[TML] Airborne Tactical Laser

[John Kwon]

For those of you who really, really want to know what the effects of a laser
are:
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/will-new-laser.html

the capabilities for aiming are impressive - to hit so many small targets so
quickly.

"*Precision engagement of a PID [Positively Identified] insurgent by a DEW
[Directed Energy Weapon] will be a highly surgical and impressively violent
event. Target effects will include instantaneous burst-combustion of
insurgent clothing, a rapid death through violent trauma, and more probably
a morbid combination of both. It is estimated that the aftermath of a
sub-second engagement by PASDEW [Precision Airborne Standoff Directed Energy
Weapon] will also be an observable event leaving an impression of
terrifyingly precise CF [Coalition Force] attribution in the minds of all
witnesses."

"...ok, that's 5D of damage...  <rolls> ... that's 21 points of damage"
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