Hi Rupert,

> On 09/24/2020 5:44 PM Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 25Sep2020 1029, Thomas RUX wrote:
> > Hi ewan,
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> >> On 09/24/2020 12:32 PM xxxxxx@quibell.org.uk wrote:
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> >> Thanks Guys,
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> >> Now I thought that, because that's what I've done in the absence of anything else, however I couldn't find that in the rules anywhere. Which I found really strange. Which is why I asked the question. Now it might be that I'm just missing something, and I'm quite prepared to accept that I have. Could you point me to the right place?
> > MT Referee's Manual p. 59
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> > "Lasers: Lasers fire a concentrated light energy in beams or pulses against enemy targets."
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> > "Energy Weapons (which include plasma guns and fusion guns): These weapons fire a highly energized beam of ionized gas at the target: with the fusion gun this gas actually proceeds to fusion."
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> > I also did a cross check in CT LBB 5 HG 2 p. 45 "Beam Weapon Table: Beam weapons include lasers and energy (fusion and plasma) guns..."
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> I'm not sure it's in MT anywhere as an explicit statement, but it's in
> HG as you note. Probably one of those cases where 'everyone knows' and
> so the absence in the new edition gets overlooked.
>
CT LBB 5 is very clear that energy weapons are included in beam weapons.

MT Referee's Manual I agree is not as clear as in CT LBB 5, however does include the term "beam" which is also used in describing lasers. Without looking the material up again I do not recall any of the other weapons in the Combat section of the MT Referee's Manual using the term "beam".

Tom Rux