>>13822228You can make a plasma toroid that lasts for like 2 feet. It creates it's own magnetic containment feild by rapidly turning inside out. Sort of like those air blaster toys that shoot a toroid of air pressure.
I haven't heard of this lasting any longer than that, but if they could get the range of those air toys with some engineering refinement, maybe you could get something that sort of looks like the middle charge shot in some games (bigger than a lemon, not the full charge)