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Plasma Rifle | |
Production information | |
Type | energy (direct-fire, heat-inducing, anti-infantry) |
Tech Base | Inner Sphere |
Year Availability | 3068 (CC) |
Technical specifications | |
Heat | 10 |
Damage | 10 |
Minimum Range | 0 |
Short Range | 1-5 |
Medium Range | 6-10 |
Long Range | 11-15 |
Tons | 6 |
Critical Slots | 2 |
Ammo Per Ton | 10 |
Cost (unloaded) | 260,000 |
Ammo Cost (per ton) | 10,000 |
BV (2.0) | 210 26 (ammo)[1] |
Contents
Description
The plasma rifle was developed by the Capellan Confederation. Based upon their man-portable version, the Confederation was able to create what is essentially a massive flamer.
Plasma weapons used the power of the fusion engine or power amplifiers to power an electromagnetic accelerator to a stream, pulse, or toroid of plasma (i.e. very hot, energetic, and excited matter). The plasma was created by using a lasing process to flash cartridges of plastic foam into white-hot projectiles that caused thermal, as well as physical, damage. Because this foam ammo was inert, it could not explode even if destroyed.[2]
The primary damage mechanism of these was thermal transfer; the weapon caused serious burns, and often immediate death of living creatures, melting or evaporating other materials. The plasma weapons may also have had a significant kinetic energy component, wherein ionized material was projected with sufficient momentum to cause secondary impact damage, in addition to causing high thermal damage.
In addition to dealing scatter damage, the plasma rifle inflicted either 1-6 points of heat or an extra 2-12 points of damage, depending on the unit it struck:
Unit | Heat | Additional Damage |
Unarmored Infantry | N/A | 2D6 |
Mechanized Infantry | N/A | 2D6 |
Battle Armor | N/A | 2D6 |
DropShip | 1D6 | None |
JumpShip | 1D6 | None |
Aerospace Fighter | 1D6 | None |
BattleMech | 1D6 | None |
ProtoMech | N/A | 2D6 |
Vehicle | N/A | 2D6 |
Individual Infantry | N/A | 5E/10CS |
Models
Ceres Arms Crusher
Manufactured on | Manufactured by | Typically used in | References |
Capella | Ceres Metals Industries | PXH-5L Phoenix Hawk MNG-8L Měngqín |
[3][4] [5] |
Defiance Novashot Model 2
Manufactured on | Manufactured by | Typically used in | References |
EFT-7X Eisenfaust | [6] | ||
KGC-009 King Crab | [7] | ||
St. Florian MOD | [8] |
Tiegart Incinerator
Manufactured on | Manufactured by | Typically used in | References |
Nirasaki | Maltex Corporation | Panther | [9] |
Victory Blast Furnace
Manufactured on | Manufactured by | Typically used in | References |
Quentin | Independence Weaponry | Peacekeeper | [10] |
Not classified
Model | Used by |
---|---|
Ceres Arms Plasma Rifle [11] | MHL-6MC Marshal TSG-9C Ti Ts’ang Y-H11G Yu Huang |
CeresArms Crusher Plasma Rifles [12] | CRD-8L Crusader |
ChisComp 12000 Plasma Rifle [11] | IS GRM - Garm (Mech) |
Flametech Inferno Plasma Rifle [13] | Moltke |
References
- ↑ TechManual, p. 317, "Inner Sphere Weapons and Equipment BV Table"
- ↑ Total Warfare, p. 139
- ↑ Milspecs Articles
- ↑ "Technical Readout 3085", p. 236
- ↑ "Technical Readout 3085", p. 118
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 74
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145, p. 188
- ↑ Technical Readout: Irregulars, p. 52, "St. Florian FireMech MOD"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 66
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 104
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Milspecs
- ↑ 3085 p. 252
- ↑ "Technical Readout: 3085, p. 42