HECU Laser Tripmine

Laser Tripmine


 * Weapon category: 5
 * Range: Close to Medium
 * Primary attack: Place tripmine, 150 pts/mine explosion
 * Secondary attack: None
 * Ammunition: Laser Tripmines
 * Capacity: 5 Mines

These mines are attached to walls and project a laser beam as high-tech tripwire. If the laser beam is interrupted, the mine detonates in an explosion as powerful as a satchel charge. To place a mine, get close to a wall and aim your crosshair where you would like to mine to be place. When you press primary attack a mine will appear on the wall and it will give off a rising whining sound, signifying the laser warming up. You have three seconds to get clear before the mine projects the laser from its lens. Then if an enemy runs past this point they will trigger the laser and blow themselves to bits. Tripmines can also be detonated by shooting them; this is useful as you can shoot tripmines that are blocking your path ahead, and also you can shoot tripmines you have laid yourself in order to use them as a form of remotely-detonated explosive. Laser tripmines have no secondary attack mode.

In multiplayer the best places to put tripmines are usually around corners where players cannot spot them in advance. By placing two or more mines at varying heights in the same location you can prevent players from being able to jump over or crawl under the mines. Mines can also be planted on the floor - simply crouch and then aim your crosshair at the ground before pressing the primary attack button. Although enemies are less likely to interrupt lasers projected vertically upwards, you can use this technique to set up traps in multiplayer. If you plan one horizontal tripmine in a clearly visible place, and put another vertically upwards in a corner or behind a pillar out of plain sight, then if a player shoots at the clearly visible horizontal mine the explosion can trigger the secondary mine that was out of sight, damaging or killing the player.