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Laser Tank

A vehicle/ship class from the Space:1999 universe
The Laser Tank was a hastily built defensive vehicle that was quickly assembled on Moonbase Alpha by the ever inventive technical crews. With the moon blasted out of Earth's orbit, the Alphans had to consider the possibility of encountering lifeforms that would be hostile and so start constructing some defensi...

Laurence Erhardt

A character from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 universe
Dr. Erhardt was a colleague of Dr. Clayton Forrester, and together the two conspired to take over the world by using the worst movie ever made to break the will of the planet's populace. Originally working with Forrester at Gizmonic Institute, the two fell out of favor with their supervisors due to the questionable ethical nature of their ...

Lawgiver

A technology from the Judge Dredd universe
The Lawgiver is the standard sidearm of the Mega City Judges. Infinitely more capable than the standard black market slugthrowers, the Lawgiver fires a variety of ammunition types. These include standard Armor piecing,gas round,heatseeker, high explosive, incendiary and ricochet. A Judge carries a quantity of each type of round with him ...

Lawmaster Bike

A vehicle/ship class from the Judge Dredd universe
The Lawmaster Bike is the mainstay vehicle of the Mega City street judge. Powered by a 4000cc Notron engine and sporting a powerful laser cannon it is very powerful. It's wide, all weather tyres provide a good grip on all surfaces, whatever the weather conditions. Although weather control typically keeps the climate pleasant, the Judges are cons...

Leech Gun

A technology from the Wing Commander universe
A development of Confed's Leech missile technology. The Leech gun might not have the same power per burst as a missile, but it is a useful technology. Leech missiles are invaluable in capturing enemy ships intact, and since Leech missiles are next to impossible to come by, even on the black market, the Union of Borderworlds developed thei...

Legacies

An episode from the Babylon 5 universe

Legacy of the Aldenata

Universe
Legacy of the Aldenata: Set during modern day earth, Humanity is approached by representatives of a multi-species federation spanning hundreds of star systems. They had previously avoided Earth as they feared Humanities capacity for violence, themselves all being genetic pacifists. Now though, the encroachment on the violent and bloodthir...

Leiter

A character from the Battlestar Galactica (1978) universe
Commander of the Eastern Alliance destroyer encountered by the Galactica near the planet of Paradeen. Leiter is a ruthless individual who is totally committed and convinced of the superiority of his own culture even when confronted with the Battlestar Galactica and the obvious technological differences ...

Lensman

Universe
'Two thousand million years ago or so two galaxies were colliding, or, rather, were passing through each other.'Thus begins the 7-book series that got the space opera genre going. The 'Lensverse' chronicles the war between two races of immense power: the Arisians and the Eddorians, and the tools they use to fight: Civilisation and its worlds f...

Lens of Arisia

A technology from the Lensman universe
A lenticular quasi-living instrument of telepathy and other extra-sensory powers, worn by the Lensmen of the Galactic Patrol. It enables Lensmen to communicate with any form of sentient life, and to interpret any message no matter how encoded. Attuned to its wearer in such a way that it kills any other entity attempting to use it, the Lens disappea...

Leo

A vehicle/ship class from the Gundam Wing universe
The Leo is the standard mobile suit for OZ. It's primary weapon is the 105mm Machine Gun, but can also wield a powerful artillery rocket launcher, or a semiautomatic beam rifle. Unremarkable and easily destroyed, the Leo is, however, perhaps the most versatile of OZ mobile weapons. It can be equipped for space or planetary combat. Because of it...

Leopard Class Dropship

Shipclass
The Leopard class Dropship is one of the most common dropship designs in the Inner Sphere, as well as one of the smaller ones. It is of an 'aerodyne' hull type, which broadly means that it looks more like a traditional aircraft design, distinguishing it from spherical dropships like the Intruder, Overlord and Union...

Leopard CV Class Dropship

A vehicle/ship class from the Battletech universe
The Leopard CV is one of the most common of the fighter carrying dropships in the Inner Sphere. It's simple design, combined with low running and maintainence costs have made it immensely popular among groups from small commercial and mercenary operations right up to the great houses. Capable of carrying six Aerospace fighters, it also ha...

Leopard Lager

A technology from the Red Dwarf universe
The favoured shipboard alcoholic beverage of many of the crew of the JMC Red Dwarf. Leopard Lager is a strong Dutch recipe lager which seems to be one of Dave Listers favourites. Combine that with a vindaloo and you can have trouble. Lister always seems to have some of this stuff around, most disturbingly when...

Leo Showers

A character from the Battletech universe
Leo Showers was originally Khan of Clan Smoke Jaguar and when plans were made to invade the Inner Sphere, he was made Ilkhan, which is basically the Supreme Khan, a temporary position which lasts the duration of a conflict. Like most Smoke Jaguars he is utterly ruthless, even more so than other clans and has no time for...

Leto Atreides

A character from the Dune universe
Head of House Atreides during the time of the Arrakis affair, Duke Leto Atreides is a popular leader both among the other great houses of the Landsraad and his own household. Whereas some Great Houses, like the Harkonnens rule through fear, the Atreides prefer to rule through justice and a sense of respect. Duke Leto is officially unmarri...

Leviathan

A vehicle/ship class from the FarScape universe
A transport ship, the Leviathan class is a complicated living organism. At it's core is a 'Pilot', another living creature that acts as both friend to the ship and liason between the crew and the Leviathan. Leviathans are typically gentle creatures. A Leviathan can easily starburst away from its present location, although trying to precis...

Lewiston

A technology from the Lensman universe
A hand-operated, hip-holstered ray-gun; the standard sidearm of the Triplanetary Service. Otherwise not qualified, 'Liewiston' refers to the Lewiston Mark Seventeen, the most powerful hand-blaster known to Triplanetary science or the early Galactic Patrol; some Mark Twelves were stocked aboard the Chicago when Lyman Cleveland was masqueradin...

Lexicanum

A link from the Warhammer 40,000 universe
An online Wikipedia devoted to the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy universes.

Lexington

A ship from the Babylon 5 universe
The EAS Lexington under Captain Sterns is part of the taskforce which encounters the Minbari Warcruiser Drala'Fi, or Black Star. Captain Sterns is killed in the first exchange of fire and the Lexington is left crippled. The Lexington's main drive systems are disabled, only docking thrusters are operational at the moment, and...

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