Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-203.134.114.240-20130706042929/@comment-203.134.114.27-20130713015823

Sorcerer Du'un wrote: I would like to point out that I was correct on plasma guns using hydrogen plasma... Therefore due to the laws of heat transfer I would say that on average the plasma will hit the target ar approximately 75,000 Degrees Celcius (Or perhaps hotter in the case of thinner atmospheres)... I would also like to point out that no known substance in exsistance (With the exception of Dark Matter) can still remain solid after being exposed to there temperatures... Furthermore the loose eletrons from the plasma itself will bond with most materials, literally meaning that if a plate of, say for example pure titanium is hit by the plasma a large quantity of the remaining titanium will be converted into titanium ions... drastically changing the very properties of the armour itself...Possibly for the worse...

And this is why Plasma guns are one of the fewer weapons that can tear Power Armour apart (and most other physical armour for the most part)... Too Sorceror Du'un

Unfortunatley Covie Plasma weapons are only called 'plasma', due to the fact that it is the only thing the UNSC could come up with, Covie Plasma Weapons are more arcane then actual plasma. So calcs for the heat is incredibly difficult for Covie Plasma Weapons.

A boltgun is only slightly more powerful than you average plasma pistol, so you exaggerating a little too much. Furthermore Covie Plasma Pistols were seen melting the hulls of Scorpion armor, which was said in the Encyclopedia(As much as I hate it) to be made up of Titanium harder and more heat-resistant then Diamonds...

Spacebattles.com also agree that a Spartan Laser is more powerful than a Lascannon, the fact that is smaller and still could Over-penatrate Covie security doors, with an explosion much greater seen then a Lascannon... (Halo Legends). So yeah you are kind of down-playing Halo Small Arms.

The fire from a Brute Fire Bomb is seen to instantly incinerate Humans down to the ash, as well as turning a 3.5 ton vehicle made up of Titanium A alloy onto molten slag within a few seconds. So Brute Fire-bombs are more like Melta-Bombs than Flame Grenades.