It’s a Mk 2 beam laser so better than the old version, but I found the military lasers to be too fast at melting enemy ships - with the increased frame rate of this version I also found myself zapping dropped cargo pods before I could let go of the trigger. I still do with the Mk2 Beam, but only now and again - and every time I seem to do a Clarence Boddiker quote from Robocop (“
You…you burned the %#&*ing money!”)
Edit: Actually, you’ve given me a ship outfitting thought - the Cobra can fit 4 different weapons (one for each “view”) and Elite Legend allows you to “rotate” the weapons. In practice it’s a bit like having fire groups; currently I’ve got a mining laser in the rear view and rotate it to the front when I see an asteroid. Now that I’m getting Thargoid invasion missions I might install a Military Laser to one of my spare slots and just use it when doing AX station attacks.
Thankfully I didn’t enjoy its tender mercies as I got Elite in the Supreme Challenge double tape box set