[Traveller_TNE] Stupid Lasers

I have tried for the past two days to recreate the lasers that came in
the FF&S supplement and I cannot do it. I can't figure out how the
damned backpacks are so light. The 19.5 kg 50-shot backpack for the
TL8 laser carbine comes out too big and too costly by a factor of 10,
and the weapon is too light by a factor of about 3. I've checked and
double checked all the damned calculations, and I cannot get them any
closer.

This is one reason I've always hated laser design in FF&S. It's too
damned complicated -- more so than I think is required by simple game
mechanics.

Aaaargh!

Gerry Harris

http://www.aethertraveller.com

"Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war"
— Antony, "Julius Caesar," Act 3, Scene 1