Pulse Laser

Overview

Damage Type	Weapon Type
Thermal	Hitscan

Good	Not Good
Steady damage with low distributor draw	Low damage per shot.
Battles of attrition.	Builds that can only hit a little at a time.
Effects that need many hits over time.	Laser falloff starts at 600m.
They work pretty well unengineered.

Size Notes

Size notes:	Smaller pulses fire faster. Good utility weapon.
	Larger pulses fire slower. Moderate damage with low power draw.

Powerplay

Pulse Disruptor	Chance to cause a malfunction in the targeted module.
	Large size
	More power, more distributor draw, more heat, less damage

Engineering

Efficient	Fire forever. Makes an already light energy cost weapon even cheaper.
Focused	Better hull damage against larger ships, plus some range.
Lightweight	A cheap weapon for weight sensitive ships.
Long Range	Steady DPS from range with no falloff.
Overcharged	Gives the laser more damage at the cost of higher draw. Then again, there are other weapons that are better at doing more damage.
Rapid Fire	Many hits per second with a bit of jitter. Good for experimentals that need more hits to activate, and gives a nice damage boost for pulses.
Short Range	Better damage at the cost of heat and range. Lasers have strict falloff.
Sturdy	No.

Experimental Effects

Concordant Sequence	A single one can help regenerate wingmates’s shields when not in combat. Doesn’t work under fire.
Double Braced	Not that useful. Better to use module reinforcements.
Emissive Munitions	Blocks the sensor dropoff effect of heat sinks and low heat. The thermal load increase is very small on a pulse.
Flow Control	If you need a small amount of power elsewhere.
Multi-Servos	Oversized is better.
Oversized	If you have nothing else better to pick, a little extra damage is fine.
Phasing Sequence	Does 10% of your damage as absolute damage to the hull when you strike shields. You’ll need several lasers firing at once to get an appreciable effect.
Scramble Spectrum	Chance to trigger a malfunction on a random module on a hull hit, and pulses are good at giving lots of hits.
Stripped Down	If you need a tiny amount of mass elsewhere, but there are better modules than weapons to save mass unless your ship is very mass sensitive.
Thermal Shock	You need as many hits as possible, so pairs well with Rapid Fire.