Burst Laser

Overview

Damage Type	Weapon Type
Thermal	Hitscan

Good	Not Good
3 shots then a pause,so you don’t have to hold aim as long.	Worse damage than beams, worse distributor draw than pulses.
Small and medium turrets work well with this weapon.	They need more power than you think they do.
Better damage than pulses, better distributor draw than beams.	Larger bursts have long firing delays.
	Laser falloff starts at 600m.

Smaller bursts fire faster, but there’s always a pause between the 3 sub-bursts.

Huge bursts cause very high heat and use a lot of distributor. Not recommended.

Does enormous damage to shields, practically none to hull.

Small size, but does large beam level damage to shields.

More damage, faster rate of fire, Armor Piercing value is 1.

Practical range is less than 1 km.

Pairs well with Phasing Sequence and Thermal Shock.

Efficient	Fixes most of the downsides for this weapon.
Focused	Better hull damage against larger ships, plus some range.
Lightweight	If your ship is mass sensitive.
Long Range	Good for taking potshots at range with no falloff.
Overcharged	Laser railguns! It’s all thermal damage, too.
Rapid Fire	The 3 bursts will happen faster, but the pause between bursts remains just as long.
Short Range	Better damage at the cost of heat. Pairs with inertial impact if you can get close and stay there.
Sturdy	No.

Concordant Sequence	A single one can help wingmates when not under fire.
Double Braced	Not that useful. Better to use module reinforcements.
Flow Control	If you need a small amount of power elsewhere.
Inertial Impact	Laser frags! High damage but you need to stay close.
Multi-Servos	Oversized is better.
Oversized	If you have nothing else better to pick, a little extra damage is fine.
Phasing Sequence	Can work if you have several firing at once.
Scramble Spectrum	Doesn’t work as well on bursts since you’re getting fewer hits over time.
Stripped Down	If you need a tiny amount of mass elsewhere, but there are better places to save mass.
Thermal Shock	The pause in firing allows the target to cool down a little.