Laser Lance

Overview

While called a Laser Lance and sometimes referred to as a Thermal Lance, a more accurate description would be Graser Lance. These are Eloran energy weapons fire beams of energy that impart tremendous amount of heat that can melt steel.

Design

Eloran Laser Lances uses magnetic particle accelerator to fire streams of photons. The wavelength of the photons is comparable to ultra-high energy gamma ray bursts. This beam cannot be seen by the naked eye but some photons escape the magnetic tunnel with the wavelength of visible light, which is why it looks like a beam of blue or purple light.

The lance requires specialized heat sinks to avoid melting the barrel and acceleration chamber. Even then, the beam can only be sustained for a quarter of a second and the weapon is incapable of automatic or even semiautomatic fire. Higher rates of fire require multiple acceleration chambers and weaker beams.

There is a harsh whistle when the weapon is fired. This is caused by the air surrounding the beam heating up and rapidly expanding.

Specs

The laser lance is 75 cm in length with a barrel length of 30 cm in length. The overall weapon is relatively cylindrical shape, a rectangular stock, and pistol grip. It uses a ghost ring sight for aiming.

The lance is an effective carbine designed for mid-range combat. The nature of the photon beam means nearly zero travel time and near perfect accuracy. The lance does not make a good sniper rifle as the beam is not only a clear indicator of the shot but where the shot is coming from.

The standard laser lance has a cyclical rate of fire of 120 rpm and are so powerful that a direct hit is reported to liquefy flesh with entire bodies supposedly exploding. The usage of photons also means that shields cannot block the shot unless they are specially calibrated.

Mac-lances are smaller lances (2/3 the size) filling the roles of submachine guns. They boast a cyclical rate of fire of 600 rpm, sustained by multiple acceleration chambers. These chambers are part of a wheel slightly in front of the weapon's grip. This wheel's appearance is comparable to the cylinder in a revolver and can be observed spinning when the weapon is firing.