for those who don't know pulsed energy projectiles (PEP) are a form of less lethal laser weapons... basically a short high energy pulse of laser ablates a tiny bit of skin/clothing creating a burst of plasma which stuns the target (bit like a wireless taser)
I did some experiments with adding this to open xcom as a line of laser research, but when I tested it instead of stunning the target like a stun rod, it created an explosion like a stun bomb (basically it turned into a small launcher with unlimited ammo) so what I'm wondering is, is there a way to create a ranged stun weapon without the blast radius as found with the small launcher?