Thermal Lance technology involves the discharging of a thin beam of plasma encased in a tight magnetic field. Medium Thermal Lances have a slightly increased Lance radius combined with a significantly hotter plasma core. Effective range is still poor but since the plasma lance focuses its output on a small target area, burn-throughs on hits can be scored much more easily than with most other weapons. One second everything is fine, and then a superheated stream of plasma burns a neat hole straight through the outer skin of the targeted ship, which can can be most disconcerting for the enemy crewmembers stationed nearby….
400 Shenn Stones
1,200 Steel
400 Electronics
400 tons
Weapon
Point Blank
400
Fair (880)
Content contributed by Tom Carey.