diff --git a/controllers/LaserController.gd b/controllers/LaserController.gd
index f017811..3470864 100644
--- a/controllers/LaserController.gd
+++ b/controllers/LaserController.gd
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ extends "res://controllers/AimedFleetAbilityController.gd"
 # while they aim it.
 
 const BEAM_EFFECT = preload("res://vfx/LaserBeamEffect.gd")
-# #201: the beam borrows the fire stick's aim helper, so it is loaded here
-# for its static assist rather than for anything a laser hull carries.
-const WEAPON_COMPONENT = preload("res://vessels/VesselWeaponComponent.gd")
 const BEAM_COLOR := BEAM_EFFECT.BEAM_COLOR
 const TARGET_COLOR := Color(0.6, 0.95, 1.0)
 const BEAM_HALF_WIDTH := BEAM_EFFECT.BEAM_HALF_WIDTH
@@ -54,25 +51,7 @@ func _aim_max_range() -> float:
 func _calculate_aim_target(drag: Vector2, origin: Vector2) -> Vector2:
 	# A beam always reaches full range; dragging chooses its direction only.
 	var direction: Vector2 = drag.normalized() if drag.length() > 0.001 else Vector2.UP
-	return _assisted_target(origin, origin + direction * _aim_max_range())
-
-
-# The mouse path (#80) names a world point directly instead of dragging one
-# into existence. It has a real cursor, so it is assisted from that rather
-# than from a virtual one at the end of the beam - otherwise the crosshair
-# would be the only aim in the game the helper does not touch.
-func fire_at(world_target: Vector2) -> bool:
-	return super(_assisted_target(_aim_origin(), world_target))
-
-
-# #201: ordinary fire's aim helper, applied to the beam. It answers with a
-# PLACE, not a heading - the same thing the fire stick resolves and every
-# hull then converges on - so a drag that ends near an enemy, or merely
-# inside the assist cone, passes through that enemy instead of a few degrees
-# past it. The beam still runs on to its full range from there.
-func _assisted_target(origin: Vector2, point: Vector2) -> Vector2:
-	return WEAPON_COMPONENT.assisted_point(get_tree(), origin, point,
-		_aim_max_range())
+	return origin + direction * _aim_max_range()
 
 
 func _consume_shot(component: Node) -> bool:
@@ -83,12 +62,7 @@ func _perform_shot(ship: Node2D, component: Node) -> void:
 	# The cooldown was already spent by _consume_shot() above, so this fires
 	# the effect directly rather than going through fire_ability() and
 	# spending it twice.
-	# Aimed from the HULL, not from the fleet centre. aim_target is a place
-	# now that the assist can move it onto an enemy (#201), and ordinary fire
-	# converges on such a place by letting each hull find its own heading to
-	# it - a shared heading measured at the centroid would walk this beam off
-	# the very target the assist just picked, by the ship's formation offset.
-	var direction: Vector2 = aim_target - ship.global_position
+	var direction: Vector2 = aim_target - _aim_origin()
 	direction = direction.normalized() if direction.length() > 0.001 else Vector2.UP
 	var effect: Node2D = BEAM_EFFECT.fire(get_tree().root, ship.global_position,
 		direction, component.beam_range, int(component.damage))
diff --git a/core/GameState.gd b/core/GameState.gd
index 2e63272..d95961b 100644
--- a/core/GameState.gd
+++ b/core/GameState.gd
@@ -190,17 +190,11 @@ var research_points: int = 0
 # place to set it - assigning dev_mode anywhere, tests included, reaches
 # world generation.
 var dev_unlimited_resources: bool = false
-# #202: every research and production price answers zero while this is on.
-# A separate switch from the one above rather than a stronger version of it -
-# unlimited resources tests whether a price can be PAID, and this tests what
-# happens when there is no price at all, which is a different play-test.
-var dev_free_costs: bool = false
 var dev_mode: bool = false:
 	set(value):
 		dev_mode = value
 		if not value:
 			dev_unlimited_resources = false
-			dev_free_costs = false
 		WORLD_GEN.dev_planets_enabled = value
 
 # Explored-chunk history for the world map's fog-of-war reveal. Lives
@@ -682,7 +676,7 @@ func prerequisite_met(id: String) -> bool:
 # ever compared two nodes by price - keeps working on a plain number.
 func skill_costs(id: String) -> Dictionary:
 	var node: Dictionary = skill_node(id)
-	if node.is_empty() or costs_are_free():
+	if node.is_empty():
 		return {}
 	var costs: Dictionary = node.get("costs", {})
 	if not costs.is_empty():
@@ -698,7 +692,7 @@ func can_unlock(id: String, payment_position: Variant = null) -> bool:
 
 
 func skill_research_point_cost(id: String) -> int:
-	return 0 if costs_are_free() else int(skill_node(id).get("research_points", 0))
+	return int(skill_node(id).get("research_points", 0))
 
 
 func unlock(id: String, payment_position: Variant = null) -> bool:
@@ -798,7 +792,6 @@ func reset_new_game() -> void:
 	boost_depleted_notice = false
 	research_points = 0
 	dev_unlimited_resources = false
-	dev_free_costs = false
 	dev_mode = false
 	explored_chunks.clear()
 	scanner_target.clear()
@@ -961,21 +954,6 @@ func set_dev_unlimited_resources(enabled: bool) -> bool:
 	return true
 
 
-func set_dev_free_costs(enabled: bool) -> bool:
-	if enabled and not dev_mode:
-		return false
-	dev_free_costs = enabled
-	return true
-
-
-# Asked by every price below, and by the menus that display them. The dev_mode
-# term is not redundant: the setter refuses outside a dev game and the dev_mode
-# setter clears the flag, so this is the third guard rather than the first, and
-# it is the one that holds if a save or a test sets the field directly.
-func costs_are_free() -> bool:
-	return dev_mode and dev_free_costs
-
-
 func _refill_dev_resources() -> void:
 	for resource_type in resource_types():
 		if bank_inventory.amount(resource_type) < DEV_UNLIMITED_AMOUNT:
@@ -1074,7 +1052,7 @@ func find_building(id: int) -> Dictionary:
 # there is one question with one answer whatever is being bought.
 func building_costs(type: String) -> Dictionary:
 	var definition: Resource = building_definition(type)
-	if definition == null or costs_are_free():
+	if definition == null:
 		return {}
 	if not definition.build_resource_costs.is_empty():
 		return definition.build_resource_costs.duplicate()
@@ -1516,10 +1494,7 @@ func unlock_vessel(vessel: String, payment_position: Variant = null) -> bool:
 	if definition == null or definition.unlock_id == "" or vessel_is_unlocked(vessel) or not has_ship_lab():
 		return false
 	var costs: Dictionary = research_costs(definition.unlock_id)
-	# Through the accessor, not off the definition: this used to be the one
-	# place a research price was read straight from its file, which #202's
-	# free-costs switch would have left charging full price here alone.
-	var points_needed: int = research_point_cost(definition.unlock_id)
+	var points_needed: int = int(definition.research_point_cost)
 	if research_points < points_needed or not spend_resources(costs, payment_position):
 		return false
 	if points_needed > 0:
@@ -1565,7 +1540,7 @@ func upgrade_maxed(id: String) -> bool:
 
 func upgrade_cost(id: String) -> int:
 	var d: Dictionary = upgrade_def(id)
-	if d.is_empty() or costs_are_free():
+	if d.is_empty():
 		return 0
 	return int(d.cost) * (upgrade_level(id) + 1)
 
@@ -1656,7 +1631,7 @@ func product_cost(product: String) -> int:
 
 func product_costs(product: String) -> Dictionary:
 	var definition: Resource = vessel_definition(product)
-	if definition == null or costs_are_free():
+	if definition == null:
 		return {}
 	if not definition.build_resource_costs.is_empty():
 		return definition.build_resource_costs.duplicate()
@@ -2357,8 +2332,6 @@ func research_cost(id: String) -> int:
 
 
 func research_point_cost(id: String) -> int:
-	if costs_are_free():
-		return 0
 	var unlock_definition: Resource = vessel_for_unlock(id)
 	if unlock_definition != null:
 		return int(unlock_definition.research_point_cost)
@@ -2367,8 +2340,6 @@ func research_point_cost(id: String) -> int:
 
 
 func research_costs(id: String) -> Dictionary:
-	if costs_are_free():
-		return {}
 	var unlock_definition: Resource = vessel_for_unlock(id)
 	if unlock_definition != null:
 		if not unlock_definition.unlock_resource_costs.is_empty():
diff --git a/tests/test_dev_menu.gd b/tests/test_dev_menu.gd
index 94a3dec..ad09482 100644
--- a/tests/test_dev_menu.gd
+++ b/tests/test_dev_menu.gd
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ extends SceneTree
 # the live fleet, not only GameState bookkeeping.
 
 const VESSEL_DEFINITIONS = preload("res://vessels/VesselDefinitions.gd")
-const BUILDING_DEFINITIONS = preload("res://buildings/BuildingDefinitions.gd")
 
 var state: Node
 var scene: Node
@@ -74,39 +73,6 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 				return _fail("unlimited mode did not replenish research points")
 			print("skill unlock and unlimited resources operate on persistent GameState")
 
-			# --- #202: every research and production price reads zero -------
-			# Unlimited resources goes off first: a bottomless bank and a free
-			# price are indistinguishable while both are on, and it is the
-			# price this checks.
-			menu.unlimited_button.pressed.emit()
-			if state.dev_unlimited_resources:
-				return _fail("the unlimited-resources toggle did not turn back off")
-			var charged: int = _priced_things()
-			if charged == 0:
-				return _fail("nothing in the game carries a price to make free")
-			menu.free_costs_button.pressed.emit()
-			if not state.dev_free_costs:
-				return _fail("the free-costs toggle did not turn on")
-			if _priced_things() != 0:
-				return _fail("%d prices survived the free-costs toggle" % _priced_things())
-			# The accessors are what every purchase, queue and price label
-			# reads, so an empty bank must now afford anything.
-			for resource_type in state.resource_types():
-				state.bank_inventory.set_amount(resource_type, 0)
-				state.fleet_inventory.set_amount(resource_type, 0)
-			state.research_points = 0
-			for definition in BUILDING_DEFINITIONS.all():
-				if not state.can_afford_resources(state.building_costs(String(definition.definition_id))):
-					return _fail("a broke fleet could not afford the free %s" % definition.definition_id)
-			print("free costs zeroed every research and production price")
-
-			menu.free_costs_button.pressed.emit()
-			if state.dev_free_costs:
-				return _fail("the free-costs toggle did not turn back off")
-			if _priced_things() != charged:
-				return _fail("turning free costs off did not restore every price")
-			print("prices come back exactly as they were when the toggle goes off")
-
 			var wave_before: int = state.wave_number
 			menu.wave_button.pressed.emit()
 			if menu.visible:
@@ -115,7 +81,7 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 				return _fail("the dev menu did not retain the immediate wave tool")
 
 			state.reset_new_game()
-			if state.dev_mode or state.dev_unlimited_resources or state.dev_free_costs:
+			if state.dev_mode or state.dev_unlimited_resources:
 				return _fail("dev cheats leaked into a normal new game")
 			print("TEST_DEV_MENU: PASS")
 			quit(0)
@@ -123,30 +89,6 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 	return false
 
 
-# How many prices in the whole game are currently non-zero: skills, vessel
-# unlocks and upgrades on the research side, buildings and vessel production
-# on the other. Counted rather than sampled so a price added later is covered
-# here without anyone remembering to add it.
-func _priced_things() -> int:
-	var total: int = 0
-	for node in GameState.SKILL_TREE:
-		var id: String = String(node.id)
-		total += state.skill_costs(id).size() + state.skill_research_point_cost(id)
-	for definition in BUILDING_DEFINITIONS.all():
-		total += state.building_costs(String(definition.definition_id)).size()
-	for definition in VESSEL_DEFINITIONS.all():
-		total += state.product_costs(String(definition.definition_id)).size()
-		var unlock_id: String = String(definition.unlock_id)
-		if unlock_id != "":
-			total += state.research_costs(unlock_id).size() \
-				+ state.research_point_cost(unlock_id)
-		for upgrade in definition.upgrades:
-			var upgrade_id: String = String(upgrade.upgrade_id)
-			total += state.upgrade_cost(upgrade_id) \
-				+ state.research_point_cost(upgrade_id)
-	return total
-
-
 func _fail(message: String) -> bool:
 	print("TEST_DEV_MENU: FAIL (%s)" % message)
 	quit(1)
diff --git a/tests/test_gas_bomber.gd b/tests/test_gas_bomber.gd
index 6af6ee3..7412779 100644
--- a/tests/test_gas_bomber.gd
+++ b/tests/test_gas_bomber.gd
@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 			main._handle_touch(release)
 			if not skill.projectile_active:
 				return _fail_now("release did not throw a gas bomb")
-			# #201 doubled the blast. Read off the bomb actually in flight, so
-			# a constant that stops reaching the effect fails here rather than
-			# passing on the strength of its own declaration.
-			if int(skill.projectiles[0].damage) != 6:
-				return _fail_now("gas bomb carries %d damage, expected the doubled 6" \
-					% int(skill.projectiles[0].damage))
 			elapsed = 0.0
 			stage = 1
 		1:
diff --git a/tests/test_laser_vessel.gd b/tests/test_laser_vessel.gd
index 5dd6239..3177010 100644
--- a/tests/test_laser_vessel.gd
+++ b/tests/test_laser_vessel.gd
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 				return _fail_now("no laser ship is ready right after spawning")
 			if absf(first_shooter.get_component("laser").beam_range - 2900.0) > 0.1:
 				return _fail_now("laser ship beam range was not doubled to 2900")
-			# #201 tripled the beam's damage. Read off the COMPONENT rather
-			# than off the definition, so a stat that stops reaching the hull
-			# fails here instead of passing on the strength of its own file.
-			if first_shooter.get_component("laser").damage != 6:
-				return _fail_now("laser damage is %d, expected the tripled 6" \
-					% first_shooter.get_component("laser").damage)
 
 			var press := InputEventScreenTouch.new()
 			press.index = 7
@@ -209,37 +203,6 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> bool:
 			if absf(main.get_node("Camera2D").zoom.x - original_zoom) > 0.03:
 				return _fail_now("camera did not restore its pre-aim zoom")
 			print("camera zoom restored")
-
-			# --- E. #201: the beam gets ordinary fire's aim helper ----------
-			# Checked on the resolution itself rather than by firing again:
-			# both hulls are still cooling down, and what the ticket asks for
-			# is exactly that a drag resolves onto a nearby enemy.
-			for spent in on_line_enemies + [off_line_enemy, beyond_range_enemy]:
-				if is_instance_valid(spent):
-					spent.free()
-			var origin: Vector2 = skill._aim_origin()
-			var in_cone: Node = load("res://enemies/Enemy.tscn").instantiate()
-			in_cone.position = origin + Vector2(800.0, 0.0).rotated(deg_to_rad(20.0))
-			main.add_child(in_cone)
-			in_cone.speed = 0.0
-			# Nearer than the one in the cone, and deliberately outside it:
-			# the assist must not treat "closest" as "aimed at".
-			var out_of_cone: Node = load("res://enemies/Enemy.tscn").instantiate()
-			out_of_cone.position = origin + Vector2(600.0, 0.0).rotated(deg_to_rad(60.0))
-			main.add_child(out_of_cone)
-			out_of_cone.speed = 0.0
-
-			var assisted: Vector2 = skill._calculate_aim_target(Vector2(300.0, 0.0), origin)
-			if assisted.distance_to(in_cone.global_position) > 1.0:
-				return _fail_now("a drag past an enemy inside the assist cone did not snap onto it")
-			print("aiming snapped onto the enemy inside the assist cone")
-
-			in_cone.free()
-			var unassisted: Vector2 = skill._calculate_aim_target(Vector2(300.0, 0.0), origin)
-			if unassisted.distance_to(origin + Vector2(2900.0, 0.0)) > 1.0:
-				return _fail_now("the aim bent toward an enemy outside the assist cone")
-			print("an enemy outside the cone left the aim where it was pointed")
-
 			print("TEST_LASER_VESSEL: PASS")
 			quit(0)
 			return true
diff --git a/ui/DevMenuButton.gd b/ui/DevMenuButton.gd
index 22dc7f8..ae77001 100644
--- a/ui/DevMenuButton.gd
+++ b/ui/DevMenuButton.gd
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	menu.fleet_remove_requested.connect(_on_fleet_remove_requested)
 	menu.unlock_skills_requested.connect(_on_unlock_skills_requested)
 	menu.unlimited_resources_requested.connect(_on_unlimited_resources_requested)
-	menu.free_costs_requested.connect(_on_free_costs_requested)
 	menu.wave_requested.connect(_on_wave_requested)
 	visible = false
 
@@ -71,13 +70,6 @@ func _on_unlimited_resources_requested(enabled: bool) -> void:
 	menu.set_status("Unlimited resources %s" % ("enabled" if enabled else "disabled"))
 
 
-func _on_free_costs_requested(enabled: bool) -> void:
-	if not GameState.set_dev_free_costs(enabled):
-		return
-	menu.set_status("Research and production costs %s" \
-		% ("are now free" if enabled else "are charged again"))
-
-
 func _on_wave_requested() -> void:
 	GameState.force_wave_now()
 	menu.close_menu()
diff --git a/ui/menus/DevMenu.gd b/ui/menus/DevMenu.gd
index 24c412b..e96b43a 100644
--- a/ui/menus/DevMenu.gd
+++ b/ui/menus/DevMenu.gd
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ signal fleet_add_requested(vessel_type: String)
 signal fleet_remove_requested(vessel_type: String)
 signal unlock_skills_requested
 signal unlimited_resources_requested(enabled: bool)
-signal free_costs_requested(enabled: bool)
 signal wave_requested
 
 const ICON_BUTTON = preload("res://ui/IconButton.gd")
@@ -17,10 +16,8 @@ const DESIGN_SIZE := Vector2(720.0, 1280.0)
 @onready var fleet_rows: VBoxContainer = $Content/FleetRows
 @onready var unlock_button: IconButton = $Content/ToolButtons/UnlockSkills
 @onready var unlimited_button: IconButton = $Content/ToolButtons/UnlimitedResources
-@onready var free_costs_button: IconButton = $Content/ToolButtons/FreeCosts
 @onready var wave_button: IconButton = $Content/ToolButtons/StartWave
 @onready var unlimited_label: Label = $Content/ToolLabels/UnlimitedLabel
-@onready var free_costs_label: Label = $Content/ToolLabels/FreeCostsLabel
 @onready var status: Label = $Content/StatusLabel
 
 var fleet: Node = null
@@ -34,8 +31,6 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	unlock_button.pressed.connect(func(): unlock_skills_requested.emit())
 	unlimited_button.pressed.connect(func():
 		unlimited_resources_requested.emit(not GameState.dev_unlimited_resources))
-	free_costs_button.pressed.connect(func():
-		free_costs_requested.emit(not GameState.dev_free_costs))
 	wave_button.pressed.connect(func(): wave_requested.emit())
 	_layout_content()
 
@@ -85,11 +80,8 @@ func refresh() -> void:
 		(controls.remove as IconButton).enabled = count > 0 and total > 1
 	unlock_button.highlighted = _all_skills_unlocked()
 	unlimited_button.highlighted = GameState.dev_unlimited_resources
-	unlimited_label.text = "UNLIMITED\nRESOURCES\n%s" \
+	unlimited_label.text = "UNLIMITED RESOURCES\n%s" \
 		% ("ON" if GameState.dev_unlimited_resources else "OFF")
-	free_costs_button.highlighted = GameState.dev_free_costs
-	free_costs_label.text = "FREE\nCOSTS\n%s" \
-		% ("ON" if GameState.dev_free_costs else "OFF")
 
 
 func _all_skills_unlocked() -> bool:
diff --git a/ui/menus/DevMenu.tscn b/ui/menus/DevMenu.tscn
index 860b1d9..e1e72c5 100644
--- a/ui/menus/DevMenu.tscn
+++ b/ui/menus/DevMenu.tscn
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ horizontal_alignment = 1
 
 [node name="ToolButtons" type="HBoxContainer" parent="Content"]
 anchor_right = 1.0
-offset_left = 24.0
+offset_left = 70.0
 offset_top = 896.0
-offset_right = -24.0
+offset_right = -70.0
 offset_bottom = 1012.0
-theme_override_constants/separation = 52
+theme_override_constants/separation = 56
 alignment = 1
 
 [node name="UnlockSkills" type="Control" parent="Content/ToolButtons"]
@@ -126,13 +126,6 @@ script = ExtResource("icon_button")
 icon = 29
 glow_color = Color(1, 0.78, 0.25, 1)
 
-[node name="FreeCosts" type="Control" parent="Content/ToolButtons"]
-custom_minimum_size = Vector2(116, 116)
-layout_mode = 2
-script = ExtResource("icon_button")
-icon = 28
-glow_color = Color(0.55, 0.75, 1, 1)
-
 [node name="StartWave" type="Control" parent="Content/ToolButtons"]
 custom_minimum_size = Vector2(116, 116)
 layout_mode = 2
@@ -142,15 +135,15 @@ glow_color = Color(1, 0.45, 0.2, 1)
 
 [node name="ToolLabels" type="HBoxContainer" parent="Content"]
 anchor_right = 1.0
-offset_left = 24.0
+offset_left = 28.0
 offset_top = 1018.0
-offset_right = -24.0
-offset_bottom = 1114.0
+offset_right = -28.0
+offset_bottom = 1098.0
 theme_override_constants/separation = 8
 alignment = 1
 
 [node name="UnlockLabel" type="Label" parent="Content/ToolLabels"]
-custom_minimum_size = Vector2(160, 92)
+custom_minimum_size = Vector2(210, 76)
 layout_mode = 2
 theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 20
 text = "UNLOCK ALL\nSKILLS"
@@ -158,23 +151,15 @@ horizontal_alignment = 1
 vertical_alignment = 1
 
 [node name="UnlimitedLabel" type="Label" parent="Content/ToolLabels"]
-custom_minimum_size = Vector2(160, 92)
+custom_minimum_size = Vector2(210, 76)
 layout_mode = 2
 theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 20
-text = "UNLIMITED\nRESOURCES\nOFF"
-horizontal_alignment = 1
-vertical_alignment = 1
-
-[node name="FreeCostsLabel" type="Label" parent="Content/ToolLabels"]
-custom_minimum_size = Vector2(160, 92)
-layout_mode = 2
-theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 20
-text = "FREE\nCOSTS\nOFF"
+text = "UNLIMITED RESOURCES\nOFF"
 horizontal_alignment = 1
 vertical_alignment = 1
 
 [node name="WaveLabel" type="Label" parent="Content/ToolLabels"]
-custom_minimum_size = Vector2(160, 92)
+custom_minimum_size = Vector2(210, 76)
 layout_mode = 2
 theme_override_font_sizes/font_size = 20
 text = "START ENEMY\nWAVE"
diff --git a/vessels/LaserVesselDefinition.tres b/vessels/LaserVesselDefinition.tres
index f76690d..820b6cb 100644
--- a/vessels/LaserVesselDefinition.tres
+++ b/vessels/LaserVesselDefinition.tres
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ hull_points = PackedVector2Array(0, -26, -9, 14, -4, 10, 4, 10, 9, 14)
 fleet_eligible = true
 capabilities = PackedStringArray("laser")
 component_scenes = Array[PackedScene]([ExtResource("2")])
-base_stats = {"max_speed": 660.0, "acceleration": 1890.0, "delivery_speed": 180.0, "damage": 6.0, "beam_range": 2900.0, "beam_cooldown": 4.0}
+base_stats = {"max_speed": 660.0, "acceleration": 1890.0, "delivery_speed": 180.0, "damage": 2.0, "beam_range": 2900.0, "beam_cooldown": 4.0}
 minimum_stats = {"beam_cooldown": 1.5}
 upgrades = Array[Resource]([ExtResource("3"), ExtResource("4"), ExtResource("5")])
 unlock_id = "unlock_laser"
diff --git a/vessels/VesselGasBomberComponent.gd b/vessels/VesselGasBomberComponent.gd
index 1d02f3c..d9a0ede 100644
--- a/vessels/VesselGasBomberComponent.gd
+++ b/vessels/VesselGasBomberComponent.gd
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ func _init() -> void:
 const BOMB_EFFECT = preload("res://vfx/GasBombEffect.gd")
 const GAS_PER_SHOT: int = 5
 const MAX_RANGE: float = 950.0
-# #201: doubled. The bomb is the fleet's only area weapon and one slow,
-# expensive throw was worth less than a couple of seconds of ordinary fire.
-const BLAST_DAMAGE: int = 6
+const BLAST_DAMAGE: int = 3
 const SHOT_COOLDOWN: float = 5.0
 
 
diff --git a/vessels/VesselLaserComponent.gd b/vessels/VesselLaserComponent.gd
index a34541b..553357d 100644
--- a/vessels/VesselLaserComponent.gd
+++ b/vessels/VesselLaserComponent.gd
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class_name VesselLaserComponent
 extends "res://vessels/VesselCooldownFillComponent.gd"
 
 var capability_id := "laser"
-var damage: int = 6
+var damage: int = 2
 var beam_range: float = 2900.0
 
 const READY_COLOR := Color(0.3, 0.9, 1.0)