PD Laser

	Small laser designed for missile and fighter defense, with great tracking capability, decent damage and very short range. Simplicity, reliability and low flux costs characterize this ubiquitous point-defense weapon. The laser is built around a carbon dioxide gain medium combined with a short range marker beam. A simple one stage lens assembly with no moving parts permits the weapon to operate for extended periods without maintenance procedures. Low damage has prompted the creation of the "Pray [it's a] Dud" Laser backronym.
–In-Game Description

The PD Laser is a small point defense beam weapon.

NotesEdit

This is a bread-and-butter point defense solution for midline and high-tech ships. Bear in mind that its limited DPS means it can be overwhelmed by large numbers of missiles, or high-HP missiles such as Reaper-class Torpedos.

It has the same DPS as the Tactical Laser and can be used to attack other ships in a knife fight, although its short range makes it unwieldy for that purpose.

AnimationEdit

Weapons
Ballistic	Small	Light Assault Gun · Light Autocannon · Light Dual Autocannon · Light Dual Machine Gun · Light Machine Gun · Light Mortar · Light Needler · Railgun · Standard Bomb Bay · Vulcan Cannon
	Medium	Arbalest Autocannon · Assault Chaingun · Dual Flak Cannon · Flak Cannon · Heavy Autocannon · Heavy Machine Gun · Heavy Mauler · Heavy Mortar · Heavy Needler · Hypervelocity Driver · Thumper
	Large	Devastator Cannon · Gauss Cannon · Hellbore Cannon · Hephaestus Assault Gun · Mark IX Autocannon · Mjolnir Cannon · Storm Needler
Energy	Small	Antimatter Blaster · Burst PD Laser · Ion Cannon · IR Pulse Laser · LR PD Laser · Mining Laser · PD Laser · Tactical Laser
	Medium	Graviton Beam · Heavy Blaster · Heavy Burst Laser · Ion Beam · Ion Pulser · Mining Blaster · Phase Lance · Pulse Laser
	Large	Autopulse Laser · High Intensity Laser · Paladin PD System · Plasma Cannon · Tachyon Lance · Thermal Pulse Cannon
Missile	Small	Annihilator Rocket Launcher · Atropos-class Torpedo (Single) · Atropos-class Torpedo Rack · Hammer-class Torpedo · Harpoon MRM · Harpoon MRM (Single) · Reaper-class Torpedo · Sabot SRM · Sabot SRM (Single) · Salamander MRM · Swarmer SRM Launcher
	Medium	Annihilator Rocket Pod · Harpoon MRM Pod · Pilum LRM Launcher · Proximity Charge Launcher · Sabot SRM Pod · Salamander MRM Pod · Typhoon Reaper Launcher
	Large	Cyclone Reaper Launcher · Hammer Barrage · Hurricane MIRV Launcher · Locust SRM Launcher · Squall MLRS

Change History Edit

0.8.1a-RC5

• Energy per second cost reduced from 50 to 40 (Flux per second reduced from 50 to 40)

Only up to date for version 0.8.1a-RC5. It is likely still broadly correct but not verified for the most up to date data yet. Please double check the Version History