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[[Image:BigAssMortarGun.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Pictures of the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher.]] | [[Image:BigAssMortarGun.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Pictures of the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher.]] | ||
[[Image:H3 map.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Diagram of the original ''[[High Ground (Level)|High Ground]]'' concept model with the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher and its firing area marked in red.]] | [[Image:H3 map.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Diagram of the original ''[[High Ground (Level)|High Ground]]'' concept model with the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher and its firing area marked in red.]] | ||
The '''Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher'''<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12516 Bungie Humpday Challenge 5/31/2007]</ref>, abbreviated to the '''SAM Site''' and colloquially known as the scenery on the map Highground, is a [[UNSC]] weapons emplacement. It appears in ''Halo 3'''s singleplayer and multiplayer, though only as a background object with no combat capability. | The '''Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher'''<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12516 Bungie Humpday Challenge 5/31/2007]</ref>, abbreviated to the '''SAM Site''' and colloquially known as the scenery on the map Highground, is a [[UNSC]] weapons emplacement. It appears in ''Halo 3'''s singleplayer and multiplayer, though only as a background object with no combat capability. | ||
==Background== | |||
The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher is a large multiple-launch-system emplacement, firing the [[ASRGAM 10X]] missile. It is featured in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[multiplayer]] level ''[[High Ground (Level)|High Ground]]'' and the [[Campaign]] level ''[[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]]'' And in ''[[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''. It was thought by some players to be a large mortar device that can fire on upcoming attackers. This was proven false by [[Bungie]] which stated it was unusable and is only scenery. Workers at Bungie had tried to have the SAM missile site AI-controlled, so that when player(s) are charging up [[High Ground]], there would be a risk of being killed by the launcher. Bungie had its AI capabilities removed, mainly because there was too much firepower coming down on the attackers.<ref>[[Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!]]</ref> | The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher is a large multiple-launch-system emplacement, firing the [[ASRGAM 10X]] missile. It is featured in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[multiplayer]] level ''[[High Ground (Level)|High Ground]]'' and the [[Campaign]] level ''[[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]]'' And in ''[[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''. It was thought by some players to be a large mortar device that can fire on upcoming attackers. This was proven false by [[Bungie]] which stated it was unusable and is only scenery. Workers at Bungie had tried to have the SAM missile site AI-controlled, so that when player(s) are charging up [[High Ground]], there would be a risk of being killed by the launcher. Bungie had its AI capabilities removed, mainly because there was too much firepower coming down on the attackers.<ref>[[Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!]]</ref> | ||
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*''[[Halo 3]]'', ''High Ground'' - far back of the defensive base, next to a UNSC [[Mongoose]] ATV and the garage. | *''[[Halo 3]]'', ''High Ground'' - far back of the defensive base, next to a UNSC [[Mongoose]] ATV and the garage. | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[The Storm]]'' - close by the [[Covenant Artillery|Covenant AA Gun]]. Why it is never used is uncertain. | *''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[The Storm]]'' - close by the [[Covenant Artillery|Covenant AA Gun]]. Why it is never used is uncertain. | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Floodgate]]'' - same Missile Launcher as the one in The Storm, but it has been destroyed and is burning. | *''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Floodgate]]'' - same Missile Launcher as the one in ''The Storm'', but it has been destroyed and is burning. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher must be effective because right outside the [[Crows Nest]] in the beginning of [[Tsavo Highway]] there are several downed [[phantom]] dropships. | The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher must be effective because right outside the [[Crows Nest]] in the beginning of [[Tsavo Highway]] there are several downed [[phantom]] dropships. | ||
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[[Category:Weapons]] | [[Category:Weapons]] | ||
[[Category:UNSC]] | [[Category:UNSC]] | ||
