Point Defense Lasers (PDLs) are tasked with neutralizing and suppressing incoming enemy ordinance and/or enemy fighters. On their own they can inflict a fair amount of damage on smaller enemy ships, but are considered too small to be used effectively against medium to larger cruisers. Ships such as the Andromeda Ascendant and Eureka Maru often use them as their first line of defense against missiles. High Guard warships like the Andromeda are capable of operating PDLs on either automatic or manual fire settings. PDLs fire in the 35 to 50 megawatt range, with about 4 Light Seconds of range.
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| - Point Defense Lasers (PDLs) are tasked with neutralizing and suppressing incoming enemy ordinance and/or enemy fighters. On their own they can inflict a fair amount of damage on smaller enemy ships, but are considered too small to be used effectively against medium to larger cruisers. Ships such as the Andromeda Ascendant and Eureka Maru often use them as their first line of defense against missiles. High Guard warships like the Andromeda are capable of operating PDLs on either automatic or manual fire settings. PDLs fire in the 35 to 50 megawatt range, with about 4 Light Seconds of range.
- Scuds missiles launched from the Scud Storm and the Nuclear Missile from the Nuclear Missile Silo cannot be neutralized, therefore, units will not attempt to disable the missiles. Some versions of the point defense laser are more advanced than others. For example, the Paladin can only shoot down a single missile at a time, while the Avenger can fire much more rapidly, even holding off the fire of multiple stinger sites.
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| - Scuds missiles launched from the Scud Storm and the Nuclear Missile from the Nuclear Missile Silo cannot be neutralized, therefore, units will not attempt to disable the missiles. Some versions of the point defense laser are more advanced than others. For example, the Paladin can only shoot down a single missile at a time, while the Avenger can fire much more rapidly, even holding off the fire of multiple stinger sites. The two ground platforms that employ this weapon are the Avenger and Paladin tank, given the different roles of those two vehicles they had different capabilities. The primary difference between the PDL's of the two is that the Paladins is capable of engaging the enemy (Albeit only at short range), although due to its lack of power it is not employed against vehicles or structures, and as such is used against infantry. The Avenger on the other hand uses it's PDL in an exclusively defensive manner, with it only being capable of intercepting missiles (At a much higher rate than the Paladin) and thus incapable of targeting infantry. It should be noted (to clarify that the PDL does not fill all the Avengers roles) that the Avenger makes use of 3 Laser systems, the PDL, the target designator and the rear mounted Dual laser cannon for anti aircraft engagements, making it the most sophisticated laser system employed at the time of the War against the GLA.
- Point Defense Lasers (PDLs) are tasked with neutralizing and suppressing incoming enemy ordinance and/or enemy fighters. On their own they can inflict a fair amount of damage on smaller enemy ships, but are considered too small to be used effectively against medium to larger cruisers. Ships such as the Andromeda Ascendant and Eureka Maru often use them as their first line of defense against missiles. High Guard warships like the Andromeda are capable of operating PDLs on either automatic or manual fire settings. PDLs fire in the 35 to 50 megawatt range, with about 4 Light Seconds of range.
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