Mostly Low Tech Turret Lasers

[Skaran]

In my games I mostly concentrate on the low end of the TL spectrum. Accordingly I want to add a prototype TL8 beam laser (TL from HG). Since apart from fire control tonnage the turrets weapons have no listed tonnage so does this mean that a TL8 Beam or TL6 experimental turret laser would cost 150% but have 2 tons allocated to it instead of the single one for fire control?

Is this addressed in the new Beta Test version?

The other question applied to rail guns. A TL10 railgun could have its range extended to Medium but based on the large weapons in Trillion Credit Squadron the spinal weapons which already have Medium listed as their optimum range could not have this upgraded to the next band, in other words due to its below light speed capacity Medium is the absolute maximum band for this type of weapon?

 

[atpollard]

ooh, what a good question.

From the old CT, you have the example of the Particle Beam TL Progression that suggests that weapons have a steeper curve.
IIRC, the TL progression for Particle Beam Weapons was Bay Weapon size to 5 dTon Barbette to 1 per Turret.
I, too, am interested in an 'official MgT answer (and a TL 6 Korean War Era Laser may be a bit of a credibility issue short of a Jules Verne setting).

 

[Skaran]

Hmm TL6 Korean War Laser, was this a copy of the martian heat ray following the second Martian Invasion?