Plasma Beam

The Plasma Beam is a missile type weapon appearing in Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere. Like the Neutron Beam, the Plasma Beam is a space-based weapon made by Neucom, and it is an energy weapon that consists of homing shots of plasma. It uses heat-based damage as opposed to kinetic-based damage. It is exclusive to the R-352 Sepia, but in the export release of the game, a cheat code exists to make it usable in other missions. Like the Sepia, this weapon only appears in Zero Gravity.

Trivia

 * As stated earlier, there's a cheat code for using this weapon outside of the mission Zero Gravity. By holding down Start and X on the weapon select menu, one can use the plasma beam in any mission in the game. This cheat only applies to the export version of the game.
 * Interestingly, the Plasma Beam and Ace Combat 3's Missile have identical stats.
 * Even more interestingly, upon further inspection of the Plasma Beam's shots, a missile warhead can be seen from the front of the trails. Whether this was unintentional or not is unknown.