Arc Lasers
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Arc Lasers
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 Research Cost: 25000
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| Arc laser designs offer range and efficiency improvements over first-generation laser weapon systems. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| We have reached once-impossible technological heights as a spacefaring race, yet the dangers we face have not dissipated. To better protect ourselves from these, our researchers have designed a new evolution of directed-energy weapon: the arc laser. By replacing the old laser mediums, such as gas or crystal, with plasma, arc lasers can generate more intense beams, with greatly-improved efficiency. The plasma is contained using magnetic fields with a constant flow that - much like clouds in a thunderstorm - separates the ions within by charge, creating two poles. Once the poles have accumulated enough charge, a lightning arc surges through the plasma, releasing an intense burst of energy in the form of light - which the Arc Laser then weaponizes into a deadly pulse. The true beauty of this technology is the rapid recharge rate of the plasma, creating a combat laser with greater efficiency and range than any previous generation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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250 | Total | 54750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Phased-Array Lasers • Inertial Confinement Fusion | (100%)Ultraviolet Arc Laser Cannon • (100%)Infrared Arc Laser Cannon • (100%)Green Arc Laser Cannon • (100%)Pulsar Drive • (100%)Infrared Arc Laser Batteries • (100%)Point Defense Arc Laser Turrets • (100%)Green Arc Laser Batteries • (100%)Ultraviolet Arc Laser Batteries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Surface defenses will employ arc lasers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "Lightning was once feared as the anger of gods, until we learned how to harness its might for ourselves. Some say fear is conquered by courage, but I say it is conquered by knowledge." Director Khalid Al-Ashgar, Project Exodus From his recorded lecture series The Philosophy of Science | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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