SwoN equipment conversion discussion

Having read the designer notes included in the rules I've decided that an equipment conversion might not be as easy as I first thought. Swon is at its base a retro clone of Basic D&D. Psychic characters have a 1d4 hit dice. And all first level characters are rather fragile. Lasers only do 1d6 per shot in this system. The designers set up the game for lasers to be easier to hit with than guns shooting bullets but bullets do more damage. SF lasers are variable in their power settings doing upto 10d10 and even 20d10 damage with the caveat that most smart characters will carry an albedo screen to prevent a one shot vaporization. The crux of the issue is that making a simple change in SwoN to allowthe its lasers to be fired like as 10d6 makes a massive change in the balance of the system. However, i feel like not doing a SF conversio. Of Swon equipment leaves a conversion half finished.