Range: 5 Km
Damage: Low
Penetration: Low
Rate of Fire: Low
For secure and unblockable line-of-sight communications, many ships are equipped with a low-power communications laser. This allows it to directly beam messages over visual distances.
At close range with the power at maximum, it can be used as a weapon, and is
usually the last line of defence for otherwise unarmed ships when attacked.
"For when you just Have to get that message through, even through a ship's hullplates."
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Annotation 7701.001: Takagi, Azraelle: "These things are the last line of defence for the poor or the desperate."