Phasers and other weapons currently in ACtA:SF are considered "warp-class" weapons; they either send their energy through subspace, some sort of warp shunt, or a. n. other piece of trans-light technobabble (phasers, disruptors); have an empty canister, or other physical component, that is armed in the launcher before use (photons, plasmas-F and up) or come pre-prepared with an armed warhead already in the munition, ready to go (drones, ADDs, plasma-Ds).
Indeed, the distinction between older "sublight" weapons (lasers, atomic missiles etc) and warp-class weapons is a key aspect of Star Fleet Universe history. When ships like the Terran-hull Fed CL and Romulan Warbird first entered service, they had impulse (non-tactical warp) engines only; and only had lasers and other such weapons. After the Federation developed their first tactical warp engines (of a type two generations removed from the "modern" ones the current CL uses), the breakthroughs that allowed for true warp engines also saw a number of other devices fall out of the mix; transporters, more effective tractor beams, along with phasers and photon torpedoes. The Romulans, however, lagged behind; while they managed to master plasma torpedo technology, as well as imrpoved subspace arrays which allowed them to track movements at tactical warp speeds, they failed to master true tactical warp under their own speed. Well, at least by the time the Klingons jump-started their warp drive program with the Treaty of Smarba; it has been suggested that the Romulans might have managed to get there in their own right in another five or ten years, give or take.
If we ever see the Early Years explored in the game system, this distinction will become very apparent when trying to approach the pre-Smarba Romulans; they will have to depend on their cloaks (or rather, their earlier masking and veiling devices) and plasmas to try and make up for their severe shortcomings in terms of maneuver. (Basically, the Romulans would pursue a war with the Gorns by sneaking up to a planet under mask/veil, land their ships on the surface, and dare the Gorn Navy to wade through waves of planet-bound plasma in order to dig them out. Given that the Gorns won all three wars they fought in the era when they had tactical warp and the Romulans did not, this was still a losing proposition; but, it seems, the Romulans had trouble trying to take the hint...)
And speaking of mines, there are types in SFB referred to as captor mines; which are more like defence satellites, in that they are armed with some kind of ranged weapon they can be pre-programmed to fire. However, mine warfare is quite absent from Federation Commander, and probably won't be too likely to show up any time soon. (FC does have defence satellites, however.)
