Lineage Plasma Cannon (Apocalypse)

The Lineage Plasma Cannon, image from the UFOpaedia

The Lineage Plasma Cannon is quite a powerful yet compact weapon, and it can fit on most vehicles, including the Hoverbike and the Phoenix. This weapon is fueled by Elerium and is probably the most cost-effective Elerium-powered weapon. It is a heavier equivalent of the Lancer 7000 Laser Gun for arming aircraft.

While a Hawk Air Warrior equipped with three Lineage Cannons can prove sufficiently powerful to take down a mid-tier alien craft, its indisputable biggest weakness is its appalling accuracy. And with its impressive range it tends to start firing long before it has a chance of hitting (the enemy at least). It will regularly succeed in doing ten times more damage to the city than the aliens if not handled carefully.

The other option is to only use them up close. The procedure used to conserve the use of the Stasis Bomb Launcher can be used here: disable the hardpoints mounted with Lineage Cannons, get in close, then re-enable the cannons and hit the UFO at close range.

See Also

• Lancer 7000 Laser Gun
• Vehicle Weapons
• Marsec

X-COM: Apocalypse\Vehicles\Vehicle Equipment
Air
Weapons	40mm Auto-Cannon Bolter 4K Laser Gun Lancer 7K Laser Gun Rendor Plasma Gun Lineage Plasma Cannon Plasma Multi-System Janitor Missile Array Prophet Missile Array Justice Missile Launcher Retribution Missile Launcher Laser Defense Array Plasma Defense Array Light Disruptor Beam Medium Disruptor Beam Heavy Disruptor Beam Disruptor Bomb Launcher Disruptor Multi-Bomb Launcher Stasis Bomb Launcher
Engines	SD Standard SD Deluxe SD Sports SD Turbo SD Elite SD Special
Ground
Weapons	40mm Auto Cannon Turret Airguard Anti-Air Cannon GLM Array Plasma Turret Cannon GLM Air Defense Rumble Cannon
Engines	Metro Roadhog Metro Roadgrav Metro Turbograv Metro Powergrav Metro Multipower Plus
Shared
Devices	Weapons Control System (Light, Medium, Heavy, Advanced) Transport Module (Cargo, Passenger, Bio-Transport) Small / Large Disruption Shield Missile Evasion Matrix, Cloaking Field Teleporter