Mining Laser

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Official render of the Mining Laser

The Mining Laser is a building used by the Rock Raiders for mining nearby rock. It is one of the few buildings that appears in a LEGO set, specifically in the set 4990 Rock Raiders HQ, where it uses its powerful laser to blast open boulders containing Energy Crystals.

In the Windows game

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The Mining Laser as portrayed in the Windows game

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An upgraded Mining Laser

In the Windows version of LEGO Rock Raiders, the Mining Laser is one of the two final building that can be constructed after upgrading the Support Station. It takes up a 1x1 space, with only a single construction block in the center. Once it has been built and powered, it can be used for mining by double-selecting it and aiming at the desired walls. It has a WallDestroyTime of 7 for Dirt, 11 for Loose Rock, and 150 for Hard Rock, and every four laser blasts drains one Energy Crystal, all exactly the same as the Large Mobile Laser Cutter. Its extremely slow mining time combined with how much power it uses, the general lack of Recharge Seams in the game, and its inability to move when the walls around it have all been mined makes it utterly useless for drilling. It has a firing range of 5 blocks, and does at least -40 HP or more to units per shot, making it useful as a weapon against Monsters, though a Large Mobile Laser Cutter could easily be used instead.

Upgrades

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The Support Station as portrayed in the Windows game

There is one upgrade level available for the Mining Laser:

• Level 1: Equips the building with a second Mining Laser, reducing the number of shots to mine by half.

Dependency

The Mining Laser costs 1 Energy Crystal and 15 pieces of Ore (or 3 Building Studs) and requires the following for construction:

• Rock Raider
• Tool Store [UP1]
• Teleport Pad [UP1]
• Power Station [UP1]
• Support Station [UP1]

To do: Verify relationship between WallDestroyTime and actual shots needed, my tests show game speed seems to affect it for some unfathomable reason, but that might just be on my CPU/OS