Pulse cannon/Legends

A pulse cannon was a powerful rapid fire weapon that fired a concentrated bolt of fusion plasma, generally in the form of an incredibly fast moving small orb of blue or purple light.
Generally not used by military forces due to their destructive nature, a pulse cannon inflicted extreme pain on its victim, quickly causing death as the extreme heat of the bolt burned through it's victim. Due to the above average speed of the bolts, and the rate at which they could be discharged from a weapon, pulse cannons were often used to take out groups of stationary or fast moving targets.
IG-88, a droid bounty hunter, carried a modified version of this weapon, as did Dash Rendar. The plasma cannons used by the Zann Consortium were sometimes referred to as a pulse cannon.
A phased pulse cannon was an especially powerful pulse cannon capable of destroying fast moving speeder bikes.Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
By 16 ABY, large versions of these weapons were mounted on the New Republic's Nebula-class Star Destroyers. They were able to inflict heavy damage on ships equipped with deflector shields, and for a long time allowed it to have a devastating firepower Before the Storm
==Appearances==
*Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void 
*Star Wars: The Old Republic
*Knight Errant 
*Maul: Lockdown 
*Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight 
*Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
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*Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire video game
*Before the Storm
==Sources==
*The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
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*Star Wars: Behind the Magic
* Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
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*The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
*Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
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*Fly Casual 
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Category:Plasma weaponry
Category:Weapon types