Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-211.26.90.25-20130827133032/@comment-21719124-20131020000153

Certainly the material being shot at would suffer from that issue you describe. But, are we not fed much more information about the las beasts? Certainly the fact that the machines harness solar radiation and thermal energy to power its pack and the fact that the beam contains enough kinetic force in addition to thermal energy to sever limbs indicate that las-weapons are more M.A.S.E.R. then L.A.S.E.R., yes? One need only look at real-world photonic D.E.W. weaponry of today and apply the machinery to the las-weaponry in a miniaturized fashion compared to my seeming failure to attempt to explain bolt munitions in comparison to an ageing array of failed mini-rocket propelling small arms, eh?