Editing Plasma (section)

===Plasma Pistol===
[[File:Plasma_Pistol.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Plasma Pistol]]
The Plasma Pistol: theoretically doubles as a Plasma Grenade provided that it's your last fuel cell, your really need that explosion, or you roll a 1.

Now, despite the significantly reduced size, the Plasma Pistol still has all the punch of the regular-sized Plasma Gun. What's the trade-off for a nuclear reactor that fits your holster, you ask? None... is what we'd like to say. You just have to cope with shooting slower and at a reduced range. Commonly carried by officers from both the Space Marines side and the Imperial Guard side, some specialized assault units such as Assault Marines may also at times be armed with Plasma Pistols, likely as an alternative to Inferno Pistols to shoot at tanks. Logically speaking, the Plasma Pistol should be the safest of the bunch since the gun is (''should be'') held away from your body when firing instead of being held up to your face while looking down the sights. Even if the gun were to actually melt down, you're likely to lose just your hand. Unless it explosively ruptured with the force of a grenade, it is unlikely for you to lose something critical. One of the latest pattern of Plasma Pistols available to the armed forces of the Imperium of Man is the Mark III "Sunfury," but only a handful of Chapters including the Novamarines are capable of manufacturing the new model. On the other side, Chaos Space Marines love to live dangerously by using hydrogen fuel in a higher quantum state. Surprisingly we actually have an idea what that really means. In terms of physics, a 'Quantum state' is a set of math equations, but a Quantum means how much energy a thing can release at once since particles can release their energy only in discrete units. Which is simultaneously a way to say 'it's just hotter' scientific and a way to make a physicist cry from the butchered explanation of what a Quanta is, but we don't have time to get into literal Quantum physics.

Also, Techmarines have access to the Plasma Cutter, which seems to be an allusion to our real-life tool. This Plasma Cutter, however, is better than ours since it also doubles as a rather effective weapon and is the Techmarine's version of a Plasma Pistol. [[Plasma Cutter|More can be read below]]. Finally, there is [[Cypher|Cypher's]]. His Plasma Pistol seems to be an ancient (''as in, really good'') kind since it doesn't get hot in 7th, and it uses Supercharge stats in 8th without the blowing up part.
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PlasmaPistolHouseEscher.jpg|<center>House Escher</center>
PlasmaPistolHorusHeresy.jpg|<center>Heresy Era</center>
PlasmaPistolMarkIII.jpg|<center>Heresy Era</center>
PlasmaPistolMarkIV.jpg|<center>Heresy Era</center>
PlasmaPistolHero.jpg|<center>Heresy Era</center>
PlasmaPistolLegionMoritat.jpg|<center>Legion Moritat</center>
PlasmaPistolCommissar.jpg|<center>Commissar</center>
PlasmaPistolColonelStraken.jpg|<center>Colonel Straken (''Holstered'')</center>
PlasmaPistolAssaultMarine.jpg|<center>Assault Marine</center><center>(''Ultramarines'')</center>
PlasmaPistolBAAssault.jpg|<center>Assault Marine</center><center>(''Blood Angels'')</center>
PlasmaPistolDAAssault.jpg|<center>Assault Marine</center><center>(''Dark Angels'')</center>
PlasmaPistolBloodClaw.jpg|<center>Blood Claw</center>
PlasmaPistolGreyHunter.jpg|<center>Grey Hunter</center>
PlasmaPistolDamnedLegionnaire.jpg|<center>Damned Legionnaire</center>
PlasmaPistolHelblaster.jpg|<center>Primaris Hellblaster</center>
PlasmaPistolBASternguard.jpg|<center>Sternguard Veteran</center><center>(''Blood Angels'')</center>
PlasmaPistolThunderwolfCavalry.jpg|<center>Thunderwolf Cavalry</center>
PlasmaPistolSanguinaryGuard.jpg|<center>Sanguinary Guard</center>
PlasmaCutter.jpg|<center>Plasma Cutter</center>
PlasmaPistolLibrarian.jpg|<center>Librarian</center>
PlasmaPistolRunePriest.jpg|<center>Rune Priest</center>
PlasmaPistolCompanyCommand.jpg|<center>Captain</center>
PlasmaPistolZameonGydrael.jpg|<center>''Zameon Gydrael's''</center>
PlasmaPistolZakariah.jpg|<center>''Zakariah's''</center><center>(''Primaris Lieutenant'')</center>
PlasmaPistolSicarius.jpg|<center>''[[Cato Sicarius]]'s''</center>
PlasmaPistolMephiston.jpg|<center>''[[Mephiston]]'s''</center>
PrimarisMephistonPistol.png|<center>''Primaris Mephiston's''</center>
PlasmaPistolUlrikSlayer.jpg|<center>''[[Ulrik the Slayer]]'s''</center>
PlasmaPistolLukasTrickster.jpg|<center>''[[Lukas the Trickster]]'s''</center>
PlasmaPistolGrimaldus.jpg|<center>''[[Grimaldus]]'s''</center>
PlasmaPistolFallen.jpg|<center>Fallen</center>
PlasmaPistolCypher.jpg|<center>Cypher</center>
PlasmaPistolChaosSpaceMarine.jpg|<center>Chaos Space Marine</center>
PlasmaPistolRaptor.jpg|<center>Raptor</center>
PlasmaPistolPlagueMarine.jpg|<center>Plague Marine</center>
PlasmaPistolKhorneBerzerker.jpg|<center>Khorne Berzerker</center>
PlasmaPistolChaosSorcerer.jpg|<center>Chaos Sorcerer</center>
PlasmaPistolChaosLord.jpg|<center>Chaos Lord</center>
PlasmaPistolScribbusWretchTallyman.jpg|<center>''Scribbus Wretch's''</center><center>(''[[Tallymen]]'')</center>
PlasmaPistolNoxiousBlightbringer.jpg|<center>''[[Noxious Blightbringer]]''</center>
PlasmaPistolKharnBetrayer.jpg|<center>''[[Kharn|Khârn the Betrayer]]''</center>
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