User:XW3 AR3 L3GION/Tier-34 Directed Energy Rifle

The MK2 EMJ, or Panther as its also known as, is a UNSC attempt to develop their own weaponry that uses Type-6 Energy or Plasma from scratch. Using translated Forerunner glyphs from OPERATION:ARCHIVE, reverse-engineered Covenant technology and Terran ingenuity, the eggheads in the UNSC Research and Development designed and created the Advanced Weaponry Range, which includes the Panther.

Design
The AW Range all depends upon the knowledge of the frequencies of the plasma. This knowledge wasn't widely known as the Prophets and Huragok were the only ones in the Covenant who had access to this information. However, the Prophets had badly translated what limited knowledge they had come across which eventually formed the Type-25 Direct Energy Rifle or Plasma Rifle that was used so viciously during the Terran-Covenant War.

The frequency of Covenant weaponry, with the exception of the Type-51 Carbine and the Type-33 Light Anti-Armour Weapon, is simply put low which makes the projectile plasma thick and slow where compared to higher frequencies. The Panther uses a middle frequency to fire EMJ or Electro-Magentically Jacketed plasma which keeps it together once its left the barrel. The battery which holds the plasma is harmonically tuned to keep the plasma from internally melting the Panther.