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General Details
Name: Medium Re-engineered Laser
Type (Category): Weapon (Energy)
Reference: Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras (p. 83)
Description:
The “re-engineered” laser weapon was developed in an attempt to mate the high-power effects of Clan heavy lasers with the enhanced accuracy and high-firing rate of a pulse laser. Numerous revisions to balance the heat, damage, and range factors that made such a design impractical, finally resulting in a weapon scarcely more effective than standard-model lasers, but for one curious feature: the ability to completely defeat the beneficial effects of anti-laser specialty armors. This effect is largely due to a high-frequency/short-pulse compromise system that emerged in the laser’s redesign, which delivers a powerful twin burst to roughly the same impact point that, while not potent enough to produce a great deal more damage than standard hits, has the benefit of boring away through several of the newer armor types introduced since the Jihad—including laser-reflective, ferrolamellor, and even hardened armor—while still delivering enough explosive force to make up for the damage lost in the effort.
Game Rules:
Even though they are technically pulse lasers, reengineered lasers only apply a –1 to-hit modifier to weapon attacks, as their pulses are too brief and close together to gain the full targeting modifier of such weapons. Re-engineered lasers ignore the damage-reducing effects of laser-reflective armor, ferro lamellor armor, and even hardened armor. (In all of these cases—even hardened armor—this means that the armor is damaged as if it is standard armor when hit by a re-engineered laser, with the number of armor points lost equal to the re-engineered laser’s damage value.)
Unit Type Availability
BattleMechsIndustrialMechsCombat Vehicles
Inner Sphere Data (BattleMechs)
| Prototype Date: | ~3120 |
| Production Date: | 3130 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
BattleMech Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Inner Sphere units in accordance with the following construction rules:
 May be equipped with a Laser Insulator
Heat
Damage (Aero)
Range (Aero)
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
6
6 (6)
–/3/6/9 (Short)
E
X-X-X-E
100,000
2.5
2
65.000
✔
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RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
Heat
Short Medium Long Extreme Special Abilities
6
0.63 0.63 — — Reengineered Lasers
Special Unit Abilities
The special unit abilities described here are intended for use with the Alpha Strike rule system:
Reengineered Lasers (REL)
A unit that carries re-engineered lasers is able to offset many of the benefits presented by several types of specialty armors, such as reflective. When a unit with this ability successfully attacks a unit featuring reflective armor (RFA special), ignore that armor’s damagereducing effects. Furthermore, if a unit with this ability successfully attacks a unit that features the critical-resistant (CR) special, replace the target’s normal –2 modifier for any critical hit rolls with –1.
MegaMek Output → Weapon List: Medium Re-engineered Laser MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: Medium Re-engineered Laser
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Medium Re-engineered Laser
Inner Sphere Data (IndustrialMechs)
| Prototype Date: | ~3120 |
| Production Date: | 3130 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
IndustrialMech Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Inner Sphere units in accordance with the following construction rules:
May be equipped with a Laser Insulator WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage
Range
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
6
6
–/3/6/9
E
X-X-X-E
100,000
2.5
2
65.000
✔
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RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
Heat
Short Medium Long Extreme Special Abilities
6
0.63 0.63 — — Reengineered Lasers
Special Unit Abilities
The special unit abilities described here are intended for use with the Alpha Strike rule system:
Reengineered Lasers (REL)
A unit that carries re-engineered lasers is able to offset many of the benefits presented by several types of specialty armors, such as reflective. When a unit with this ability successfully attacks a unit featuring reflective armor (RFA special), ignore that armor’s damagereducing effects. Furthermore, if a unit with this ability successfully attacks a unit that features the critical-resistant (CR) special, replace the target’s normal –2 modifier for any critical hit rolls with –1.
MegaMek Output → Weapon List: Medium Re-engineered Laser MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: Medium Re-engineered Laser
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Medium Re-engineered Laser
Inner Sphere Data (Combat Vehicles)
| Prototype Date: | ~3120 |
| Production Date: | 3130 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
Combat Vehicle Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Inner Sphere units in accordance with the following construction rules:
May be equipped with a Laser Insulator May not be mounted in the Body WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage
Range
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
6
6
–/3/6/9
E
X-X-X-E
100,000
2.5
1
65.000
✔
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RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
Heat
Short Medium Long Extreme Special Abilities
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0.63 0.63 — — Reengineered Lasers
Special Unit Abilities
The special unit abilities described here are intended for use with the Alpha Strike rule system:
Reengineered Lasers (REL)
A unit that carries re-engineered lasers is able to offset many of the benefits presented by several types of specialty armors, such as reflective. When a unit with this ability successfully attacks a unit featuring reflective armor (RFA special), ignore that armor’s damagereducing effects. Furthermore, if a unit with this ability successfully attacks a unit that features the critical-resistant (CR) special, replace the target’s normal –2 modifier for any critical hit rolls with –1.
MegaMek Output → Weapon List: Medium Re-engineered Laser MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: Medium Re-engineered Laser
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Medium Re-engineered Laser
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