Mining Laser

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Overview

Mining lasers are highly powered, slow firing Pulse Lasers which are specifically tuned to fragment rather than destroy asteroids. Where other weapons would have little effect, or blast an asteroid beyond mineral retrieval, this is an effective tool. Only ships exclusively dedicated to mining would have this equipment mounted fore, as they would be an agonizing main weapon to take into battle, however it is rumoured that experienced, unscrupulous pirates sometimes use these to provoke involuntary cargo ejections in their victims.

Sales Pitch

Kruger Model ARM64 Sp. Mining laser is highly recommended as both a trade and combat addition. Uses variable frequency laser rods of 200mm length, fired in wide beam, 100 channels/beam. The automatic debris-pattern lock ensures no large-sized fragments of the target asteroid impinge on ship space.

Most ships can easily be fitted with a fuel and matter scoop to enable collection of these smaller fragments.

Availability

Cost: 800.0 ₢.
Techlevel: 11

OXPs

• See Guide to Accuracy OXPs for a list of OXPs which help aiming!
• Laser Combat Reimagined OXP rejigs the mining laser, improving its power, making it slightly more useful for combat (as it was in Classic Elite).
• New lasers OXP introduces another 2 varieties of mining laser
• Laser Mount Switching System OXP allows switching between two lasers (say a mining & a military) on the same forwards or aft mount.

Links

• Asteroid
• Career Options for suggestions for a career in mining
• Mining lasers as weapons (2007)
• A new kind of laser (2011-13) - a switchable laser (offensive <-> mining) but takes time to do it.

Oolite Equipment Standard Equipment Astrogation Console • Cargo Hold • Compass • Energy banks • Engine/Main Drive • HUD • IFF Scanner • Life Support Systems • Missile • Pulse Laser • Shields • Ship's Hull • Torus Jump Drive • View Screen • Witchspace/Hyperspace Drive Optional Equipment Advanced Navigational Array • Advanced Space Compass • Cargo Bay Expansion • Docking Computers • E.C.M. System • Escape Pod • Extra Energy Unit • External Heat Shielding • Fuel Scoops • Galactic Hyperdrive • Integrated Targeting System • Military Shield Enhancement • Multi-Targeting System • Naval Energy Unit • Passenger Berth • Scanner Targeting Enhancement • Shield Boosters • Target System Memory Expansion • Witchdrive Fuel Injectors • Wormhole Scanner Weapons Beam Laser • ECM Hardened Missile • Energy Bomb • Military Laser • Mining Laser • Missile • Pulse Laser • Quirium Cascade Mine • Twin Plasma Cannon