laser cannons so huge that they have to be built along the "spine" of most ships. Their damage is 6D10+30 which is slightly inferior to the Heavy Particle Cannon, but their rate of fire is 1 every 5 turns which is slightly better than an HPC. Also, the fire control on the Spinal Laser is worse than on the HPC. Spinal Lasers score damage in Raking or Standard mode.