Plasma Gun

An Id Software created Assault Rifle. Popular choice in Doom3 & Quake3. It spits out bursts of radioactive goop at your enemy.

The Plasma gun is not as powerful as the Rocket Launcher.

by mike April 3, 2005

Plasma Igniter Gun

A crew-served or heavy rifle version that fires sustained plasma streams or larger, slower bolts with immense penetration and area-denial capability. It can melt through vehicle armor, breach airlocks by reducing the hinges to vapor, or cut through a forest to clear a landing zone by setting everything in its path into an instant, towering inferno. It's a weapon that screams "excessive force" in a language of pure, radiant heat.

Example: "The heavy plasma igniter gun was the reason the advance stalled. Firing in three-second bursts, it didn't just suppress the enemy position; it turned the entire reinforced bunker into a flowing, glowing cave of molten ferrocrete. The attackers weren't fighting soldiers anymore; they were waiting for a geological formation to cool down."

by Abzunammu February 2, 2026