Editing Extended Range Medium Laser

{{InfoBoxWeapon
| name = ER Medium Laser
| Type = Energy (Direct-Fire)
| Tech Base = [[Clan]] / [[Inner Sphere]] (IS)<ref name="TMp226"/>
| Year Availability = 
Clan = [[2824]] ([[Clan Jade Falcon|CJF]])<ref name="TMp226">''TechManual'', p. 226, "Laser - Extended-Range (ER) Laser"</ref>
IS = [[3058]] ([[Free Worlds League|FWL]])<ref name="TMp226"/>
| Heat = 5<ref name="TMp341">''TechManual'', p. 341, "Inner Sphere Weapons And Equipment Table"</ref><ref name="TMp343">''TechManual'', p. 343, "Clan Weapons And Equipment Table"</ref>
| Damage = 
Clan = 7<ref name="TMp343"/>
IS = 5 <ref name="TMp341"/>
| Minimum Range = n/a
| Short Range = 0<ref name="TMp341"/>
Clan = 1-5<ref name="TMp343"/>
IS = 1-4<ref name="TMp341"/>
| Medium Range =
Clan = 6-10<ref name="TMp343"/>
IS = 5-8<ref name="TMp341"/>
| Long Range = 
Clan = 11-15<ref name="TMp343"/>
IS = 9-12<ref name="TMp341"/>
| Tons = 1
| Critical Slots = 1
| Ammo Per Ton = n/a
| Cost (unloaded) = 80,000
| Ammo Cost (per ton) = n/a
| BV (1.0) = 
Clan = 108
IS = 62
| BV (2.0) = 
Clan = 108<ref name="TMp318">''TechManual'', p. 318, "Clan Weapons and Equipment BV Table"</ref>
IS = 62<ref name="TMp317">''TechManual'', p. 317, "Inner Sphere Weapons and Equipment BV Table"</ref>
}}

== Description ==
The '''Extended-Range Medium Laser''' ('''ER Medium Laser''') focuses a powerful beam of light on targets that causes damage by melting or shattering armor off of the target.<ref name="TMp226"/>

As the name suggests, the Extended-Range variant of the [[Medium Laser]] improves the focusing system of the laser to project it to much farther ranges. The optics are less efficient, though, necessitating more input power for the same armor ablation and thus more waste heat in the weapon.

As with most [[Clan]] [[Energy Weapons|energy weapons]], the Clans lack their own standard Medium Laser. 

== Manufacturing ==
The Extended-Range Medium Laser is manufactured on the following planets:

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! Brand
! Planet
! Company
! Used by
! References
|-
| [[BrightBloom]]
| [[New Avalon]]<br>[[Wernke]]
| [[Achernar BattleMechs]]<br>[[Kallon Industries]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[Ceres Arms]]
| [[Capella]]/[[St. Ives]]
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[Defiance Model XII]]
| [[Furillo]]
| [[Defiance Industries]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[Diplan M3-XR]]
| [[Ozawa]]?
| [[Diplan 'Mechyards]]?
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[Diverse Optics Sunbeam]]
| [[Irian]]
| [[Diverse Optics Incorporated]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[Diverse Optics Sunfire]]
| Unknown
| [[Diverse Optics Incorporated]]
| [[Anzu|ZU-G60 ''Anzu'']]
| <ref name="TRO:3145FWLp32+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 32-33, "ZU-G60 ''Anzu''"</ref>
|-
| [[ExoStar Pinnacle]] (Clantech)
| Unknown
| [[ExoStar Laser Technologies]]
| [[Scarecrow|UCU-F4 ''Scarecrow'']]
| <ref name="TRO:3145FSp36+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns'', p. 34-35, "UCU-F4 ''Scarecrow''"</ref>
|-
| Magna Mk VI
| [[Lopez]]
| [[Magna]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[Magna Mk VI]]
| [[Stewart]]
| [[Corean Enterprises]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[Martell]]
| [[El Dorado]]
| [[General Motors]]
| [[Warlord|BLR-2D ''Warlord'']]
| <ref name="TRO:3075p88">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 88, "BLR-2D ''Warlord''"</ref>
|-
| [[RAMTech 1500Z]]
| [[New Kyoto]]
| [[RAMTech]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[Series 7J]]
| [[Tamaron]]
| [[Ashton 'Mech Production Complex]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[Series J7A]]
| [[Arcadia (Clan)|Arcadia]]
| [[Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T4]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|-
| [[General Systems (ERML)|General Systems]]
| [[Huntress]]
| [[Abysmal Manufacturing Complex]]
| ???
| {{cn}}
|}

== See Also ==
The ER Medium Laser has been used in various video games, each with their own stats for the weapon; below is a list of the games that use it along with a link to each version's stats:

* [[MechCommander (Video Game)/Equipment#ER Laser|MechCommander]]
* [[MechCommander 2/Equipment#ER Laser|MechCommander 2]]

== References ==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''
* ''[[TechManual]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Project Phoenix]]''
* ''[[Total Warfare]]''

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