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Pulse Lights

Pulse fire · Pulse weapons

Enemy energy weapon fire that cuts through the battlefield fog like scythes and punches through crawler armor.

Story so far

Pulse lights rip out from the enemy side throughout The Charge, cutting through the fog like scythes. One sparks against the edge of Carl's shield and, by his own reckoning, would have taken half his head off if he hadn't been so thoroughly wrapped in War Protections.

During the Deshrouded window Carl sees the source: helmeted Mercenaries firing directly into the onrushers, the lights of their weapons punching into the charge. A bolt later crashes into his shoulder with the force of a sledgehammer and blows out his Tech Shield entirely, leaving him one hit from death. The heavy version, the Heavy Pulse Gun, shears silently through boulders.

Appearance

Lances and streams of coruscating light that cut through smoke and shear silently through stone.

Role

The enemy's primary directed-energy weaponry against the crawler assault.

Relationships

Carl — Nearly killed by one, then loses his tech shield to another.
Heavy Pulse Gun — The crew-served version of the same weapon technology.
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Chapter 31
  • Enemy energy weapon fire that cuts through the battlefield fog like scythes and punches through crawler armor.
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