Editing Stargate Energy Weapons (section)

=='''Asgard Plasma Beam Weapons'''==
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| style="text-align: center;"|<u>'''Name'''</u>
| style="text-align: center;"|<u>'''Type'''</u>
| style="text-align: center;"|<u>'''Scale'''</u>
| style="text-align: center;"|<u>'''Space Range'''</u>
| style="text-align: center;"|<u>'''Atmosphere Range'''</u>
| style="text-align: center;"|<u>'''Damage'''</u>
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| style="text-align: center;"|Type I Plasma Beam Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Energy Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Capital
| style="text-align: center;"|1-5/13/25
| style="text-align: center;"|2-10/26/50km
| style="text-align: center;"|3D+2
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| style="text-align: center;"|Type II Plasma Beam Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Energy Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Capital
| style="text-align: center;"|1-5/13/25
| style="text-align: center;"|2-10/26/50km
| style="text-align: center;"|7D+1
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|Type III Plasma Beam Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Energy Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Capital
| style="text-align: center;"|1-5/13/25
| style="text-align: center;"|2-10/26/50km
| style="text-align: center;"|10D+2
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|Type IV Plasma Beam Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Energy Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Capital
| style="text-align: center;"|1-5/13/25
| style="text-align: center;"|2-10/26/50km
| style="text-align: center;"|12D+1
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|Type V Plasma Beam Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Energy Weapon
| style="text-align: center;"|Capital
| style="text-align: center;"|1-5/13/25
| style="text-align: center;"|2-10/26/50km
| style="text-align: center;"|14D
|}
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''"...the Apollo and the Daedalus have been retrofitted with the new Asgard plasma beam weapon which—given—are very, very powerful..."''<br />-Rodney McKay

Plasma beam weapons are a highly-effective ship-based weapon system developed by the Asgard just prior to their extinction in 2007 and gifted to the Tau'ri as part of their legacy. They are among the most advanced ship-based weapons known to exist.

''"At least we now have weapons we know will destroy an Ori ship."''<br />―Cameron Mitchell

Unlike most ship-based energy weapon systems, which are designed to fire individual pulses of energy, the Asgard plasma beam is a narrow, high-intensity beam of superheated plasma. These beams are capable of overloading and penetrating even the most advanced shields and burning through the hulls and internal structures of an enemy vessel with comparative ease, causing heavy damage; if the beam hits a critical area the target can be destroyed in only two to three shots. This incredible ship-to-ship weapon might be one of the most powerful and efficient ever encountered.

In terms of effectiveness, Asgard plasma beam weapons are among the only known weapons capable of penetrating the shields of Ori warships, being able to destroy such vessels in 5 to 6 hits (the shields begin to fluctuate after 2 hits, indicating that they are being drained, and fail after 3-4 hits, with the ship itself then sustaining crippling damage). For reference, pulse weapon fire from an entire fleet of ships (including ten Ha'taks of the Free Jaffa Aliance, three Ha'taks of the Lucian Alliance, two Tauri BC-304s, and an Asgard O'Neill-class ship) were unable to penetrate Ori warship shields. These weapons have also proven exceedingly effective at destroying unshielded Asuran Aurora-class battleships in two hits, and Wraith Hive ships in three hits. The power of these weapons furthermore appears to be adjustable; Two shots from a BC-304 were used to incapacitate a Wraith cruiser without destroying it.