# Beam Weapons
*The Starship Armory, Vehicle and Starship Weapons for Exodus NDS. Source: https://exodusnds.com/sourcebooks/starship-armory/beam-weapons*
Lasers and particle weapons. Their damage type is **Beam**.
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|:--|:--|
| **Strength** | Accurate. No ammunition. Can pick out a single system |
| **Weakness** | Heat, and every screen ever built |
| **Stopped by** | Deflection screens first, then Armor |
Every beam weapon has **Accurate 1**. Most have **Precision**.
A beam cannot attack through thick smoke, dust, or a planet's cloud deck. In atmosphere, heavy rain adds 2 Bane Dice.
##### Point-Defense Laser
PD laser, close-in laser, flicker
Light
2
—
5
Short
2
1
7000
Common
Beam
Accurate 1, Point Defense 1, Cooldown
A fast-tracking pulse laser on a ball mount. It is fitted to shoot down missiles and it does that well. As a gun it is weak. **Cooldown**: fired as a reaction and again as an action in the same round, it makes 1 extra Heat.
##### Light Laser Cannon
Fighter laser, pulse cannon, wing gun
Light
3
—
3
Short to Medium
2
1
10000
Restricted
Beam
Accurate 1, Linked 1
The standard gun of a space fighter, normally fitted in pairs. **Linked 1** is the second barrel: spend 2 Boons for a second hit. It needs no ammunition, so a fighter with these can stay out as long as its pilot can.
##### Laser Battery
Turret laser, beam battery, ship laser
Standard
5
—
3
Medium
3
2
24000
Restricted
Beam
Accurate 1, Precision, Signature Bloom 1
The general-purpose energy weapon of ships from Scale 3 up. It is accurate, needs no magazine, and can be aimed at a single system. A deflection screen takes 2 or more off every hit, so it is at its best against ships that cannot afford one.
##### Cutting Beam
Breaching laser, hull cutter, salvage beam
Standard
3
2
3
Short to Medium
3
2
20000
Common
Beam
Accurate 1, Precision, Boarding Support
A continuous industrial beam sold for salvage and used for boarding. It does less Hull damage than a Laser Battery and adds 2 System Damage. **Boarding Support**: it makes checks to breach a hull or force a lock one step easier.
##### Particle Lance
Lance, spinal beam, particle cannon
Heavy
10
—
3
Medium to Long
4
3
120000
Military
Beam
Accurate 1, Precision, Power Draw, Cooldown, Signature Bloom 2
A beam of accelerated particles from a long fixed emitter. It is the heavy weapon of precision-doctrine navies. It ignores 1 Bane Die for range. **Power Draw**: it takes 1 more Power on the round it is brought to bear.
##### Capital Lance Array
Battle lance, array, the long light
Capital
18
—
3
Long
5
4
500000
Military
Beam
Accurate 1, Precision, Concentrated Fire, Power Draw, Cooldown, Signature Bloom 3
Several lances focused on one point. **Concentrated Fire**: against a target that has already taken 5 or more Hull Damage in this encounter it does 21. It makes more heat than most ships can carry twice in a row.
