FTL DE

FTL DE

stands for Faster than Light Directed Energy

Usually this term is used to describe faster than light energy weapons. Weapons that use some sort of tunneling effect, to bring weapons such as Lasers, Thermo cannons, Gamma Burners to bear without the limitations of light speed.

FTL DE weapons are the hallmark of Technical societies reaching TL 8 or higher.

Even light speed beam weapons are not very accurate or effective during battles that take place against opponents with near light speed traveling ships.

Union Weapon arsenals have a wide variety of FTL weapons and FTL DE weapons.

The first FTL DE Weapon the Kermac (Galactic Council developed) was the FTL Line Blaster (first seen around 5000)