Commissar Farzi
🎖️ Game Master
I was browsing the forums during my lunch break, and I got to thinking-how do plasma weapons work in universe?
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Plasma weapons in sarp
- Thread starter Commissar Farzi
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Soban
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Advanced Plasma Weapon Technologies is probably a good place to start.
Commissar Farzi
🎖️ Game Master
I was more curious about the means of generation for these weapons than the end result-good example would be the IC's own Helstrom-uses a combination of gas and magnetic compression and a lasing process to kickstart a fusion reaction to shove down the barrel-but this does give more insight into how they might work.
Then again, I'm probably also overthinking a space opera setting...
Then again, I'm probably also overthinking a space opera setting...
Nashoba referred me to the EM-W2 (P3) when I was making my plasma revolver:
"The P3 fires a small plasma charge. Superheated argon is suspended in a magnetic field and then projected from the weapon."
My SiZi's Condensed Plasma Cartridges article states:"The cartridges are powered by an internal energy recycler that feeds from the plasma-state energy already condensed within each casing... the 12.7×33mm Fio Action Tactical cartridge contains a tightly condensed mass of plasma energy that expands violently and rapidly when released."
It's basically however you want to technobabble it because it's fiction. Plasma is just a state of matter so whatever way you choose to explain it will probably make as much sense as anything else.
