Note the damage, cost, and space required. Let's use a standard mount - neither of the two mods are selected - and a Forward firing arc as our baseline.
It can get rather complicated combining the two. So we need to talk about modifications and firing arcs. Anyway, we've had a beam weapon now for a bit, the ubiquitious Laser Cannon. It's fitting that this ship has been auto-named the Cheetah, because everyone knows they never prosper.
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