Editing Plasma (section)

===Plasma Caliver===
[[File:PlasmaCaliver.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Plasma Caliver]]
On the Plasma side, the Skitarii do not use the same Plasma Guns like the Space Marines and Imperial Guard. They have something better.

For your information, "Caliver" is not a made-up word. It is a corruption of the word "Calibre/Caliber" which literally refers to the bore size of a firearm. Indeed, the Plasma Caliver here doesn't seem to have anything to do with bore size at all, so-so compared to the larger available sizes in fact. Historically speaking, the Caliver is a standardized form of the arquebus, an early form of the firearms we know of. This definition fits very well with the whole steampunk vibe the Mechanicus maintains for their Skitarii, which is not surprising because pretty much W40K's whole shtick is "Putting obsolete aesthetics on super space tech". As volatile as it is deadly, the Plasma Caliver boasts a terrifying rate of fire, making it a [[Awesome|Plasma machine gun]]. A squad of Skitarii armed with several Plasma Calivers lights up the night sky with each volley, which should say a lot on how much Plasma this thing spews out. The Plasma Caliver seems use three fuel cells attached together at a time, which we may allude to how it shoots three times on the board. If we assume as such, then the Plasma Caliver probably shoots pretty damn fast, emptying all the three fuel cells at the given moment. To say they risk life and limb in the process is a grave understatement, yet to their Tech-Priest masters, such collateral damage matters not at all. Either the Plasma Calivers are cheap to produce to be disposable, or the gun itself may be salvaged somehow after blowing up.

One would assume that the [[Iron Hands]] and [[Salamanders]], being the tech masters of the Astartes, along with Dark Angels the experts on Plasma weaponry among the Space Marines, would have a few Plasma Calivers in their arsenals by the end of the [[Indomitus Crusade]]. Or at least get authorized to build their own. But sharing would make things less [[GrimDark]]. The Mechanicus themselves [[Blood Ravens|are known for hoarding the good shit.]]
Emperor forbid that humanity have the ability to wipe out huge swaths of their enemies at once. Calivers are basically slightly worse Incinerators, with their range now matching that of the standard variant and exceeding its rate of fire.
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