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Plasma Sword Gun thing, it's exactly what it says on the tin. This is my second entry for the weapon designers contest. My future scenario is the following, as copied from my other submission:

Years in the future, (but not many!) Mankind made the natural transition from traditional firearms to energy-based weapons, with the former being dubbed matter-based weapons. Deflector Shielding was also developed to counter the new weapons. The main limitation of these energy based weapons is that they require, well energy to work, and shielding was much more efficient than the firearms, since they only had to work in a very small area instead of over comparably large distances. As a result, melee weapons were brought back into use and given a plasma overhaul. The reason for this is that the short range of melee weapons is like the shields, in that it allows the weapon to run much longer. Melee weapons also have a larger contact area and longer contact time with the shields than just shooting shots at them, so it turned out that melee energy weapons are better at weakening shields than energy, or matter, firearms. As a result, melee energy weapons became the primary method of combat on land.

And now about the weapon:
Plasma Swords are a fairly common weapon for foot soldiers. They're lightweight, allowing the user to be agile, and it's easy to block by using the weapon, instead of relying on your shields. There are plenty of variations on the weapon to allow for several different styles of combat in battle, depending on the user. this model is the equivalent of a single-edged blade and has a smaller beam over the hilt, to help protect the hands. It also changes into a gun for longer ranged combat. The sword part folds up into the midsection and the energy is transferred the gun. It only has a few shots on it's own, due to the great energy drain on making the shots more effective. However, there's also a backpack that contains a stronger power core for the gun, allowing for significantly more shots. It's pretty heavy though, so it's mainly used for longer ranged combat and sniping, hence the scope and screen on the gun. The screen can be removed for more traditional sniping if preferred. The gun can also be completely removed for dual wielding purposes, but again, it will only have a few shots unless the user is wearing the power-pack.

Description
Plasma Sword Gun thing, it's exactly what it says on the tin. This is my second entry for the weapon designers contest. My future scenario is the following, as copied from my other submission:

Years in the future, (but not many!) Mankind made the natural transition from traditional firearms to energy-based weapons, with the former being dubbed matter-based weapons. Deflector Shielding was also developed to counter the new weapons. The main limitation of these energy based weapons is that they require, well energy to work, and shielding was much more efficient than the firearms, since they only had to work in a very small area instead of over comparably large distances. As a result, melee weapons were brought back into use and given a plasma overhaul. The reason for this is that the short range of melee weapons is like the shields, in that it allows the weapon to run much longer. Melee weapons also have a larger contact area and longer contact time with the shields than just shooting shots at them, so it turned out that melee energy weapons are better at weakening shields than energy, or matter, firearms. As a result, melee energy weapons became the primary method of combat on land.

And now about the weapon:
Plasma Swords are a fairly common weapon for foot soldiers. They're lightweight, allowing the user to be agile, and it's easy to block by using the weapon, instead of relying on your shields. There are plenty of variations on the weapon to allow for several different styles of combat in battle, depending on the user. this model is the equivalent of a single-edged blade and has a smaller beam over the hilt, to help protect the hands. It also changes into a gun for longer ranged combat. The sword part folds up into the midsection and the energy is transferred the gun. It only has a few shots on it's own, due to the great energy drain on making the shots more effective. However, there's also a backpack that contains a stronger power core for the gun, allowing for significantly more shots. It's pretty heavy though, so it's mainly used for longer ranged combat and sniping, hence the scope and screen on the gun. The screen can be removed for more traditional sniping if preferred. The gun can also be completely removed for dual wielding purposes, but again, it will only have a few shots unless the user is wearing the power-pack.