Editing Anti-vehicle barrier

From Halopedia, the Halo wiki

You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Status|Canon}}
[[Image:Anti-vehicle barrier.jpg|thumb|An anti-vehicle barrier on [[Harvest]]]]
[[File:AV_Barrier_2.jpg|thumb|250px|An anti-vehicle barrier blocking a tunnel on the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]].]]
The '''Anti-Vehicle Barrier''' is a wall of blue/purple energy used to stop vehicles and weapons, much like a [[shield door]], except on a larger scale. Used by the [[Covenant]], it was first seen in use on [[Harvest]]<ref name = "Gamespy">2008-09-10,[http://au.xbox360.gamespy.com/dor/objects/857436/halo-wars/images/halo-wars-20081009024128843.html;jsessionid=493v0paarj17i Screenshot]. ''Gamespy''. Accessed on 2008-23-11</ref> and on the [[Tsavo Highway]], to prevent [[UNSC]] forces from reaching [[Voi]].<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'': ''[[Tsavo Highway (Level)|Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>
An '''anti-vehicle barrier''' is a wall of plasma energy used to stop [[:category:Vehicles|vehicles]] and [[:Category:Weapons|weapons]]. The [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] barrier can be easily penetrated by other objects, including enemy infantry.
 
== Background ==
The barrier functions similarly to a large [[shield door]], and bears a resemblance to the [[Deployable Cover]] [[equipment]]. It was first seen in use during the [[Harvest campaign]],<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level, ''[[Relic Approach]]''</ref> and several variants later used in [[2552]] during the [[Battle of Mombasa]] and on the [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] to prevent [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces from reaching [[Voi]].<ref name="tsavo">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref> The barriers seen in Mombasa were apparently a more advanced iteration of the technology, featuring a fully protected power source and not allowing enemy infantry to pass through.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', campaign level, ''[[Mombasa Streets]]''</ref> The power sources of the barriers are sometimes protected by additional sets of [[roadblock]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|tsavo}}
 
In [[2558#October|October 2558]], during the [[Battle of Nuusra]], [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] deployed two of these barriers to block access through old ruins. Unlike the barriers encountered in [[Voi]] and on [[Harvest]], infantry forces could not pass through these to reach the power source. [[Fireteam Osiris]] was able to take down the first one by heading through a side passage in a nearby, where a small opening gave them a shot on the shield generator. In the second case, Osiris was able to break through a cracked wall below the shield's location and come up behind it to take out the shield generator.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level ''[[Enemy Lines]]''</ref>
 
On [[Genesis]], the Covenant deployed several of these to protect one of the gravitational cores Osiris had to destroy to free [[Blue Team]]'s [[Cryptum]]. Unlike the other barriers, these were vulnerable to weapons fire, particularly from a [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Mantis|Mantis]], taking down the shields and allowing Osiris to destroy the gravitational core and continue on with their mission.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level ''[[Guardians]]''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*It is only effective in halting vehicles and projectiles; a soldier on foot can traverse it harmlessly.
*It's only effective in halting vehicles and projectiles: a soldier on foot can traverse it harmlessly.
*It can be taken down by explosions near the shield generator on the side opposite the generator.
*It can be taken down by a [[Wraith]] shot if you hit it in a specific spot.
*In ''[[Halo 3]]'', the shield barrier can sometimes be destroyed from the outside by explosives. The shield is not scripted to block the splash damage of explosives, therefore the generator is vulnerable. This can be especially helpful on higher difficulties, as the player can destroy the shield from a distance without having to engage multiple [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] in close quarters. It may also be destroyed by ramming the generation point hard enough with a vehicle; it is possible that minor splash damage occurs upon the crash, thus destroying the barrier.
*The generator is very weak. It can, and should be taken down by melee.
*How this barrier work is uncertain. if it is blocking a certain kind of metal, it should also block Spartans.


==Gallery==
==Sources==
<gallery>
<references/>
File:800px-Anti-vehicle barrier.jpg|An anti-vehicle barrier on [[Harvest]].
File:HW VehicleBarrier.png|Another view of an anti-vehicle barrier on [[Harvest]].
File:AV_barrier_1.jpg|An anti-vehicle barrier in [[New Mombasa]].
File:H5G-Anti-vehicle barrier.png|An anti-vehicle energy barrier in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:H5G CovenantVehicleBarrier Concept.jpg|''Halo 5: Guardians'' concept art of a Covenant physical anti-vehicle barrier.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
{{Halo Wars Covenant Units}}
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category:Security technology]]
[[Category: Technology]]
[[Category:Shield technology]]
[[Category:Covenant technology]]

Please note that all contributions to Halopedia are considered to be released under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (see Halopedia:Copyrights for details). If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

To view or search uploaded images go to the list of images. Uploads and deletions are also logged in the upload log. For help including images on a page see Help:Images. For a sound file, use this code: [[Media:File.ogg]].

Do not copy text from other websites without permission. It will be deleted.

Templates used on this page: