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| name = ER Medium Laser
 
| name = ER Medium Laser
 
| Type = Energy (Direct-Fire)
 
| Type = Energy (Direct-Fire)
| Tech Base = [[Clan]] / [[Inner Sphere]] (IS)
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| Tech Base = [[Clan]] / [[Inner Sphere]] (IS)<ref name="TMp226"/>
 
| Year Availability =  
 
| Year Availability =  
Clan = c. [[2820]]
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Clan = [[2824]] ([[Clan Jade Falcon|CJF]])<ref name="TMp226">''TechManual'', p. 226, "Laser - Extended-Range (ER) Laser"</ref>
IS = [[3058]]
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IS = [[3058]] ([[Free Worlds League|FWL]])<ref name="TMp226"/>
| Heat = 5
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| Heat = 5<ref name="TMp341">''TechManual'', p. 341, "Inner Sphere Weapons And Equipment Table"</ref><ref name="TMp343">''TechManual'', p. 343, "Clan Weapons And Equipment Table"</ref>
 
| Damage =  
 
| Damage =  
Clan = 7
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Clan = 7<ref name="TMp343"/>
IS = 5  
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IS = 5 <ref name="TMp341"/>
 
| Minimum Range = n/a
 
| Minimum Range = n/a
| Short Range =  
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| Short Range = 0<ref name="TMp341"/>
Clan = 1-5
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Clan = 1-5<ref name="TMp343"/>
IS = 1-4
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IS = 1-4<ref name="TMp341"/>
 
| Medium Range =
 
| Medium Range =
Clan = 6-10
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Clan = 6-10<ref name="TMp343"/>
IS = 5-8
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IS = 5-8<ref name="TMp341"/>
 
| Long Range =  
 
| Long Range =  
Clan = 11-15
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Clan = 11-15<ref name="TMp343"/>
IS = 9-12
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IS = 9-12<ref name="TMp341"/>
 
| Tons = 1
 
| Tons = 1
 
| Critical Slots = 1
 
| Critical Slots = 1
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IS = 62
 
IS = 62
 
| BV (2.0) =  
 
| BV (2.0) =  
Clan = 108
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Clan = 108<ref name="TMp318">''TechManual'', p. 318, "Clan Weapons and Equipment BV Table"</ref>
IS = 62
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IS = 62<ref name="TMp317">''TechManual'', p. 317, "Inner Sphere Weapons and Equipment BV Table"</ref>
 
}}
 
}}
The '''Extended-Range Medium Laser''' (ER Medium Laser) focuses a powerful beam of light on targets that causes damage by melting or shattering armor off target.
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== Description ==
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The '''Extended-Range Medium Laser''' ('''ER Medium Laser''') focuses a powerful beam of light on targets that causes damage by melting or shattering armor off of the target.<ref name="TMp226"/>
  
 
As the name suggests, the Extended-Range variant of the [[Medium Laser]] improves the focusing system of the laser to project it to much farther ranges. The optics are less efficient, though, necessitating more input power for the same armor ablation and thus more waste heat in the weapon.
 
As the name suggests, the Extended-Range variant of the [[Medium Laser]] improves the focusing system of the laser to project it to much farther ranges. The optics are less efficient, though, necessitating more input power for the same armor ablation and thus more waste heat in the weapon.
  
As with most Clan energy weapons, the Clans lack their own standard Medium Laser.  
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== Variants ==
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In the years between the [[Second Exodus]] and the beginning of [[Operation KLONDIKE]] the nascent [[Clan]]s began development of what would become the ER Medium 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 Medium Laser (ER-ML-CP) available during this period has identical stats to the Inner Sphere ER Medium Laser, other than that it weighs 1.5 tons.<ref name="H:OKp156">''Historical: Operation KLONDIKE'', p. 156, "Prototype Clan Systems"</ref>
  
==Manufacturing==
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== Models ==
 
The Extended-Range Medium Laser is manufactured on the following planets:
 
The Extended-Range Medium Laser is manufactured on the following planets:
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===<span id="Defiance Model XII">Defiance Model XII</span>===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on''' 
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|'''Manufactured by'''
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|'''Typically used in'''
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|'''References'''
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|----
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| [[Furillo]]
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| [[Defiance Industries]]
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|
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| {{cn}}
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|}
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===<span id="Diplan M3-XR">Diplan M3-XR</span>===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on''' 
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|'''Manufactured by'''
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|'''Typically used in'''
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|'''References'''
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|----
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| [[Ozawa]]
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| [[Diplan 'Mechyards]]?
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|
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| {{cn}}
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|}
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===<span id="Diverse Optics Sunbeam">Diverse Optics Sunbeam</span>===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on''' 
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|'''Manufactured by'''
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|'''Typically used in'''
 +
|'''References'''
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|----
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| [[Irian]]
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| [[Diverse Optics Incorporated]]
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|
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| {{cn}}
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|}
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===<span id="Diverse Optics Sunfire">Diverse Optics Sunfire</span>===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on''' 
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|'''Manufactured by'''
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|'''Typically used in'''
 +
|'''References'''
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|----
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|
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| [[Diverse Optics Incorporated]]
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| [[Anzu|ZU-G60 ''Anzu'']]
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| <ref name="TRO:3145FWLp32+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 32-33, "ZU-G60 ''Anzu''"</ref>
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|}
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===<span id="Magna Mk VI">Magna Mk VI</span>===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on''' 
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|'''Manufactured by'''
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|'''Typically used in'''
 +
|'''References'''
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|----
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| [[Lopez]]
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| [[Magna]]
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|
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| [[Stewart]]
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| [[Corean Enterprises]]
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|
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| {{cn}}
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|}
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===<span id="RAMTech 1500Z">RAMTech 1500Z</span>===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on''' 
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|'''Manufactured by'''
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|'''Typically used in'''
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|'''References'''
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|----
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| [[New Kyoto]]
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| [[RAMTech]]
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|
 +
| {{cn}}
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|}
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===<span id="Series 2b">Series 2b</span>===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on''' 
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|'''Manufactured by'''
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|'''Typically used in'''
 +
|'''References'''
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|----
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|
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|
 +
|
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| {{cn}}
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|}
  
{| width='500'
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===<span id="Series 7J">Series 7J</span>===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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|'''Manufactured on''' 
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|'''Manufactured by'''
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|'''Typically used in'''
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|'''References'''
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|----
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| [[Tamaron]]
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| [[Ashton 'Mech Production Complex]]
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|
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| {{cn}}
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|}
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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
 
! Brand
 
! Brand
 
! Planet
 
! Planet
 
! Company
 
! Company
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! Used by
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! References
 
|-
 
|-
| Ceres Arms
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| [[BrightBloom]]
| [[Capella]]
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| [[New Avalon]]<br>[[Wernke]]
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
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| [[Achernar BattleMechs]]<br>[[Kallon Industries]]
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| ???
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| {{cn}}
 
|-
 
|-
| Ceres Arms
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| [[Ceres Arms]]
| [[St. Ives]]
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| [[Capella]]/[[St. Ives]]
 
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
 
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
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| ???
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| {{cn}}
 
|-
 
|-
| Diverse Optics Sunbeam
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| [[ExoStar Pinnacle]] (Clantech)
| [[Irian]]
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| Unknown
| [[Diverse Optics Incorporated]]
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| [[ExoStar Laser Technologies]]
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| [[Scarecrow|UCU-F4 ''Scarecrow'']]
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| <ref name="TRO:3145FSp36+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns'', p. 34-35, "UCU-F4 ''Scarecrow''"</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
| BrightBloom
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| [[Martell]]
| [[New Avalon]]
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| [[El Dorado]]
| [[Achernar BattleMechs]]
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| [[General Motors]]
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| [[Warlord|BLR-2D ''Warlord'']]
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| <ref name="TRO:3075p88">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 88, "BLR-2D ''Warlord''"</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
| Bright-Blossom
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| [[SCI]]
| [[Talon]]
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|  
| [[Kallon Industries]]
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|
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|
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| <ref name=BTVG>"BattleTech Video Game", Equpiment</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
| Defiance Model XII
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| [[Series J7A]]
| [[Furillo]]
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| [[Arcadia (Clan)|Arcadia]]
| [[Defiance Industries]]
 
|-
 
| Magna Mk VI
 
| [[Lopez]]
 
| [[Magna]]
 
|-
 
| RAMTech 1500Z
 
| [[New Kyoto]]
 
| [[RAMTech]]
 
|-
 
| Series 7J
 
| [[Tamaron]]
 
| [[Ashton 'Mech Production Complex]]
 
|-
 
| Series J7A
 
| [[Arcadia]]
 
 
| [[Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T4]]
 
| [[Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T4]]
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| ???
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| {{cn}}
 
|-
 
|-
| TRTTS Mark II
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| [[General Systems (ERML)|General Systems]]
 
| [[Huntress]]
 
| [[Huntress]]
 
| [[Abysmal Manufacturing Complex]]
 
| [[Abysmal Manufacturing Complex]]
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| ???
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| {{cn}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
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== References ==
==Technical Availability==
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<references />
:Weapon / Item: ER Medium Laser
 
:Cost: 80
 
:Age of War –Star League :does not exist
 
:Succession War: does not exist
 
:Clan Invasion – Present: rare
 
:Introduced: 3058 FW / 2824 CJF
 
:Extinction: — / —
 
:Reintroduced: NA / NA
 
<ref> Techmanual p. 289</ref>
 
  
==References==
 
<references />
 
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''
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* ''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''
*''[[Total Warfare]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Operation KLONDIKE]]''
*''[[TechManual]]''
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* ''[[TechManual]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: Project Phoenix]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
 
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: Project Phoenix]]''
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* ''[[Total Warfare]]''
  
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[[Category:Technology]]
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[[Category:Standard Technology]]
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[[Category:Inner Sphere Technology Base]]
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[[Category:Clan Technology Base]]
 
[[Category:Weapons]]
 
[[Category:Weapons]]
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[[Category:Heavy Weapons]]
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[[Category:Energy Weapons]]
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[[Category:Energy Weapons (Heavy)]]
 
[[Category:Lasers]]
 
[[Category:Lasers]]
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[[Category:Laser Weapons]]
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[[Category:Laser Weapons (Heavy)]]

Revision as of 07:33, 5 December 2019

ER Medium Laser
Production information
Type Energy (Direct-Fire)
Tech Base Clan / Inner Sphere (IS)[1]
Year Availability Clan = 2824 (CJF)[1]

IS = 3058 (FWL)[1]

Technical specifications
Heat 5[2][3]
Damage Clan = 7[3]

IS = 5 [2]

Minimum Range n/a
Short Range 0[2]

Clan = 1-5[3] IS = 1-4[2]

Medium Range Clan = 6-10[3]

IS = 5-8[2]

Long Range Clan = 11-15[3]

IS = 9-12[2]

Tons 1
Critical Slots 1
Ammo Per Ton n/a
Cost (unloaded) 80,000
Ammo Cost (per ton) n/a
BV (1.0) Clan = 108

IS = 62

BV (2.0) Clan = 108[4]

IS = 62[5]



Description

The Extended-Range Medium Laser (ER Medium Laser) focuses a powerful beam of light on targets that causes damage by melting or shattering armor off of the target.[1]

As the name suggests, the Extended-Range variant of the Medium Laser improves the focusing system of the laser to project it to much farther ranges. The optics are less efficient, though, necessitating more input power for the same armor ablation and thus more waste heat in the weapon.

Variants

In the years between the Second Exodus and the beginning of Operation KLONDIKE the nascent Clans began development of what would become the ER Medium 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 Medium Laser (ER-ML-CP) available during this period has identical stats to the Inner Sphere ER Medium Laser, other than that it weighs 1.5 tons.[6]

Models

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

Defiance Model XII

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
Furillo Defiance Industries [citation needed]

Diplan M3-XR

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
Ozawa Diplan 'Mechyards? [citation needed]

Diverse Optics Sunbeam

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
Irian Diverse Optics Incorporated [citation needed]

Diverse Optics Sunfire

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
Diverse Optics Incorporated ZU-G60 Anzu [7]

Magna Mk VI

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
Lopez Magna [citation needed]
Stewart Corean Enterprises [citation needed]

RAMTech 1500Z

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
New Kyoto RAMTech [citation needed]

Series 2b

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
[citation needed]

Series 7J

Manufactured on Manufactured by Typically used in References
Tamaron Ashton 'Mech Production Complex [citation needed]
Brand Planet Company Used by References
BrightBloom New Avalon
Wernke
Achernar BattleMechs
Kallon Industries
??? [citation needed]
Ceres Arms Capella/St. Ives Ceres Metals Industries ??? [citation needed]
ExoStar Pinnacle (Clantech) Unknown ExoStar Laser Technologies UCU-F4 Scarecrow [8]
Martell El Dorado General Motors BLR-2D Warlord [9]
SCI [10]
Series J7A Arcadia Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T4 ??? [citation needed]
General Systems Huntress Abysmal Manufacturing Complex ??? [citation needed]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 TechManual, p. 226, "Laser - Extended-Range (ER) Laser"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 TechManual, p. 341, "Inner Sphere Weapons And Equipment Table"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 TechManual, p. 343, "Clan Weapons And Equipment Table"
  4. TechManual, p. 318, "Clan Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
  5. TechManual, p. 317, "Inner Sphere Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
  6. Historical: Operation KLONDIKE, p. 156, "Prototype Clan Systems"
  7. Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League, p. 32-33, "ZU-G60 Anzu"
  8. Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns, p. 34-35, "UCU-F4 Scarecrow"
  9. Technical Readout: 3075, p. 88, "BLR-2D Warlord"
  10. "BattleTech Video Game", Equpiment

Bibliography