Vasudan Light Laser

Vasudan Light Laser is the Vasudan equivalent of the ML-16 laser. After the Shivans show up most Vasudan fighters seem to carry the ML-16 and later the Avenger. Later in the campaign it is used by Shivan forces, probably to make several missions easier.

Weapons in Descent: FreeSpace

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Weapons in FreeSpace 2

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Performance

Statistics

Range	900 m
Rate of Fire	2 shots per second
Velocity	300 ms-1
Base Damage	5
Armor Damage	Full	5
Shield Damage	Poor	1
Subsystem Damage	Full	5

Notes

Veteran Comments

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This actually is used several times in The Main FreeSpace Campaign, occasionally by Shivan forces so they can't really attack (Good Luck). It does moderately more shield damage than its Terran counterpart, but much less armor damage, also consider the fact that it only moves at 300 mps, to the ML-16's 450 mps, this slow speed makes it difficult to hit anything. The most directly similar weapon is the Training Laser, which is not fit to destroy anything besides cargo containers.

I've tweaked this weapon to be equivalent to the ML-16 (slower fire rate, stronger shots), and it makes the Vasudan fighters in the first four missions a great deal more threatening. However, the stats for the VLL-9 make it more of a token weapon than anything. This gun sucks.