But farther back there was no sign of where the laser bolt had struck.
"He doesn't know a laser bolt from a light tack."
Most similar games of the time will only let you fire again when the previous laser bolt has either hit an alien or left the screen.
The big man toppled as laser bolts spat where he'd been.
Behind her, in the great hall, the air danced with laser bolts.
Charlie's tunic was burning where the laser bolt had hit his shoulder.
A laser bolt had burned through it and the skull beneath.
So many hopes had turned to ash when he fired the laser bolt.
But his eyes pleaded with Janeway, even as another laser bolt struck the ship.