 1[edit]
| Manufactured on | Manufactured by | Typically used in | References |
| Arcadia | Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T4 | {Citation needed} | |
| Irece | Barcella Beta | {Citation needed} |
| Brand | Planet | Company | Used by | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlazeFire Longshot | New Syrtis | Johnston Industries | {Citation needed} | |
| Diverse Optics Sunbeam | Irian | Diverse Optics Incorporated | {Citation needed} | |
| ExoStar Pinnacle (Clantech) | Delavan | ExoStar Laser Technologies | BLK-NT-5H Black Knight | [7] |
| Magna Mk IV | Lopez | Magna | {Citation needed} | |
| SCI | [8] |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 TechManual, p. 226, "Laser - Extended-Range (ER) Laser"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 TechManual, p. 341, "Inner Sphere Weapons And Equipment Table"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 TechManual, p. 343, "Clan Weapons And Equipment Table"
- ↑ TechManual, p. 318, "Clan Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
- ↑ TechManual, p. 317, "Inner Sphere Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
- ↑ Historical: Operation KLONDIKE, p. 156, "Prototype Clan Systems"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns, p. 45, "BLK-NT-5H Black Knight"
- ↑ "BattleTech Video Game", Equipment
Bibliography[edit]
- BattleTech (Video Game)
- BattleTech Master Rules
- Historical: Operation KLONDIKE
- TechManual
- Technical Readout: 3050
- Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns
- Technical Readout: Project Phoenix
- Total Warfare
