Plasma weaponry is a weapons technology used by both the Resistance and Skynet in the future.
Personal pistols[1], rifles, crew-served weapons and many varieties of vehicular-mounted heavy weapons are operational throughout the battlefields of the Future War. With the advent of time travel corrupting the timeline with both knowledge of[2] and even actual artifacts[1] of future technologies, the exact date of introduction to plasma weaponry is entirely uncertain.
Known usages
- Westinghouse Model M-25 phased plasma rifle
- Westinghouse M-27 Phased Plasma Pulse Rifle
- TC2000-R
- General Dynamics RBS-80 Phased Plasma Pulse Gun
- Isotope weapon
- A HK-Tank mounted version of this weapon appeared to have the power to violently blow a human body into several charred pieces upon impact.[3][4]
- Skynet's Central Core Installation at Cheyenne Mountain was defended from large scale rebel assaults by massive phased plasma cannons. [5]
- The T-X Terminator was the first design to successfully incorporate onboard weaponry into a Terminator or Infiltrator capable of deployment via Time Displacement Equipment. All previous temporal transport of advanced weaponry involved the use of willing[6] or unwilling[1] organic carriers, or simply utilizing future-tech knowledge on contemporary materials.[7]
- The contemporary plasma rifle appears to utilize some form of isotope either as a power source or as ammunition.[7]
Notes
- It is possible that plasma weapons accelerate a bolt of superheated hydrogen plasma to high speed using magnetic induction technology such as the coilgun or the railgun. Although this is purely speculation it represents a scientifically plausible possibility.
- The Terminator went to a gun shop in 1984 Los Angeles and requested a "...phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range", a weapon from his own time. The Terminator
- The Series 800 Terminator was vulnerable against plasma attacks, so in 2027, Skynet decided to harden the T-800 against plasma attacks. [citation needed] This resulted in the creation of the Series 850 Terminator.
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Appearances
- Films
- The Terminator
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Terminator Salvation
- Terminator Genisys
- Comics
- Novels
- T2 Trilogy
- Television series
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Season 1
- "Pilot" [8]
- "The Turk" (during a dream sequence)
- "Dungeons & Dragons"
- Season 2
- Season 1
Plasma weaponry
Resistance plasma carbine The Terminator
Resistance plasma carbine Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Resistance plasma pulse rifle(?) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Resistance plasma cannon Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Resistance plasma minigun Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Resistance plasma rifle Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
A Future Terminator using a plasma cannon
Skynet plasma rifle (closeup) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Skynet plasma rifle Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Skynet plasma rifle Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Skynet plasma cannon Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Resistance captured plasma rifle Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Resistance captured plasma rifle Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
T-X's onboard plasma weapon Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Contemporary plasma rifle aka Isotope weapon (concept) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles "Pilot"
Contemporary plasma rifle aka Isotope weapon (concept) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles "Pilot"
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Terminator: Tempest
- ↑ T2: Infiltrator
- ↑ The Terminator
- ↑ However the HK-tanks in Terminator 2: Judgment Day do not exhibit this; most likely due to both weapon systems using two barrels, thus putting more strain on the vehicle's reactor.
- ↑ T2 3-D: Battle Across Time
- ↑ The Terminator: One Shot
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- ↑ During the Season 1 DVD Special Feature Creating the Chronicles: Reboot it is confirmed that the bank weapon is a plasma technology design.
See also
- Plasma reactor - another application of the plasma technology