Extended-Range Large Laser

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This article covers the canonical tabletop version of the weapon. For the various apocryphal video game versions, see the video game section at the bottom of the page.

ER Large Laser
Production information
Type Energy (Direct-Fire)
Tech Base Clan / Inner Sphere (IS)
Year Introduced Clan = 2823 CNC

IS = 2620 TH

Year Extinction IS = 2950
Year Reintroduced IS = 3037 DC
Technology Rating E
Availability Ratings E/F/D
Technical specifications
Heat 12
Damage Clan = 10

IS = 8

Minimum Range n/a
Short Range Clan = 1-8

IS = 1-7

Medium Range Clan = 9-15

IS = 8-14

Long Range Clan = 16-25

IS = 15-19

Tons Clan = 4

IS = 5

Critical Slots Clan = 1

IS = 2

Ammo Per Ton n/a
Cost (unloaded) 200,000
Ammo Cost (per ton) n/a
BV (1.0) Clan = 249

IS = 163

BV (2.0) Clan = 248[1]

IS = 163[2]



Description

Introduced in 2620 by the Terran Hegemony[3]. The Extended-Range Large Laser (ER Large Laser) focuses a powerful beam of light on targets that causes damage by overheating or melting the target.

As the name suggests, the Extended-Range variant of the Large Laser increases the power of the beam to project it to much farther ranges. The power necessary to facilitate the production of such generates a greatly increased quantity of waste heat.

As with most Clan energy weapons, the Clans lack their own standard Large Laser.

Manufacturing

The Extended-Range Large Laser is manufactured on the following planets:

Brand Planet Company
Blankenburg Terra Blankenburg Technologies
BlazeFire Sweetshot New Syrtis Johnston Industries
Cyclops XII Skye Cyclops Incorporated
Diverse Optics Sunbeam Gibson Gibson Federated BattleMechs - (Free Worlds Defense Industries)
Diverse Optics Sunbeam Irian Diverse Optics Incorporated
Diverse Optics Sunbeam Sterope Sterope Defense Industries
Diverse Optics Type 30X Kessel Diverse Optics Incorporated
Exostar Delavan Dynamico Limited
ExoStar Pinnacle (Clantech)[4] Delavan Dynamico Limited
Firmir UltraLase[5] Betelgeuse Firmir Weaponry
Hellion X-III Andurien Andurien AeroTech - Free Worlds Defense Industries
Hellion X-III Trellisane Grumman Amalgamated
Hellion X-III Westover Andurien AeroTech - Free Worlds Defense Industries
Lushann Redbeam 2 Lushann Lushann Industrials Limited
Martell Corey Hellespont Industrials
Maxell Chukchi III Maxell Metals Incorporated
RAMTech 1200X New Kyoto RAMTech
Series 7Ja Tamaron Ashton 'Mech Production Complex
Series 7N Huntress Abysmal Manufacturing Complex
Series 7NC Barcella Barcella Alpha
Victory Nickel Alloy Marduk Victory - (Norse BattleMech Works)
Proto-ERX Large Laser [6]
NAIS Mk. III ER Large Laser[7]

See Also

The ER Large Laser has been used in various video games, each with their own stats for the weapon; below is a list of the games that use it along with a link to each version's stats:

References

  1. TechManual, p. 318, "Clan Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
  2. TechManual, p. 317, "Inner Sphere Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
  3. TechManual, p. 226
  4. Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns, p. 42, "VLP-1D Vulpes"
  5. Technical Readout: 3085, p. 92, "Shen Yi"
  6. Sword & Dragon p.42
  7. Sword & Dragon p.21

Bibliography