C10 charge
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C10 charges, or C10 cubes, are a military grade explosive used by the United Nations Space Command, and later by the Viery Militia on Reach.[1]
Description[edit]
C10 charges are small, cubic explosive devices that can be thrown with the ease of grenades. The cubes of explosive are contained within an adhesive sleeve that will even stick to wet surfaces.[2] Depending on the mission parameters, the white colored bricks can be fitted with a remote detonator or with a custom timed fuse.[3][4] C10 cubes are often transported in demolition packs holding ten charges each. Each cube has a yield great enough to thoroughly disable heavily armored vehicles, such as Eklon'Dal Workshop Marauders and Wraiths. Even when well outside the reach of the fireball, the forces from five staggered C10 explosions was enough to launch a Spartan-II clad in MJOLNIR [GEN3] through a glass block wall.[1]
History[edit]
At the onset of the Created uprising in October 2558, C10 explosive with a 60 second timer was used to line a briefcase containing the data crystal chips of nine smart AIs formerly working for UNSC High Command (including Black-Box, Sankar, Gabriela, and Tethys). This arrangement was set up by Black-Box as part of a very broad reading of UNSC Regulation 12-145-72, Article 55, which prepared the AIs for final dispensation as a precaution against potential subversion by the Created. Black-Box then had the case presented to Admiral Serin Osman during her evacuation to Rossbach's World and presented her with the choice: she could unlock the case and use the AIs within, bound to UNSC service via the RUINA subroutine effectively as slaves (thus proving the Created right), or she could detonate the C10 charges - obliterating everything in a 15 metres (49 ft) radius and destroying the AIs permanently. The choice was ultimately made when the case (alongside Osman, Lord Hood, and Spartan Charles Orzel) were extracted from Rossbach's World by Gray Team.[5][6]
In October 2559, SPARTAN-II Blue Team made use of C10 charges during the Battle of New Mohács. The Viery Militia had found the charges inside an abandoned Human-Covenant War era military bunker under the glass that now covered Reach. Blue Team used the C10 charges to disable various Banished armored vehicles and shield walls during their assault on the occupied settlement.[1][2]
On June 6, 2560, during the Battle for Zeta Halo, Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 gave Fernando Esparza a stack of C10 charges with orders to blow up the entrance to the Lifeworker Archive if he could if things went bad and the Banished discovered their position.[3] The next day, Echo 216 came under attack and Esparza was forced to blow the charges to which he had added a collection of grenades and additional C10 to be safe. However, a fragment struck Echo 216's beleaguered port engines, causing the Pelican to lose power, forcing Esparza to bring it in for a rough landing. Esparza was rescued from the Banished by four Swords of Sanghelios warriors who were nearby and saw his predicament. The Sangheili were able to restore Echo 216's flight systems and fly the damaged Pelican to safety.[7]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Shadows of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: The Rubicon Protocol
- Halo: Empty Throne
- Halo: Edge of Dawn
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d Halo: Shadows of Reach, chapter 12
- ^ a b Halo: Shadows of Reach, chapter 14
- ^ a b Halo: Edge of Dawn, chapter 23
- ^ Halo: Edge of Dawn, chapter 36
- ^ Halo: Fractures - Rossbach's World
- ^ Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 2
- ^ Halo: Edge of Dawn, chapter 27
