Name:  ER Medium Pulse Laser
Type (Category):  Weapon (Energy)
Reference:  Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment (p. 132)

Description:
While under-funded Inner Sphere researchers charged the problem of their short-ranged pulse lasers head-on with power increases (creating X-pulse lasers), Clan Wolf researchers labored under an attempt to mate the best of Clan extended range and pulse technologies, which mostly ended up combining some of the high-temperature features of ER optics and up-rated power supplies to punch the beams out further. The result was a suite of less accurate, longer-ranged pulse lasers. Curiously, these weapons have yet to reach full-scale production, at least partly due to the summary cancellation of the project when many of the original researchers departed with Phelan’s Wolves during the Refusal War.

Game Rules:
In game play, ER Pulse Lasers function in the same fashion as regular pulse lasers (and are compatible with targeting computers in the same fashion), but receive a –1 to-hit modifier rather than –2. Against conventional infantry, the Small ER Pulse Laser delivers only 1D6 burst-fire damage, rather than 2D6.

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Prototype Date:	3057
Production Date:	3082
Extinction Date:	—
Recovery Date:	—

BattleMech Specific Construction Rules

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Weapon List:  ER Medium Pulse Laser
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  CLERMediumPulseLaser
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  ER Medium Pulse Laser

Prototype Date:	3057
Production Date:	3082
Extinction Date:	—
Recovery Date:	—

IndustrialMech Specific Construction Rules

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Weapon List:  ER Medium Pulse Laser
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  CLERMediumPulseLaser
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  ER Medium Pulse Laser

Prototype Date:	3057
Production Date:	3082
Extinction Date:	—
Recovery Date:	—

ProtoMech Specific Construction Rules

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Weapon List:  ER Medium Pulse Laser
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  CLERMediumPulseLaser
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  ER Medium Pulse Laser

Prototype Date:	3057
Production Date:	3082
Extinction Date:	—
Recovery Date:	—

Combat Vehicle Specific Construction Rules

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Weapon List:  ER Medium Pulse Laser
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  CLERMediumPulseLaser
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  ER Medium Pulse Laser