EL Equipment Lap Weps in Combat

[Rocinante]

In combat everything on my ship can get disabled, which is fine and expected, that's what I have a repair sys for but my equipment lab weapons don't, they go from working to destroyed.
Is this just game mechanics?

[Vice]

Some items can be damaged, some destroyed. Only equipment and ship subsystems can have repairable damage applied. Cargo and weapons can only be destroyed. It also isn't limited to custom weapons, any cargo item or installed weapon can be destroyed. Templates and spare materials are helpful to keep to restore such items if/when needed.

[Marvin]

When all your equipment gets destroyed, it helps to adopt the Klingon philosophy: It's a good day to die.

[Rocinante]

When all your equipment gets destroyed, it helps to adopt the Klingon philosophy: It's a good day to die.

Haha yeah that's what I've been doing, usually just parking on IDS 0, the Vonari kill me faster than holding self destruct.
It is very frustrating though and makes me not take multi waypoint contracts out of fear of losing my weapons on WP 5.

...Templates and spare materials are helpful to keep to restore such items if/when needed.

Ohh great idea thank you!

[Marvin]

It is very frustrating though and makes me not take multi waypoint contracts out of fear of losing my weapons on WP 5.

That's the good thing about MP with a buddy. You can die numerous times (and recover) ... just so long as you stay alive during that final sortie.