Added lasers, rockets, and material impact effects
Energy beams and explosive rockets now damage bodies, armor, cover, and nearby units with effects matched to the material they strike.
The weapon set expanded beyond rifles with the ARC-6 laser and M-80 rocket launcher, each built around a different way of reading the battlefield.
Laser fire sustains a visible beam into the selected body region. Rockets travel to ground or unit targets, detonate across an area, and can throw nearby bodies away from the blast.
“A weapon became interesting when firing it changed more than the target's health.”
Impacts now respond to armor, flesh, timber, stone, and containers with distinct flashes and debris. Cover can break instead of acting as a permanent abstract shield.
These weapons made aiming a choice about consequences: precision, line of fire, collateral damage, and whether the environment survives the shot.