Extended-Range Large Laser
ER Large Laser | |
Production information | |
Type | Energy (Direct-Fire) |
Tech Base | Clan / Inner Sphere (IS)[1] |
Year Introduced | Clan = circa 2820 CNC[1] |
Year Extinction | IS = 2950[1] |
Year Reintroduced | IS = 3037 DC[1] |
Technology Rating | E |
Availability Ratings | E/F/D |
Technical specifications | |
Heat | 12[2][3] |
Damage | Clan = 10[3]
IS = 8[2] |
Minimum Range | n/a |
Short Range | 0[2] |
Medium Range | Clan = 9-15[3]
IS = 8-14[2] |
Long Range | Clan = 16-25[3]
IS = 15-19[2] |
Tons | Clan = 4[3]
IS = 5[2] |
Critical Slots | Clan = 1[3]
IS = 2[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[4]
IS = 163[5] |
Description
Introduced in 2620 by the Terran Hegemony. 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.[1]
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:
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 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"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns, p. 42, "VLP-1D Vulpes"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 92, "Shen Yi"
Bibliography
- BattleTech Master Rules
- Combat Operations
- Mercenaries Supplemental II
- Total Warfare
- TechManual
- Technical Readout: 3025
- Technical Readout: 3025 Revised
- Technical Readout: 3026
- Technical Readout: 3026 Revised
- Technical Readout: 2750
- Technical Readout: 3050
- Technical Readout: 3050 Revised
- Technical Readout: 3055
- Technical Readout: 3055 Revised
- Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3057
- Technical Readout: 3057 Revised
- Technical Readout: 3058
- Technical Readout: 3060
- Technical Readout: 3067
- Technical Readout: 3085
- Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns
- Technical Readout: Project Phoenix