A little mucking around I did in creative, if you liked the video, would you consider supporting me on Patreon?:   / 2407374   - if you don't want to watch the whole thing, see the TL:DR below:

- No, you can't get the sunbeam to land, despite the weapon being inactive it switches back into an active state and shoots it down, which is a shame really! I feel like speed runners should be rewarded with an early game alternate rescue :)