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Okay, here's a (probably) stupid question that unfortunately came up the other night during a game. Let's say someone, a PC (not too bright but big on effort), accidently sets a room in a MDC bunker on fire with his plasma ejector. This is a modern MDC facillity/lab with all the safety features one could ask for, including fire extinguishers. Here's the problem: Do MD fire extinguishers exist in Rifts? Let's say for the sake of arguement they do. So, can they counter-act the effects of a plasma weapon? For example (and this is the big arguement), if someone detonates a plasma missile and the resulting effect is for the area around the detonation (out to the extent of the blast radius), is covered in MD plasma, can that be put out with this "MD" fire extinguisher? And is that fire extinguisher the kind used in some missiles listed in the main Rift's book??? The game in question has been put on hold until such time as third party input can perhaps lay this issue to rest... --GJ.

plasma isn't fire. the fires started by plasma would be SDC fire.

hand held fire extinguishers are only usefull for fire under 3ft, small fires.

if you mean a full fire suppression system, like sprinklers or Halon (sp)gas I would say they would limit colateral damage and shorten the duration of the fire.
But Plasma is not an easy thing to put out.

plasma IS NOT fire. it's superheated matter.

it STARTS fires, but they are SDC, only the plasma itself is MD

a fire hose will work

[changes tack]
MDC Plasma?

Never realy liked the Idea of plasma, is is suposed to be a step up from Napalm? so why not call it MDC Napalm.

anyway, it also has this nasty habit of passing through most forms of containment, while also giving off large amounts of energy which sets things on fire (and other stuff)