Plasma pistol
The Plasma Pistol is a smaller version of the Plasma Gun, just as dangerous as other Imperial Plasma Weapons.
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Overview
Officers favour plasma pistols for their power to neutralize heavily-armoured enemies in an easily-handled pistol configuration. As well, their rarity marks plasma pistols as icons of status that the bearer is considered important enough to have access to one. Amongst Space Marines, plasma pistols are available to Assault Squads to become more effective as tank hunters.[Needs Citation]
The current design in use is the MK III 'Sunfury'.[Needs Citation]
Known Plasma Pistol Patterns
- Ryza Pattern
- Mk. III Ryza pattern: used by the Inquisition[20]
- Mk. V Ryza pattern: used by the Inquisition[20]
- Ryza Pattern "Wraith"- a duellist’s plasma pistol, made in limited numbers in the Calixis Sector and popular amongst the nobility there. Finely crafted (and correspondingly rare) these weapons are longer-ranged and higher-powered, but lacks s semi-automatic fire setting than Ryza’s typical plasma pistols.[1]
- Ryza Pattern "Sunspite" - Used during the Horus Heresy[7]
- Ryza Pattern "Sunspite Mk IIIv":used by the Ultramarines during the Horus Heresy[24]
- Mars Pattern
- Mars "Sunfury" pattern, used by the Novamarines and Minotaurs[25][2c]
- Barrage Plasma pistol
- Ultra Mk II: used by Marines Errant Space Marine Chapter[2a]
- Valthek-II: Astral Claws chapter pattern variant of monocore plasma pistol[2b]
- Helicon Pattern: A subatomic plasma pistol with an effective range of 100 meters and lethal out to 200 meters. It had a capacity of ten shots with a 25.73 recharge time between each shot. Production discontinued in 843.M41 due to a 47% increase in the overheat margin per shot past the fifth shot.[3]
- Mk V "Wrathfire": a more compact pattern than the Sunfury or Ultra[6].
- Kronos Mk.III Plasma Pistol: Produced in the Calixis Sector. These weapons are often constructed as part of an aspiring Tech-Priests trials.[8]
- Primus Pattern - Used by House Van Saar on Necromunda.[21]
- Vixen Sub-Type - Used by House Escher on Necromunda.[22]
- Quinspirus Pattern - Used by House Orlock on Necromunda.[23]
- Sunwrath Pattern - Developed by Belisarius Cawl, these pistols have superior venting coils and a barrel made of a mysterious heat-conducting crystal which prevents them from overheating while repeatedly fired.[28]
Famous Plasma Pistol Users
Imperial Guard
- Captain Al'rahem of the Tallarn Desert Raiders
- Colonel Schaeffer of the 13th Penal Legion
- Colonel "Iron Hand" Straken of the Catachan Jungle Fighters
- Commissar Viktor Hark of the Tanith First and Only
- Shiv of the 13th Penal Legion
Space Marines
- Mephiston - Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels
- Cato Sicarius - Captain of the Ultramarines 2nd Company
- Lukas the Trickster - Blood Claw of the Space Wolves
- Ulrik the Slayer - Wolf High Priest of the Space Wolves
Chaos Space Marines
- Khârn the Betrayer of the World Eaters
- Cypher of the Fallen Angels
- Sorot Tchure of the Word Bearers
Notable Plasma Pistols
- Spite Furnace - Used by Angron.
- Psyfire Serpenta - Used by Magnus.
- Emperor's Fury - 43rd Iotan Dragons{.{Fn|9}}
- Fusil Actinaeus - Used by Lion El'Jonson.[10]
- The Crimson Killer - Relics of the World Eaters.[26]
- Sorrowsong - Used by Palatine Erika Luminas.[27]
Gallery
Plasma pistol[4]
Plasma pistol[5]
Heresy-era Ryza Sunspite Pattern Plasma Pistol[7]
Dark Angels plasma pistol
Kronos Mk.III Plasma Pistol[8]
Primus Pattern Plasma Pistol[21]
House Escher Vixen Plasma Pistol[22]
Quinspirus Pattern Plasma Pistol[23]
See also
Sources
- 1: Rogue Trader: Into the Storm, pg. 114
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One
- 3: Priests of Mars (Novel), Chapter 18
- 4: Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition), pg. 17
- 5: Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook, pg. 34
- 6: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two pg. 32
- 7: The Horus Heresy Book Three pg.142
- 8: Dark Heresy: The Inquisitor's Handbook pg.134
- 9: Psychic Awakening: The Greater Good pg.66
- 10: The Horus Heresy Book Nine - Crusade, pg. 173
- 20: Eisenhorn: Xenos (Video Game), Armoury
- 21: Necromunda: House of Artifice pg.110-111
- 22: Necromunda: House of Blades, pgs. 112-113
- 23: Necromunda: House of Iron, pgs. 112
- 24: The Horus Heresy Book Five, pg. 90
- 25: Imperial Armour Volume Twelve, pg. 141
- 26: Codex Supplement: Traitor Legions, pg. 105
- 27: Piety and Pain Campaign Book, pg. 21
- 28: Space Marines Preview: Scions of Guilliman (Last accessed on 15 November 2021)
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