Arc Lasers
Arc Lasers — Terra Invicta technology. Arc laser designs offer range and efficiency improvements over first-generation laser weapon systems.
About Arc Lasers
Arc Lasers is a Terra Invicta technology in Energy with a research cost of 25,000.
Arc laser designs offer range and efficiency improvements over first-generation laser weapon systems.
We have reached once-impossible technological heights as a spacefaring race, yet the dangers we face have not dissipated. To better protect ourselves from these, our researchers have designed a new evolution of directed-energy weapon: the arc laser. By replacing the old laser mediums, such as gas or crystal, with plasma, arc lasers can generate more intense beams, with greatly-improved efficiency. The plasma is contained using magnetic fields with a constant flow that - much like clouds in a thunderstorm - separates the ions within by charge, creating two poles. Once the poles have accumulated enough charge, a lightning arc surges through the plasma, releasing an intense burst of energy in the form of light - which the Arc Laser then weaponizes into a deadly pulse. The true beauty of this technology is the rapid recharge rate of the plasma, creating a combat laser with greater efficiency and range than any previous generation.