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Laser Prism

CategoryLight & Power
laser-prism
Category
Light & Power
Weight
2.25
Stack size
1
Official description

Splits a laser into 3 weaker lasers.

Overview

The Laser Prism is an in-game item that takes a beam from a Laser Emitter and divides it into three separate, weaker beams. Its primary function is beam splitting: a single incoming beam striking the Laser Prism is transformed into three outgoing beams, each of reduced strength compared to the original. This behavior is described consistently across the game's localized strings.

The Laser Prism only acts on an incident beam originating from a Laser Emitter; it does not generate beams on its own. Upon receiving a beam, the prism produces three distinct outgoing beams. The only confirmed properties from localization descriptions are that the number of resulting beams is three and that each resulting beam is weaker than the incoming beam.

  • Splits one incoming Laser Emitter beam into three outgoing beams.
  • Each outgoing beam has reduced strength relative to the original.
  • The prism requires an incoming beam to produce outgoing beams; it does not emit beams independently.

Practical considerations follow directly from the prism’s splitting role. Positioning a Laser Prism on a beam line changes a single concentrated beam into multiple, lower-intensity paths, which can be used to affect multiple targets or to route energy to different systems simultaneously. Because the outgoing beams are weaker, the Laser Prism trades single-beam power for coverage and multiplicity. Use the prism when distributing an incoming beam among several endpoints or when you need multiple, lower-intensity beams rather than one high-intensity beam.

The Laser Prism’s behavior is the same in all localizations provided: German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese descriptions all indicate division of a laser beam into three weaker beams. The concise, consistent localization text makes the item’s mechanical intent unambiguous: transform one Laser Emitter beam into three weaker beams for redistribution of beam energy.

Official description

Splits a laser into 3 weaker lasers.

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