BS-21 Beam Sabre

Origin
Having designed the Mantas armor, the humans felt it would be important for it to live up to it's name. So the BS-21 Beam Sabre was designed and standardized for the Mantas armor. The wrist-mounted beam sabres are also unique-equippable(one per char) on the Beetle Power Armor.

Names
Referred to amongst Power Armor Pilots as the "Cutters", but more commonly known as the "BS21's" or "Sabres" amongst most UIDCC soldiers.

Design
Using the energy of the equipped Power Armor, it projects a large, ten foot long energy blade. The blade is composed of super-heated ionized molecules This blade is designed specifcially for the Mantas Armor, but it is cross-compatible with the Beetle Armor's  shoulder-mounted IO107.

Class access and training restrictions
Access: Power Armor Pilots and Grackletooth Infantry are the only classes to get access to the BS21 weapon and training in it's use.

Training: Limited to Mantas and Beetle Power Armor Pilots; and Grackletooth Infantry. The Qiuckflex Keepers who train colonists in the use of Mantas Power Armors can teach the use of this weapon to a Colonist. Non-Combatant classes cannot be trained in the use of Power Armors. This weapon cannot be used by any other classes than Mantas and Beetle PAP Soldiers and Anti-Vehicle Infantry.

Statistics - Limited Energy Beam
 

Attack: +1 | Damage: 3d6 | Range: 10ft | Payload: One attack/half-turn | Capacity: Unlimited as long as the Power Armor has energy |

Energy Blade: The damage from an energy-based blade is more diffucult to repair than ballistic weapons against Power and Exo-armors. Increasing the Repair DC by 2.