Editing Plasma (section)

==Chaos Plasma Weapons==

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Chaos Plasma Weapons are basically the same as the Imperium's but with more spikes, skin, Chaos decorations and they fire [[Star Wars|crimson red plasma rather than the Imperium's blue.]] With the possible exception of Death Guard plasma guns, which... you see it, right? it's not just us?

However they do have a few Plasma weapon exclusively designed by Chaos, for Chaos.

===Æther-Fire Cannon===
[[File:AetherFireCannonProfile.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Æther-Fire Cannon]]
A Plasma-ish weapon that doesn't seem to settle on whether it wants to be called "Æther-Fire" or "Æther-Flame".

Either way, the Æther-Fire Cannon is an option for the [[Castellax-Achea Class Battle-Automata|Castellax-Achea Battle-Automata]] to take instead of the usual [[Mauler Bolt Cannon]] loaded with psychoreactive toxins (''also known as nerve agents''). While the Castellax-Achea itself was developed by a Forge World with a Chaos Dwarfs-ish name, Zhao-Arkhad, the Æther-Fire Cannon is a later development by the Techmarine artificers of the Pyrae Cult – Bright Wizards of the Thousand Sons. This obviously modified Plasma weapon was developed with occult lore as well as the unique "techno-arcana" of the aforementioned Zhao-Arkhad. Aside from the psychic robots, Thousand Sons who happen to carry a Plasma Cannon may switch to this Æther-Fire Cannon instead.

On the tabletop, the Æther-Fire Cannon basically adds ten points of Soul Blaze to a Plasma Cannon. If this is bought, all such guns in the unit must be upgraded in the same manner. Although it is nice of them to push the under-used Soul Blaze rule, a whole squad of 5+ Plasma Cannons is likely going to erase or cripple anything remotely susceptible to Soul Blaze anyway. Given that a whole squad of Plasma-Cannoneers will fork out 100pts for what is basically a one or three of Bolter hits a turn... [[Derp|you can see why Soul Blaze is under-used in the first place]]. If you've got a Castellax-Achea rolling around with 15pts to spare, you might want to consider this.

It is unknown whether the present Thousand Sons still have this psychic-Plasma Cannon at their disposal, or what kind of work a thousands of years in the Warp has done to it.
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===Ectoplasma Cannon===
[[File:EctoplasmaCannon.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Ectoplasma Cannon]]
GW wanted to give Chaos Plasma a distinctive name. Thankfully, there's already a "Plasma" in "Ectoplasma".

For the most part, an Ectoplasma Cannon can be found as a weapon on the [[Forgefiend]] [[Daemon Engine]] when the guys who make it want to try something else instead of the usual [[Hades Autocannon]]s. The pulsing energies of a Forgefiend’s furnace are not always employed to produce solid ammunition. Some sport flex-sheathed Plasma weapons of ancient design, weapons so large they would look more at home on a light aircraft than a land-bound walker. Those Daemon-beasts the Imperium have nicknamed Cerberites bear no less than three of these Ectoplasma Cannons, one mounted on each weapon-limb and one jutting out from their maws. Gargoyle-mouthed and drizzling balefire, the searing energies these devastating weapons hurl outwards are a hybrid of Plasma and burning ectoplasm channeled straight from the Forgefiend’s tainted heart consisting of raw daemonic energy from the Warp and fire tortured, screaming souls. Presumably, the Forgefiend eats stuff to make bullets for the Hades, so it wouldn't be too far-fetched to say that Forgefiends with Ectoplasma Cannons eat, well, people. The Ectoplasma Cannons were once prized artifacts, dating back to before the Heresy, but the Warpsmiths have perverted them into something far worse. In practice, it certainly has become better in regard of not getting hot as of recent.

The Hellwrights themselves seem to also have access to the Ectoplasma technology. A couple of variants, both of which notable weapons hardly found in the present age, have been corrupted into an Ectoplasma alternative. Although we do not know for sure what exactly the Ectoplasma Cannon used to be, we are certainly sure for the following two. The Ectoplasma Blaster is just that, corrupted Plasma Blasters mounted in the fists of Contemptor Dreadnoughts. There is also the Ectoplasma Battery, which is a warped variant of the Hellfire Plasma Cannonade mounted on Deredeo Dreadnoughts. Unlike the Ectoplasma Cannon, these two will still overheat if you're not careful/lucky with it. Perhaps it has something to do with how Dreadnoughts are not Daemon Engines.

And yeah, yeah, cue the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MjuEqaSWmk Ghostbusters theme].
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