  We have examined soft (<2keV) "dips" in six archival XMM-Newton observations
of gamma Cas (B0.5IV e) for "soft dips" (< 2keV) in X-ray light curves. We find
that such events are sometimes accompanied by minor, near-simultaneous dips in
the hard X-ray band. We investigate how these occurrences can be understood in
the "magnetic star-disk interaction" X-ray generation hypothesis. The soft
X-ray dips are interpreted as transits by dense X-ray-absorbing blobs moving
across sightlines to the Be star. These blobs have similar properties as the
"cloudlets" responsible for migrating subfeatures in UV and optical spectral
lines and therefore may be part of a common distribution of co-rotating
occulters. The frequencies, amplitudes, and longevities of these dips vary
widely. A spectrum from 2014 July suggest that "warm" (kT = 0.6-4keV) plasma
sources are much more widely spread over the Be star's surface than the hot
plasma sites that dominate the flux at all X-ray energies. We call attention to
a sudden drop in all X-ray energies of the 2014 light curve of gamma Cas and a
similar sudden drop in a light curve of the analog HD110432. We speculate that
these could be related to strong soft X-ray dips several hours earlier.
