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[[File:Guardian Plasma Charger Class 3.png|right|thumb|300px|Guardian Plasma Charger (Class 3)]]
{{quote|Fixed-mount plasma weapon, based on researched Guardian technology. There is a limit of 4 experimental modules per vessel.|In-Game Description}}
The '''Guardian Plasma Charger''' is a plasma-based weapon that utilizes [[Guardian]] technology. It can be unlocked through a [[Technology Broker]].

==Unlocking==
Different modes and classes of the Guardian Plasma Charger can be permanently unlocked for purchase by providing the following [[Materials]] to a Guardian [[Technology Broker]]:

*Fixed, Class 1
**1 [[Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment]]
**12 [[Guardian Power Cell]]
**12 [[Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts]]
**15 [[Guardian Technology Component]]

*Fixed, Class 2
**1 [[Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment]]
**19 [[Guardian Power Conduit]]
**16 [[Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts]]
**14 [[Chromium]]
**8 [[Micro-Weave Cooling Hoses]]

*Fixed, Class 3
**1 [[Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment]]
**28 [[Guardian Power Conduit]]
**20 [[Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts]]
**28 [[Chromium]]
**10 [[Micro-Weave Cooling Hoses]]

*Turreted, Class 1
**1 [[Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment]]
**12 [[Guardian Power Cell]]
**12 [[Guardian Technology Component]]
**15 [[Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts]]

*Turreted, Class 2
**2 [[Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment]]
**21 [[Guardian Power Conduit]]
**20 [[Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts]]
**16 [[Chromium]]
**8 [[Articulation Motors]]

*Turreted, Class 3
**2 [[Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment]]
**26 [[Guardian Power Conduit]]
**24 [[Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts]]
**26 [[Chromium]]
**10 [[Articulation Motors]]

==Usage==
{{quote|Plasma Launchers are a hybrid Human-Guardian technology, capable of a more controlled release of plasma than standard accelerators, allowing users to easily regulate the power of the shot. The longer the trigger is held, the greater the shot's damage. Releasing the trigger at any point will automatically fire the round. This weapon is effective against human and alien vessels.|Additional In-Game Description}}
Guardian Plasma Chargers are weapons made with [[Guardian]] technology. Nominally similar to the [[Plasma Accelerator]], Guardian Plasma Chargers deal less damage and cannot be [[Engineers|engineered]]. However, they offer some benefits, such as reduced heat generation, greater ammo count, and higher projectile speed, in addition to greater effectiveness against [[Thargoid Interceptor]]s and [[Thargoid Scout]]s than human weapons.

==Specifications==
{| class="article-table" border="1" style="text-align: center;"
! Class
! Rating
! Mass<br />(T)
! Integrity
! Power<br />Draw
! Weapon<br />Mode
! Damage<br />Type
! Damage
! Armour<br />Piercing
! ROF
! Damage<br />Multiplier
! Thermal<br />Load
! Ammo<br />Clip Size
! Ammo<br />Maximum
! Value<br />(CR)
|-
|1
|D
|2.00
|34
|1.40
|Fixed
|Absolute
|1.7
|65
|5
|17
|4.2
|15
|200
|
|-
|1
|F
|2.00
|34
|1.60
|Turret
|Absolute
|1.1
|65
|5
|17
|5.0
|15
|200
|484,050
|-
|2
|B
|4.00
|42
|2.13
|Fixed
|Absolute
|2.7
|80
|5
|17
|5.2
|15
|200
|498,210
|-
|2
|E
|4.00
|42
|2.01
|Turret
|Absolute
|2.2
|80
|5
|17
|5.8
|15
|200
|1,659,200
|-
|3
|C
|8.00
|51
|3.10
|Fixed
|Absolute
|3.9
|95
|5
|17
|6.2
|15
|200
|1,248,946
|-
|3
|D
|8.00
|51
|2.53
|Turret
|Absolute
|3.3
|95
|5
|17
|6.4
|15
|200
|5,495,200
|}

==Engineer Modifications==
The Guardian Plasma Charger can be modified with the [[Anti-Guardian Zone Resistance]], preventing its decay over time in systems or areas where the [[Thargoid|Thargoids]] deployed an anti-Guardian field.

==Purchase Locations==
The Guardian Plasma Charger is available for purchase at all stations where a Guardian Technology Broker is present after the module has been unlocked.
{| class="article-table sortable" border="1" style="text-align: center; display: inline-table;"
! Class
! Rating
! Weapon Mode
! System
! Station
|-
|All
|All
|All
|Shinrarta Dezhra
|Jameson Memorial
|-
|All
|All
|All
|Brestla
|i Sola Prospect
|-
|All
|All
|All
|HIP 108158
|Alexeyev Terminal
|-
|All
|All
|All
|Zandu
|Vaucanson Hub
|-
|All
|All
|All
|Rotanev
|Ride Ring
|}

==Modified Plasma Charger==
[[Engineers#Pre-Engineered modules|Pre-Engineered]] Class 1 and Class 2 Guardian Plasma Chargers with [[Focused Weapon|Focused]] and [[Overcharged Weapon|Overcharged]] named "Modified Plasma Charger" can be purchased from the Guardian [[Technology Broker]] at Prospect's Deep in [[Mbooni]] (permit needed). It used to be available at [[Bright Sentinel]], but that megaship was destroyed. Unlike unlocking most other Technology Broker items, which makes them permanently available for purchase with [[credits]] at station outfitting services, exchanging the required materials for a Modified Plasma Charger immediately places one module in local storage at no additional cost. The module must also be unlocked repeatedly in order to obtain multiple copies, thus making it a purchase in exchange for materials, aka a Barter, not an unlock. Note that although the included modifications can be removed, [[Engineers]] cannot re-apply them or apply any other modifications to these modules.

Purchase (Barter) of a each Class 1 version costs the following [[Materials]] and [[Commodities]]:
*1 [[Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment]]
*3 [[Guardian Power Cell]]
*3 [[Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts]]
*4 [[Guardian Technology Component]]
*2 [[Arsenic]]

Purchase (Barter) of a each Class 2 version costs the following Materials and Commodities:
*1 [[Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment]]
*5 [[Guardian Power Conduit]]
*5 [[Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts]]
*4 [[Arsenic]]
*2 [[Power Transfer Bus]]

==Videos==
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File:Elite Dangerous Odyssey - Salvation's Modified Guardian Plasma Charger -raw tests-
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==Gallery==
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ED-Guardian-Plasma-Charger-Shooting.png|Guardian Plasma Charger shooting
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