Energy Weapon Emitters (WIP)

Emitter
An emitter is a key component in starship and hand-held energy weapons. The emitter is equivalent to the "barrel of a gun", as it is the focal point where the energy beam or burst ("the bullet") is fired from.


Emitter Banks
Each bank contained one or more emitters from which the beam energy was actually released but which shared common power sources and targeting systems.

Another version has banks consisted of one emitter each, and drew power from rechargeable sources separate from a ship's main power systems.

A new system was also developed, tying the phasers directly into the main reactor, was developed. While increasing emitter power, it had the disadvantage of cutting off most of or all emitter power if the reactor was damaged.


Emitter Arrays
An array is an arrangement of emitters located in strategic areas of a starship, space station, or other vessel. The emitter energy traveled along the strips to the best position for the targeting computer to fire the beams at the target.

Energy Weapons
Fire Rate Modifiers
Beam - Fires energy in a focused coherent beam, limited beam duration do to heat build up. Slow cool down rate and recharge.
Pulse Beam - pulses the beam, alternating between high and low outputs to increase beam duration and lower cool down time.
Pulsed - Pulses beam with high and off outputs. Increased output per pulse with a faster cool down and recharge rate.
Damage Modifiers
Beam Divider -