Editing Melta (section)

===Heat Ray===
[[File:NecronHeatRaySide.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Heat Ray]]
This here is a weapon ripped straight out of H.G. Wells '''''War of the Worlds''''' in both name and possibly function.

A Heat Ray is a multi-purpose Necron fusion weapon – that is, Melta – and it is most commonly mounted on [[Triarch Stalker|Triarch Stalkers]] whose role is to engage heavy armor and provide close fire support. Heat Rays are potent weapons in that they are capable of firing in two different modes just like those of the Orks'. Unlike the Burnas, however, the Necrons' "''cuttin flame''" actually goes well beyond melee range. If an enemy tank stalls the main Necron attack, a single Focused blast from the Heat Ray is sufficient to end the threat. Similarly, if dug-in infantry are hampering an advance, a Triarch Stalker can break the deadlock by setting the Heat Ray to fire a Dispersed beam, sending a wide cone of scorching plasma swirling into every crevasse to boil the enemy alive (it's essentially a <s>supped-up</s> ''standard'' [[Star Trek]] Phaser).

Whereas a focused beam is akin to a Melta Weapon with a significant range comparable to a Multi-Melta, the Dispersed beam is more similar to a Heavy Flamer in terms of the potential damage it can inflict. Of note, this ability of changing between Dispersed and Focused firing modes is remarkably similar to another weapon of the Salamanders, the Pyroclast Flame Projector. It seems Vulkan had been tinkering with Necron tech prior to the Horus Heresy, or that both him and the cannon found inspiration from the novel.

Or he might have found inspiration from the Orks instead. Fluff-wise, the Burna of the Orks is likely inspired by the Heat Ray of the Necrons – and hopefully not the other way around.
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