Energy weapons using coherent light
Laser weapons fire concentrated beams of energy at their targets and cause damage by their intense light and heat. All laser weapons require a power source, either directly built into the weapon of from a power pack. Laser weapons from TL 9-12 use visible light so they can be seen by observers, while TL 13+ lasers use invisible X-ray beams (thus referred to as X-Lasers). At TL 17, lasers are powered from internal anti-matter power pods.