Plasma Autorifle
Ammo	200 energy cell/20 grenades (TS2) 400 energy (TSFP)
Fire Rate bullets per sec/cartridge time	N/A
Reload Time	N/A
Damage (per Single Shot) Head/Body/Leg	35%/15%/8%
Type	High Fire Rate/Grenade Launcher
Zoom	Yes
Primary Fire	Plasma Bolt
Secondary Fire	Fires plasma grenade
Games	TS2, TSFP

Appearance Edit

The Plasma AutoRifle is a futuristic automatic rifle with a very high rate of fire, that is thought to be a replacement of TS1's Scifi Autorifle. It has appeared in TimeSplitters 2 and TimeSplitters Future Perfect. When it overheats, the autorifle has a plasma overload and must be vented to release excess plasma gases (this happens automatically when the heat gauge is full). . In both games, the player cannot switch weapons while this is happening.

The TimeSplitters 2 version fires blue plasma bolts primarily and has an under-mounted plasma Grenade Launcher as its secondary fire. You can carry a maximum of 200 plasma bolts and 20 Plasma Grenades for it. It can shoot 50 bolts before overheating. it's secondary fire, the plasma grenade can adhere to anything it's fired at, ranging from walls to enemies, making this one of the more useful weapons in the game. The weapon when continously fired tends to speed up the rate of fire until it overheats

AI bots wielding the weapon depending on the Skill level seems to have a fixed rate of fire and the gun never overheats. This is unexplained, the greater the Skill, the faster the Plasma Autorife is fired by the AI.

The TimeSplitters 3 version fires only red plasma bolts, dropping the grenade launcher entirely. However, it does have a zoom feature (supposedly because of the scope on top), something that the TS2 model lacks. The maximum number of plasma bolts you can carry for it is 400. It overheats after 47 consecutive bolts. Though unable to switch weapons like in both games, the user has the ability to use melee attacks while the weapon is cooling.

Both versions, when fired full-auto, start off with a moderately high rate of fire (600 rounds per minute), with the rate of fire increasing exponentially as the gun heats up, until it overheats entirely. Neither version uses magazines, nor do they require any sort of reloading, it is assumed that picking up an extra rifle or ammo pack simply donates extra "plasma" to the weapon's power core. Because it takes a relatively long time for the weapon to cool down after overheating, the Plasma AutoRifle is most efficient when fired in quick bursts. There is an exception in dire situations, when a player can develop a technique of sustained rapid fire in timed bursts, so the gun maintains a heat level close to critical but does not overheat, this is tricky but pays off when surrounded (NOTE: this technique uses up the gun's supply of ammunition at an astounding rate, so it should only be used when absolutely necessary). It is also quite powerful, cutting down enemies with ease. It is best used against single opponents, or very small groups, as the cooldown time leaves the user very vulnerable to larger groups of enemies.

The Autorifle's plasma bolts can also occasionally ricochet off walls.

The TSFP version offers an indirect warning before the gun fully overheats: after the gun has reached the peak fire rate, the fire rate will rapidly slow down, dipping as low as 3 shots/sec, before overheating.

The Plasma Autorifle, if shot long enough at a car, has the potential to move or even roll the car across the map.