Directed Energy Weapon

A Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) is a weapon which uses non-kinetic types of energy as its primary agent of damage with little to no guidance.

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• Interstellar War
  • Militaries of Charted Space
  • War in Charted Space
• Military Technologies
  • Offensive Technologies
    • Ironmongery
      • Archaic Arms
      • Heavy Arms
      • Small Arms
      • Vehicle Weaponry
    • Starship Weaponry
      • Energy Weapons
      • Guided Weapons
      • Projectile Weapons
      • Spinal Mounts
    • Weapon Types
      • DEW
      • GUW
      • KEW

Description (Specifications)

DEW weapons fall into three basic categories:

• Energy
  • Laser
    • Green
    • Xray
  • Microwave
• High Energy
  • Plasma
    • PGMP
    • FGMP
• Exotic Energy
  • Electronic Warfare Projector
  • Jump Projector
  • Relativity

Energy Weapons / Laser Weaponry

1. Energy Pistols
   1. Laser Pistol
2. Energy Rifles
   1. Laser Carbine
   2. Laser Rifle
3. Energy Heavy Weapons
   1. Advanced Laser
   2. Laser
4. Energy Specialty Weapons
   1. Energy Weapon

Explosive Weaponry & Grenades

High Energy Explosives:

1. Gravitron Spike
2. Ion Charge
3. Neutron Charge
4. Plasma Charge
5. TBD

High Energy Weaponry

1. Plasma Weaponry
   1. PGMP-12
   2. PGMP-13
   3. PGMP-14
   4. Plasma Bazooka
   5. Plasma Rifle
2. Fusion Weaponry
   1. 10.9 MJ Fusion Cannon
   2. FGMP-14
   3. FGMP-15
   4. FGMP-16
   5. Fusion Rifle
   6. TBD

Exotic Energy Weapons

1. Exotic Energy Weaponry
   1. Disintegrator Weapon
   2. Flasher
   3. Lightning Bolt
   4. Neural Weaponry
   5. Relativity Rifle
2. Flame Weaponry
   1. Conventional Flamethrower
   2. Greek Fire Projector
   3. High Energy Flamethrower
3. Jump Weaponry
   1. Jump Damper
   2. Jump Projector
4. Particle Weaponry
   1. A-PAWS
   2. Particle Accelerator
5. Sonic Weaponry
   1. Hazer
   2. ULF Pistol

DEW Artillery

1. Meson Weaponry
   1. Deep Site Meson Weapon
   2. Meson Accelerator

History & Background (Dossier)

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