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{{era|Forerunner|HCW}}
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[[File:Piston.jpg|thumb|right|A closed Piston.]]
[[File:H2-Piston_3.png|thumb|250px|A closed piston within the [[Sentinel Wall]].]]
A '''piston''' is a [[Forerunner]] device. They are installed within facilities like the [[Sentinel Wall]] as vertical "[[door]]s" to get from level to level within the multi-tiered construct. The pistons have sensitive control-strips that open the piston when fired upon or switched. The piston then splits in two, and allows the [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s and [[Constructor]]s to move to the lower or to the higher level they desire. The openings are fairly large, however, and therefore allow larger creatures, such as [[Sangheili]], to move through. However, the shafts pistons guard are almost always vertical, so moving up through them is impossible without a thruster of some kind. Some Pistons do not split in two, but the ones that reveal the winding tunnels just lift upwards, downwards and away.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref>
A '''piston''' is a [[Forerunner]] device. They are installed within facilities like the [[Sentinel Wall]] as vertical "[[door]]s" to get from level to level within the multi-tiered construct. The pistons have sensitive control-strips that open the piston when fired upon or switched. The piston then splits in two, and allows [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s and [[Constructor]]s to move to the lower or to the higher level they desire. The openings are fairly large, however, and therefore allow larger creatures, such as [[Sangheili]], to move through. However, the shafts pistons guard are almost always vertical, so moving up through them is impossible without a thruster of some kind. Some pistons do not split in two, but the ones that reveal the winding tunnels just lift upwards, downwards and away.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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*In ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', in the level [[Data Hive (level)|Data Hive]] which is set in [[New Mombasa]]'s [[New Mombasa Data Center|Data Center]], devices called "Data Stacks" are encountered. They function similarly to the pistons.
*In ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', in the level [[Data Hive (level)|Data Hive]] which is set in [[New Mombasa]]'s [[New Mombasa Data Center|Data Center]], devices called "Data Stacks" are encountered. They function similarly to the pistons.


==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Piston.jpg|A [[Constructor]] accessing the holographic controls of a piston.
File:H2 - Piston 2.jpg|Another piston being activated by a Constructor.
</gallery>
==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}