Editing Plasma (section)

===Plasma Cannon===
[[File:PlasmaCannonProfile.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Plasma Cannon]]
We can now see that early in the list, our next Plasma gun is already a full-fledged vehicle-mounted weapon because it's too large to carry around. Originally called a "Heavy Plasma Gun" in 1st (Rogue Trader) and 2nd Editions, it was promoted to "Cannon" status beginning with 3rd Edition.

The exceptions to that rule are the Space Marines because they're big and wear Power Armor. Although the Sisters of Battle do wear Power Armor as well, we can probably infer that the power packs carried by the Sisters are not enough to charge the Plasma Cannon up, while the larger Space Marines with larger power packs may afford to do so (also because Space Marines are genetically engineered super soldiers, while the Soritas is comprised of MOSTLY mortals). Outside of the Power Armor ring, the Plasma Cannon remains a weapon to be installed on vehicles. Apart from the Servitors and influential/fortunate Hive World gangs, you won't see a Heavy Weapons Team with Plasma Cannons because you have to remember that this technology is pretty rare, and it shouldn't be installed on something less protective than in the hull of a Leman Russ Battle Tank and, strangely enough, an Armored Sentinel. Of course, Dreadnoughts may use this also because they're Space Marines made even larger. By being a larger Plasma Gun, the Plasma Cannon delivers destruction over a much larger area; several individuals may be caught in a single blast. The blast itself is also a little different from the usual Plasma Guns. Instead of a small "pulse," the Plasma Cannon fires out a larger "ball" of boiling nuclear energy which looks more or less like a miniature star, hence the "Sun Gun" moniker.

8th Edition introduces a couple more of Plasma Cannon variants mostly for representing a different effect when things go wrong just because the safety is turned off.
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PlasmaCannonDevastator.jpg|<center>Devastator Marine</center>
PlasmaCannonHeresy.jpg|<center>Heresy Era</center>
PlasmaCannonHeresyBack.jpg|<center>Heresy Era</center>
PlasmaCannonMars.jpg|<center>Heresy Era</center>
PlasmaCannonDreadnought.jpg|<center>Dreadnought</center>
PlasmaCannonContemptor.jpg|<center>Contemptor Dreadnought</center>
PlasmaCannonArmoredSentinel.jpg|<center>Armored Sentinel</center>
PlasmaCannonLemanRuss.jpg|<center>Leman Russ</center>
PlasmaCannonLongFang.jpg|<center>Long Fang</center>
PlasmaCannonTerminator.jpg|<center>Terminator</center>
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PlasmaCannonSammael.jpg|<center>''[[Sammael]]'s''</center>
PlasmaCannonStormraven.jpg|<center>Stormraven</center>
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