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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
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'''Chemical light sticks''' are plastic tubes containing two isolated elements that when combined, are capable of producing light through chemoluminescence. They are currently used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. When lit, they glow a sickly yellow color, and are used primarily to mark areas or as emergency lighting.<ref name="FS">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 117''</ref> The UNSC also utilizes [[glow rod]]s for similar purposes.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'''</ref>
'''Chemical light sticks''', also known as '''"chemlights"''', are plastic tubes containing two isolated elements that when combined, are capable of producing light through chemoluminescence.<ref name="CF100">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/sweet-centennial '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder #100: Sweet Centennial'']</ref>  


==Background==
Chemical light sticks were used by [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[Red Team]] to provide lighting in [[CASTLE Base]] on [[Reach]],<ref name="FS"/> and later during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] on the captured [[Type-28 Troop Carrier|Spirit dropship]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 295''</ref>
They are currently used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. When lit, they glow a sickly yellow color, and are used primarily to mark areas or as emergency lighting.<ref name="FS">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', Chapter 12</ref> The UNSC also utilizes [[glow rod]]s for similar purposes.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'''</ref>
 
Chemical light sticks were used by [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[Red Team]] to provide lighting in [[CASTLE Base]] on [[Reach]],{{Ref/Reuse|FS}} and later during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] on the captured [[Taaku Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit dropship]].<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 32</ref>


Chemical light sticks were also used by [[Recon Team Bravo]] during a night operation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[Nightfall]]''</ref>
Chemical light sticks were also used by [[Recon Team Bravo]] during a night operation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[Nightfall]]''</ref>
[[Major]] [[Elijah Vaughan]] of the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODST]] kept spare chemical light sticks on his person for situations where other methods of signaling were unusable or unsafe.{{Ref/Reuse|CF100}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Chemlights.png| Major Vaughan's spare chemlights.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Nightfall]]''
**''[[Nightfall]]''
*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''
**''[[Undefeated]]''
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
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