A plasma rifle is an automatic charge-firing rifle whose charge munitions are typically composed of lead and use a cyclotronic firing mechanism.
Characteristics
All variants project magnetic containment bottles up to their targets for the plasma to travel in. Because of this, plasma rifles do not have long ranges, make inadequate sniping rifles, and are extremely vulnerable to EMP countermeasures. These are power-intensive weapons.
Evolution
First generation rifles required separate battery and ammunition clips to operate; second generation rifles recycle the energy used in the solid-state-to-plasma conversion to power the magnetic bottle projection.
Manufacture
These weapons are produced by Caldari and Gallente arms manufacturers. Examples include the Gistii-10 and the pithum-2 Automatic.
See Also
- Military technology - items
- Gistii-10
- Pithum-2 Automatic