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{{Status|Canon}} | |||
{{Weapon infobox | |||
|image=[[File:Harvester firing mining laser.png|300px]] | |||
|manufacturer=[[Lodam Armory]] | |||
|series= | |||
|type=Vehicle-mounted excavation tool | |||
|cost= | |||
|variant= | |||
|service=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | |||
|affiliation=[[Covenant remnants]] | |||
|weight= | |||
|length= | |||
|ammotype=[[Plasma|Superheated plasma]] | |||
|capacity= | |||
|feed= | |||
|operation= | |||
|rate=Continuous | |||
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|optics= | |||
|range=Long range | |||
}} | |||
The '''plasma drill''', also called a '''mining laser''', is the sole armament of the [[Za'zayara-pattern Harvester|Harvesters]] used by the [[Covenant remnants|post-war Covenant]]. It is primarily used as an excavation tool for the purposes of recovering [[Forerunner]] artifacts, although it is also utilized as a weapon. | |||
==Design== | |||
The plasma drill fires a single greenish-yellow energy beam, similar to that of a [[focus cannon]]. At full power, the beam is capable of drilling through multiple layers of solid rock. | |||
==Operational history== | |||
During the [[Requiem Campaign]] in [[2558]], [[Fireteam Crimson]] used a captured Harvester's plasma drill to bore an entrance through a rock wall into the caverns where a hidden Forerunner structure contained one of [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|the artifacts]] [[interdiction web|trapping]] the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} on [[Requiem]].<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Exodus/One Last Time|S1E10 ''One Last Time'']]</ref> | |||
During the [[Battle of Aktis IV]], one of Jul 'Mdama's Harvesters used its plasma drill to destroy the caves where [[Sali 'Nyon]] and his followers were hiding. Another Harvester ambushed [[Sarah Palmer]] and nearly killed her with a blast from its plasma drill. Although Palmer survived, she was trapped in a crevice and unable to stop [[Catherine Halsey]] from escaping with the second half of the [[Janus Key]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue 16''</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*After the plasma drill is used in ''[[S1/Exodus/One Last Time|One Last Time]]'' to bore a hole through the rock wall, steam can be seen rising around the hole as the player passes through it. | |||
==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Halo 4]]'' | |||
**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' | |||
==Sources== | |||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{Covenant heavy weapons}} | |||
[[Category:Covenant weapons]] | |||
