Star Trek Federation Laser Pistol

Name: Laser Pistol
Model: Starfleet Laser Pistol
Type: energy weapon
Scale: character
Length: 24 x 5 x 16 cm
Weight: 0.6 kg
Skill: Blaster: Laser Pistols
Ammo: 50
Range: 5-10/25/50 m
Damage: varies based on setting

Setting	Setting Name	Damage	Charges
1	Low Thermal	2D	1
2	High Thermal	2D+2	3
3	Disrupt	3D	10

Description: Lasers are obsolete energy weapons which were used in Starfleet until 2256, when phasers entered widespread use. Lasers, short for Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation, emit intense coherent beams of visible light. Unlike phasers and disruptors, lasers can neither stun subjects nor disintegrate them. Instead, at lower settings lasers produce thermal damage, while at higher settings the intensity of the heat focused on the target causes the area hit to explode. Due to their lack of versatility lasers have been replaced by phasers on all but the most isolated Federation worlds. In general, carrying a laser means the user is either from a remote colony world or is a criminal who cannot legally carry a phaser-1 and who acquired this weapon illegally.

Source:

• Memory Alpha: Laser pistol
• Star Trek TOS RPG Core Game Book(pages 177-178)
• thedemonapostle