Laser Turret

Laser Turret is an automated Turret in Prey: Mooncrash.

Overview
Laser Turrets are friendly defensive Turrets that can be found on the Pytheas moon base. They behave in a similar way to the Turrets found on the Talos I space station except instead of shooting conventional bullets, it instead uses a Laser beam similar to the one that the Security/Military Operators use. They can be distinguished from the other Turret variations as they have a blue body. One notable behavioral difference that all Pytheas Moon base Turrets seem to share is that they will only identify Crew members as Typhon once they have installed five or more Typhon based Neuromods. While the Talos I Turrets only require three of more Typhon Neuromods to identify a human as a Typhon. The reason for this difference is unknown but it is possible that Joan Winslow may have changed the Pytheas Turrets programming, making them only engage targets that have a larger amount of "Typhon contaminate".

They can either be fabricated, bought from the menu screen before entering the simulation if you own the fabrication plan or you can find them scattered throughout the Moon base. The most common areas they can be found are in the randomly generated storage rooms or can be found in set Turret spawns in the Crater.

Description
EXCERPT FROM THE ENGINEERING DATABASE: Testing log #1008-010435 Product: Eradicator Auto-Turret v0.7.5 Observer: Joan Winslow

Great. Another Talos firmware update, another major bug. My babies are wound so tight, I'm surprised they didn't fill me full of holes. It's going to be weeks before I can fix these geniuses' so-called improvements. Going to have to send a memo out warning security to avoid deploying them for the time being.

ADDENDUM: Been playing with another toy the Talos folk sent, and I finally got it hooked up to a turret. This baby puts out some nasty burns! Kinda like Karen. Hmm, maybe I'll name it after her...

PETER'S NOTES: Works a bit slow, but give it enough time and it 'll burn through the biggest Typhon.

Usage
The Laser Turret has to have a short charge up time before it is able to unleash its high damage energy beam, unlike the other turret variants that can fire continuously. However, due to its high damage potential it can make short work of tougher Typhon. Additionally when paired with a GLOO Turret, can usually kill a Moon Shark by themselves although this is going to take some time. Laser Turrets also have an advantage over Ballistic Turrets as they do suffer from random bullet deviation while Laser turrets do not. This allows them to do more consistent damage to enemies at a much longer range.

Trivia

 * if you are playing as Riley Yu and have used Mimic Matter 2 to copy a Laser Turret, you are able to fire continuously, which is contradictory to how the Laser Turret works in game. This suggests that the Laser Turrets have the potential to fire contentiously but are restricted to burst fire for an unknown reason.