Just to go off topic a moment:
Heavy Bolter ;
Medium Bolter ; and
Light Bolter under
General and
Particle Weapons . These have no description in components file.
I take it that this is a
Plasma Bolt firing weapon ??? I've come up with several descriptions that I tried to shoehorn into the components.txt file.
However I'd like to be sure that I'm on the right track. Here are three Versions. I tend to go for the shorter but the longer might work for the first variant of each type?

Fires self-contained bolts of plasma.
Less range than beam weapons , slow delivery is countered by impressive damage even against
a technologically advanced enemy. Incoming bolts are traceable with radar.
(Bold may be removed to make even shorter)

The mainstay weapon of low-tech fleets: Firing super charged bolts of plasma maintained by a self- generated containment field. Less range than beam weapons, slow delivery is countered by impressive damage even against a technologically advanced enemy. Incoming bolts are traceable with radar.

Fires super charged bolts of plasma maintained in their shape and density by a self- generated containment magnetic field. Less range in respect to the beam weapons, plus slow delivery are countered by impressive damage even against a technologically advanced enemy. Incoming plasma bolts are traceable with radar.
Comments please:
[ June 14, 2004, 23:02: Message edited by: Nomor ]