If you are attempting an Energy Weapons only approach, this weapon could be the only hope to destroy the Nodes of the Brain of the Many.It is recommended to upgrade your Maintenance skill in order to raise the energy capacity of the Laser Pistol.The first Laser Pistol an OSA Agent can obtain is located on the Engineering Deck, where you should already have a way of dealing with the Protocol Droids, Maintenance Robots and Turrets. The standard Pistol is simply a better choice for OSA Agents than the Laser Pistol.

The Laser Pistol is also a better choice to destroy Security Camera than the pistol, as its ammunition costs nothing.Therefore the Laser Pistol should be a more efficient, but not more effective, method to handle Turrets on the Engineering Deck. However, it is recoilless and has a theoretically infinite amount of ammunition.It deals double damage to fully mechanical targets, but the amount is still lower than that done by armor-piercing bullets.45 Caliber Pistol, and deals an even lower amount of damage to Arachnids. It deals less damage than its Standard Weapon counterpart, the Talon M2A3.In terms of damage it is the weakest weapon in the game.

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