Editing Plasma (section)

===Hellex Plasma Mortar===
[[File:HellexPlasmaMortarProfile.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Hellex Plasma Mortar]]
Instead of the usual cannon, the Hellex is a mortar, which means it shoots the Plasma up instead of the usual front.

Now, Plasma Mortars are certainly not new. Starforts for one may have them as part of their collection of batteries. In fact, it isn't that strange for an actual mortar or two to be used on naval ships of the past – the bomb ketch is a good example. As shown in ''Eternal Crusade'', the Plasma Cannon may also double as a Plasma Mortar by aiming significantly higher, which is probably why there isn't a Plasma Mortar proper available. What makes the Hellex much more in line as a mortar is its payload. Deployed by Siege-Automata of the [[Legio Cybernetica]] under the [[Legio Cybernetica#Thanatar-Class Robot|Thanatar class,]] the Plasma coming from the Hellex they carry comes in a shell, but not the regular kind. Shunning the crude shells favored by most siege guns, the Hellex Plasma Mortar fires high-density charges of burning Plasma in programmed trajectory arcs timed to detonate over their targets. These airbursts create rolling waves of incinerating energy which engulf the surrounding area, burning through anything they encountered. The Hellex doesn't fire out raw Plasma. It shoots out a shell filled with raw Plasma, and detonate that over its targets – it fires out a star that promptly explodes. This results in a Plasma Wave that will definitely do a lot of damage over the perimeter. Though a debris might be able to cover you from regular mortar shells, you might need to pray to your god(s) for this one.

There are some additional points for the Hellex Plasma Mortar. On tabletop, the Plasma Wave essentially means you (''or your opponent if you're the one who fired it'') have to re-roll your successful cover saves. Because being stationary means more time to probably balance itself, the Thanatar will be able to shoot with the Hellex doubly further if it didn't move at that moment. Finally when assembling the model, the end of the barrel may be flared out if you prefer the sight of a blooming flower that shoots out miniature stars a few moments before going supernova over the poor sods over at the other side.
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