N7 Hurricane Augmentation question.

Does plasma work with Calibrated Receiver at all?

I'm more thinking does the plasma penetrate cover or not, I'm remembering it will not penetrate cover?

A few notes from me:
Seeking plasma projectiles are really, really slow. Still probably not a bad choice for the Hurricane -if i increased the recoil correctly
But I believe those projectiles are destroyed upon impact, and do not penetrate.

The electrical conduit does override rate of fire (to 600 or so) and damage. Without further mods, the damage is fixed to something like 41. So you will loose some maximum DPS. Considering that most bullets should hit at the range of the EC augment beam has, that might be a real loss. On the other hand does the EC have an AoE damage component.
When using the rebalancing mod, the augment also recieves a 50% damage penalty against armour (but increased damage against shields).

An augment that I felt helped save my Ryders' behinds several times (but is still mostly useless) is the 'Rebalanced Field Coils' one. It gives +10% damage for the last few rounds per heat sink. For the hurricane that should be the last 8 or so before the bio converter kicks in.

You can save scum it to some degree. Go to EOS as there is a mod station on planet, save, mod the gun, go out kill a few things if it doesn't work, reload. I'm normally against it but I consider it a patch for what the game should have which is like a test room. Reading the mods sadly doesn't always help as how they interact with guns varies, the tool tips are frequently just wrong etc.