Low-Tech Beam Weapons

Low-Tech Beam Weapons

Wait a damn second. If the power cell capacity follows increases with TL and has a defined progression, can't we reverse it and get TL3 or TL4 power cells? Now that we also have this post that tells us to multiply the weapon weight for weapons of lower TL than the TL of its introduction (I will not scale the weight further, keeping it at the maximum of 32x increase), can't we make low-tech beam weapons? Let's try and see the results.

In addition to all of the above, I will remove all the ultra-tech attachments, such as HUD link, recognition grip, diagnostic computer. Also, I will make them of Cheap quality and halve their accuracy. Power cells will be non-rechargeable. The TL decrease couple with the Cheap quality will also mean that all these weapons will have Malf 11.

Beam Weapons (Pistol) (DX-4, other Beam Weapons-4, or Guns (Pistol)-4)
TL	Weapon	Damage	Acc	Range	Weight	RoF	Shots	ST	Bulk	Rcl	Cost	LC
3^	Blaster Pistol -          hotshot	1d(5) burn sur 1d+1(2) burn sur	2	32/96	2.2/2C	1	5(3)	6	-2	1	$1,000	3
3^	Force Beamer -          hotshot	1d cr dkb 1d+1 cr dkb	1	3/9	0.4/2B	1	4(3)	3	-1	1	$60	4
3^	Heavy Force Pistol -          hotshot	2d cr dkb 2d+2 cr dkb	2	44/130	5.1/2C	1	5(3)	10	-3	1	$820	3
3^	Heavy Laser Pistol -          hotshot	2d(2) burn 2d+2(2) burn	2	50/140	5.3/C	1	2(3)	10	-3	1	$960	2
3^	Holdout Laser Pistol -          hotshot	1d-1(2) burn 1d(2) burn	1	8/24	0.4/B	1	3(3)	3	-1	1	$70	3
3^	Laser Pistol -          hotshot	1d(2) burn 1d+1(2) burn	2	12/36	1.1/C	1	18(3)	5	-1	1	$130	3
3^	Plasma Pistol -          hotshot	2d(2) burn ex sur 2d+2(2) burn ex sur	2	100/300	1.7/2C	1	8(3)	7	-2	2	$1,000	3
Beam Weapons (Rifle) (DX-4, other Beam Weapons-4, or Guns (Rifle)-4)
3^	Blaster Rifle -          hotshot	2d(5) burn sur 2d+2(5) burn sur	5	130/390	9.6/Dp	1	3(5)	8†	-5	1	$7,650	2
3^	Force Rifle -          hotshot	3d cr dkb 4d cr dkb	5	50/150	10.9/Dp	1	8(5)	9†	-5	1	$2,200	3
3^	Heavy Laser Rifle -          hotshot	3d(2) burn 4d(2) burn	4	360/1,100	32.1/Dp	1	6(5)	16†	-8	1	$6,450	1
3^	Heavy Plasma Rifle -          hotshot	4d(2) burn ex sur 5d+1(2) burn ex sur	3	200/600	9.6/Dp	1	5(5)	10†	-5	2	$7,670	2
3^	Laser Carbine -          hotshot	1d+2(2) burn 2d(2) burn	4	45/140	3.8/C	1	5(3)	5†	-3	1	$660	3
3^	Laser Rifle -          hotshot	2d(2) burn 2d+2(2) burn	4	160/480	10.6/2C	1	4(3)	9†	-5	1	$1,920	2
3^	Plasma Rifle -          hotshot	3d(2) burn ex sur 4d(2) burn ex sur	3	150/450	4.6/2C	1	2(3)	7†	-3	2	$3,260	2

Am I crazy, or does it look... reasonable? Considering how bad Malf 11 is and how few shots you can get off, this does not really look that wild (aside from plasma weapons, maybe). I guess you could use these for games set in worlds such as Might & Magic, for example.

P.S. Table formatting is extraordinarily awful on blogspot. Blogspot is awful in general.