Guardian Plasma Charger

EDFM // Guardian Technology

A fixed-mount Guardian plasma weapon offering a balance of shield and hull damage.

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Status

Needs review

Last reviewed

2026-08-20

Reviewer

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Game mode

Both

Version coverage

Elite Dangerous, current Live and Legacy

Source quality

Well-established community consensus (INARA outfitting/engineering database), cross-checked against this wiki's already-cited Engineer articles

Known uncertainty

Exact damage figures are not stated here and should be checked in-game before being treated as current

Guardian Plasma Chargers are fixed-mount weapons built from Guardian technology, firing charged plasma bolts.

Overview

Alongside the Guardian Gauss Cannon and Guardian Shard Cannon, the Plasma Charger is one of the three weapons reverse-engineered from Guardian ruins. It's generally treated as a more balanced option between the two — less specialised than the Gauss Cannon's anti-hull focus or the Shard Cannon's close-range burst role. See Guardian and Guardian Tech for the broader technology background this weapon comes from.

As with the other Guardian weapons, unlocking the base weapon for purchase requires collecting Guardian materials and unlocking it through a Guardian Technology Broker, separately from the Engineering coverage below.

Engineering

Engineer	Maximum grade
Ram Tah	Grade 1 (Live only)

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