Pulse Laser

Single-pulse laser weapon...

— In-Game Description

A pulse laser is mounted on one of a ships hardpoints and requires assignment to a fire group before you can use it. It's an energy weapon which causes immediate damage to any ship it hits at effective range. Maximum range is 3000m but Damage Falloff begins at just 500m.

Pulse lasers can deliver a significant amount of damage in a single hit. Unlike other Lasers that fire continuously when triggered, a pulse laser fires intermittently in an on/off fashion. Compared to the other two laser types it emits the least waste heat, draws the least distributor energy and is also cheapest, at the cost of DPS/Damage.

Pulse lasers are entry-level energy weapons and as such have the lowest DPS values of all (non-special) weapons. They are recommended for arming hardpoints in which a thermal weapon is needed but the heat and energy issues are prohibitive for more powerful energy weapons... or simply if better weapons cannot be afforded at the moment.

Damage type is thermic, and so shields have a resistance penalty against them. Armour piercing capability is rather low (but very slightly higher than that of beam lasers), making them less effective against hulls than shields. These traits are common to almost all laser weapons.

Pulse lasers are available as fixed, gimbal and turret mounted weapons. Fixed class 1 pulse lasers are usually supplied in two hardpoints of a newly purchased ship.

SpecificationsEdit

Another variant is the Pulse Disruptor Laser.

Class	Rating	Mass (T)	Power Draw (MW)	Weapon Mode	Armour Piercing	Damage	ROF	DPS	Distibutor Draw(MW)	Thermal Load/s	Value (CR)
1	F	2.00	0.390	Fixed	20	2.05	3.85	7.88	0.30	0.33	2,200
1	G	2.00	0.390	Gimbal	20	1.56	4.00	6.24	0.31	0.31	6,600
1	G	2.00	0.380	Turret	20	1.19	3.33	3.97	0.19	0.19	26,000
2	E	4.00	0.600	Fixed	35	3.50	3.45	12.07	0.50	0.56	17,600
2	F	4.00	0.600	Gimbal	35	2.68	3.57	9.57	0.54	0.54	35,400
2	F	4.00	0.580	Turret	35	2.05	3.03	6.21	0.33	0.33	132,800
3	D	8.00	0.900	Fixed	52	5.98	3.03	18.12	0.86	0.96	70,400
3	E	8.00	0.920	Gimbal	52	4.58	3.23	14.77	0.92	0.92	140,600
3	F	8.00	0.890	Turret	52	3.50	2.70	9.46	0.56	0.56	400,400
4	A	16.00	1.330	Fixed	65	10.24	2.63	26.95	1.48	1.48	177,600
4	A	16.00	1.370	Gimbal	65	7.82	2.78	21.72	1.56	1.56	877,600

Engineers Edit

This weapon can be modified by Engineers to enhance its abilities.

Modifications Edit

The following modifications can be applied to this module:

Possible Experimental Effects Edit

Modifying this module can sometimes result in any one of the following special effects also being applied:

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Pulse Laser

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