Based off the HIPGD design of the early 21st century, this weapon delivers a rapid salvo of plasmoids that inflict both impact and thermal damage to the target.
The Plasma Rifle became standard issue among military units with the advent of Argent powered electromagnetic accelerators. This can be substantially increased through the use of the weapon's modified firing mode - a single larger plasma orb will be emitted which detonates in air, covering the nearby area in burning napalm-like plasma for a short period. Unlike previous versions of the weapon, the plasma spheres have a small blast damage effect. It has a high rate of fire, emitting small bright blue discrete spheres of plasma.
Its plasmoid projectiles cause damage through both kinetic and thermal energy. After these enhancements, it has become standard-issue equipment for many militaries and has obsoleted the heavy assault rifle. Plasma Rifle is a weapon featured in Doom (2016).īased on an early 21st-century high-intensity plasma gun design, it has been enhanced with Argent energy technology developed at the UAC Mars Base.
