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Originally Posted by Otto the Otter
If a HAL is either a chemical LASER or an electric LASER, both are a bit on the wieghty side.
Yes, I know these vehicles are from a fantasy world, but I like having some element of reality in my Joe-verse.
The APC would have greatly benifited from a tow hook. Maybe I can sacrifice a hook from one of my Stingers...
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The lasing field isn't at issue, but the power generation/output capacity that really adds the weight, but that's neither here nor there. The actual handful of lasers in and around the labs I've worked in have been quite light; their elaborate power supplies, chemical analyte chambers, dichromatic mirrors etc have been the bulky messes.
Don't forget the in universe fantasy has the HAL being able to be carried up stairs by a small team of Joes, pushed down an elevator shaft, towed by VAMPs etc. Course Flash and Sci-Fi are essentially carrying around a power supply the size of a car battery which at best might cause a bit of smoking if held on target for 4-5 minutes at close range.
And this is one reason why the HAL now to me is a display piece and not an "active" part of the universe whenever I get around to taking more pictures/telling an actual dio story, but that is just my simple way of working around it and getting rid of lasers.