Offensive laser for Medusa dorsal mount

[desert island]

If someone has already posted this I didn't see it.

What it says on the tin, big laser
Would allow the Medusa to either shoot down missiles from a longer range or take out aircraft at shorter range.

Same gimbal as normal-30 degrees

Pros:
-Gives the Medusa more modularity for defense

1. Longer range missile interception
2. bomb interception
3. actually damaging planes
   -Big laser
4. Would look cool

Cons:
-More capacitator drain, takes about 5 seconds to drain it fully
-heavy

Use Cases:
-Shoot down a tusko or cruise missile swarm from >20km
-Shoot down bombs from ~10km
-Shoot down aircraft from ~5km -last resort-

This could also open up a purpose for capacitator pods, which could be mounted externally or maybe inside of the weapons bay
-Would just increase the size of the capacitator
-Also heavy

[tawny sinew]

the capacitator pods idea is actually cool

[floral bough]

So like a 500kw-1 megawatt blue or green laser with a large aperture?
Idk how thatd ever really fit on the Medusa

[somber snow]

With capacitor pods you get most of these benefits already. The 120kw current laser is already capable of really damaging planes, but only when the capacitor is above 70%. So having that power for longer would be really effective.

[floral bough]

I think more capacitor and a better recharge rate would be nice