5. Personal Energy Weapons

For use with Hyphen's Combat Rules.

Last Updated 11 July 2023.

Personal Energy Weapons:

Range Number: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Personal Laser Weapons Easy Avg Diff Form Stag Imp Imp+3 Imp+6
1D 2D 3D 4D 5D 6D 7D 8D
Name TL Aim
DM*
Ammo
Notes
Rnds Pen/
Atten
Dmg Max
Range
Close
<1m
Short
<3m
Med
<45m
Long
<300m
VLong
<600m
Dist
<1.5km
VDist
<3km
SubR
<50km
Auto
Tgts
Dngr
Spc
Sig Recoil
Laser Carbine 8 +5 -- 50 7/2 3 1500 m 7 7 7 3 3 1 -- -- -- -- Med Low
Laser Pistol 9 +4 -- 50 4/2 3 900 m 4 4 4 2 2 1 -- -- -- -- Med Low
Laser Rifle 9 +5 -- 100 9/2 3 1800 m 9 9 9 4 4 2 2 -- -- -- Med Low
Laser Pistol 13 +4 -- 200 6/2 3 1000 m 6 6 6 3 3 1 -- -- -- -- Low Low
Laser Carbine 13 +5 -- 200 12/2 3 2000 m 12 12 12 6 6 3 3 -- -- -- Low Low
Laser Rifle 13 +6 -- 200 20/2 3 4000 m 20 20 20 10 10 5 5 2 -- -- Low Low
Laser Support Weapons**
Tripod Laser-9 9 +5 -- 100 9/2 3 1800 m 9 9 9 4 4 2 2 -- 2 -- Hi Low
Light Tripod Laser-13 13 +5 -- infinite 12/2 3 2000 m 12 12 12 6 6 3 3 -- 2 -- Low Low
Heavy Tripod Laser-13 13 +6 -- infinite 20/2 3 4000 m 20 20 20 10 10 5 5 2 2 -- Low Low
Heavy Laser Rifle-13 13 +6 -- infinite 28/2 3 5000 m 28 28 28 14 14 7 7 3 -- -- Low Low
Personal High Energy Weapons
PGMP-12 12 +4 -- 40 20/1 12 750 m 20 20 10 5 2 1 -- -- -- 3.5 Hi Hi
PGMP-13*** 13 +5 -- infinite 25/1 13 1500 m 25 25 12 6 3 1 -- -- -- 4.5 Hi Hi
PGMP-14 14 +5 -- infinite 25/1 14 1500 m 25 25 12 6 3 1 -- -- -- 4.5 Hi Low
FGMP-14***† 14 +5 -- infinite 34/2 14 1500 m 34 34 34 17 17 8 -- -- -- 5.5 Hi Hi
FGMP-15 15 +5 -- infinite 34/2 15 1500 m 34 34 34 17 17 8 -- -- -- 5.5 Hi Low
FGMP-16 16 +5 -- infinite 34/2 16 1500 m 34 34 34 17 17 8 -- -- -- 5.5 Hi Low
Plasma Rifle-16 16 +5 -- infinite 25/1 13 1500 m 25 25 12 6 3 1 -- -- -- 3.5 Hi Low
*The Aimed Fire DM equals the range number whose upper limit equals but does not exceed the weapon's maximum range.
**Stats for Laser Support Weapons are taken from:
     PICK, Ken, "Advanced Lasers", Challenge 66, GDW, Bloomington, IL, USA, 1992, pp 26, 29.

***These weapons can only be fired by personnel in battledress. Battledress skill is also required before these weapons can be fired with skill.
Danger Spaces for Personal High Energy Weapons have been modified from standard MegaTraveller rules according to:
     MURPHY, Ken, "Energy Weapon Danger Space", Traveller Mailing List Digest #682, 2003, message 13.

Setup Increments: Tripod Lasers, 6 sec.; Heavy Laser Rifle, 2 sec. Setup time is 0 if carried by battledress or used with a TL-14 grav-assist harness.


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