Slagmaker Cannon

A Slagmaker Cannon is a generic term<ref>The Beast Wars Sourcebook describes the Slagmaker cannons used by Ramulus and Terragator as having completely different operating principles.</ref> for any weapon that generates levels of heat intense enough to melt armor and circuitry—reducing it to useless slag.

Users of Slagmaker cannons include:

• Terragator—His tail converts to a Slagmaker Cannon, in this case a directed-heat weapon that completely melts his enemies' exostructure.
• Ramulus—In robot mode his horns function as a "Slagmaker" cannon<ref>Ramulus's weapon is simply called a "Double Slagmaker Cannon" in his tech-spec.</ref> that melts anything in its path. Ramulus seems to consider this weapon's designation more affectionate or "unofficial," since it is an [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}ad hoc|{{#if:||ad hoc}}]] (but effective) adaptation of a system not designed for that purpose.<ref>In 3H's "Wreckers" comics Ramulus's cannon is a modified tachyon gun. In IDW's Beast Wars comics it is a kludge-job using plasma-generator nodes to let the structure of his horns (a sensory apparatus) instead focus balls of white-hot plasma.</ref>

Notes

• The term may be a reference (of sorts) to the original Megatron, whose fusion cannon earned him the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}nom de guerre|{{#if:||nom de guerre}}]] "The Slag-Maker."<ref>Megatron's bio from Marvel's Universe profiles #2 (1986)</ref>
• It's also worth noting that Skullgrin uses a very similar slagmaker carbine that fires a searing heat beam that melts metal up to four inches thick. He usually saves this for angry robot-hating cyborgs that threaten his movie career.

See also

• X12 Scrapmaker
• X18 Scrapmaker

References

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