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| − | <noinclude>{{Action}}</noinclude>Lasers fire very short and intense pulses of coherent light in rapid succession. When these hit, they instantly vaporize some of the target matter, causing a small surface explosion. | + | <noinclude>{{Action}}</noinclude>Lasers fire very short and intense pulses of coherent light in rapid succession. When these hit, they instantly vaporize some of the target matter, causing a small surface explosion. Because the weapon is almost instantly ready to fire again, a laser can be played over the target for additional damage or zig-zagged to cover an area or provide suppressive fire. |
Lasers are accurate, light, and cause a lot of damage but cannot use special ammunition. The weapons are expensive, but the chargeable energy cells are cheap in the log run, making lasers popular as military weapons. They are also quite common as improvised weapons, made from mining and construction tools. | Lasers are accurate, light, and cause a lot of damage but cannot use special ammunition. The weapons are expensive, but the chargeable energy cells are cheap in the log run, making lasers popular as military weapons. They are also quite common as improvised weapons, made from mining and construction tools. | ||
| − | Contrary to popular opinion, lasers are not silent; they create a vacuum tunnel in the air that collapses with a sonic boom. Forensic scientists are also often able to identify laser hits by burn patterns, so these weapons can be traced. | + | Contrary to popular opinion, lasers are not silent when fired in an atmosphere; they create a vacuum tunnel in the air that collapses with a sonic boom. Forensic scientists are also often able to identify laser hits by burn patterns, so these weapons can be traced. |
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Lasers fire very short and intense pulses of coherent light in rapid succession. When these hit, they instantly vaporize some of the target matter, causing a small surface explosion. Because the weapon is almost instantly ready to fire again, a laser can be played over the target for additional damage or zig-zagged to cover an area or provide suppressive fire.
Lasers are accurate, light, and cause a lot of damage but cannot use special ammunition. The weapons are expensive, but the chargeable energy cells are cheap in the log run, making lasers popular as military weapons. They are also quite common as improvised weapons, made from mining and construction tools.
Contrary to popular opinion, lasers are not silent when fired in an atmosphere; they create a vacuum tunnel in the air that collapses with a sonic boom. Forensic scientists are also often able to identify laser hits by burn patterns, so these weapons can be traced.