Laser rifle

The is a mid-tier rifle that is powered by energy cells and has reasonably good penetration and damage potential.

Obtaining
The can be:
 * Found as random loot in mid-tier or high-tier zones or occasionally equipped by random creatures.
 * Found as a guaranteed loot drop from, who will also be carrying 3 . However, note that the  will teleport away from its attacker when it is killed, displacing this loot into a random location in the current zone.
 * Crafted with the Tinker II skill, after obtaining the required schematic.
 * Disarmed from.
 * Found held by, , and , but none of them will part with it willingly.

Considerations

 * The occupies a somewhat unimpressive "middle child" role in the progression of rifle-class weapons. Using a lower-tier and more common  (higher accuracy, higher penetration, provides an 8-tile light radius, consumes only half as much power) or a / (triple the number of shots per action with similar damage potential, does not require energy cells) is often preferable until the player can find a higher-tier rifle such as the.