Laser Rifle

Description
The Laser Rifle is a pickup weapon that uses the orange ammo pool. It is a bulky rifle that feeds from a battery pack inserted into the interior of the weapon. It sports a peep sight consisting of a square window with two black triangles and a front blade sight.

Mechanics
The laser rifle is a tremendously damaging weapon, boasting an insanely high rate of fire with instant projectile travel as one would expect from a laser beam. After taking roughly three seconds to spool up, the rifle will begin rapidly firing laser pulses. These pulses are extremely powerful and are capable of killing any humanoid and destroying lesser robotic enemies in a single hit. Reloading is accomplished by breaking the top open to insert a new battery. The battery has enough energy for roughly five seconds of sustained fire.

Tactics
Despite its high damage, the laser rifle is extremely difficult to use due to its heavy delay before firing. By the time you begin firing, most enemies will already have fired several shots at you, and it burns through its battery so quickly that you're unlikely to successfully kill multiple enemies before being forced to reload. The laser rifle is best reserved as an emergency weapon for busting closely-grouped heavy targets from cover, but even then, weapons such as the Rocket Launcher or Grenade Launcher are more flexible options in these scenarios.