Editing Cutting Beam (section)

==Overview==

The Cutting Beam is used primarily to drill and blast apart asteroids to get into the juicy beats. It is similar to the [[Lascutter]] by function, just on an obviously much larger scale. Despite being a laser weapon, the Cutting Beam is [[Derp|actuall short-ranged]], which is weird since one of the advantages of a laser weapon is ''due'' to its ''literal light-speed'' ranges.

Although it is primarily a civilian tool, the Demiurg are known to use it as a weapon. What can easily drill through asteroids could also do the same with starship hulls in lethal effects.

Because it is powered up via a giant scoop sucking up stardust, it can be argued that the Cutting Beam is a hydrogen-powered laser. This interesting fluff bit is surprisingly utilized in the game as further explained below.

In [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II]], the Cutting Beam is a weird weapon, and when we mean weird, we mean fucking [[Bullshit]]. One of its [[Fail|'quirks']] is that the weapon could only charge up to its max if it [[Derp]]s around near an asteroid or a shipwreck, before unloading its juice. Granted, the damage of this weapon is lethal as it deals a shit ton of damage per click. But its shit range and weird charge up, means that this weapon is very situational and should be reserved for the biggest of ships.
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