Editing Kemuksuru

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Title|''Kemuksuru''}}
[[File:H4-Blamite-NeedlerShard.png|thumb|300px|A kemuksuru needle shard fired from a {{Pattern|Nahle'hax|needler}}.]]

'''''Kemuksuru''''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=BftBM|Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon}} colloquially known as '''Subanese crystal''' or '''Blamite''', is a crystalline, high-explosive material used in various [[needle-based weaponry]], including in the ammunition of {{Pattern|Gadulo|needle rifle}}s, [[Type-33 Needler]]s, [[Type-56D needler]]s, [[Posu'gelka-pattern needler]]s, and [[needle cannon]]s.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=bungiepodcasttime '''Bungie.net''': ''The Bungie Podcast: 1/27/2010''] (Sage Merrill at 36:40: ''"It is the equivalent on the Covenant side of the DMR. It is their sort of medium-range, repression rifle. As with all the blamite weapons, it does supercombine."'') ([https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bungie-podcast/id260716482 '''audio podcast'''])</ref> The crystals are mined from veins found throughout the interior of [[Suban]], one of [[Sanghelios]]' two [[natural satellite]]s.{{Ref/Book|Id=mine|EVG|Page=128}}{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/needler|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page= Universe - Weapons - Needler|D=21|M=04|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/needler.html}}

==Overview==
===Characteristics===
[[File:HINF Prism.png|thumb|right|300px|The [[Banished]]-controlled [[Mines of Shua'ree]].]]
''Kemuksuru'' is one of the few unique ammunition types in Covenant arsenal. When used as ammunition, ''kemuksuru'' is capable of two types of damage to a target; ''penetration'', damage caused by the needles impacting flesh and entering it; and the usually-resulting ''supercombine'', the combined explosion of multiple needles wedged in the body. A crystalline projectile can cause fatal damage to its victim—a single shard can cause internal bleeding or strike a vital organ, with untreated wounds resulting in death. The resulting detonation of the shard upon penetration also spreads micro-shrapnel throughout the victim. Depending on the impact area and angle, several crystalline shards can cause amputation of limbs, and impacts to the chest are in most cases fatal; the supercombine properties can easily crack ribs, damage the lungs or heart, and cause severe flesh damage that can be very difficult and often impossible to repair. If enough rounds impact and detonate simultaneously, the unfortunate target can quite literally be blown apart.

While used in both needle rifles and Needlers, the ''kemuksuru'' needles behave differently in these weapons when fired. Needles fired from a Needler appear to have some sort of "identify-friend/foe" function, as they will home in on hostile targets, but not allies of the wielder. Needles fired from a needle rifle lack this function, behaving more like traditional projectiles, but are much faster and require fewer embedded rounds to cause a lethal supercombine. The [[energy cutlass]], a melee weapon used predominantly by [[Kig-Yar]], uses a ''kemuksuru'' shard as the blade. When thrust into a soft target, the blade will explode violently similar to a Needler shard.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 130''</ref> The Lance of Suban, a variant of [[Type-1 energy sword]], is infused with ''kemuksuru'', giving the blade the same bright pink color commonly associated with the crystal. These energy swords are only wielded by [[Sangheili]] native to [[Suban]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAoW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/art-of-wort|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Art of Wort|D=23|M=6|Y=2021}}

==History==
===Pre-Covenant and Covenant use===
''Kemuksuru'' was used by the [[Sangheili]] in their early weapon designs, prior to the establishment of the [[Covenant]] in [[852 BCE]]. [[Suban]] is the only known location of ''kemuksuru'' veins, and some believed that the [[moon]] is the only world where the crystals exist. Although the crystals had been studied and documented for thousands of years by the Covenant, the properties of ''kemuksuru'' remain perplexing to all. However, it is believed that the [[San'Shyuum]] may have covertly created highly specialized publications on ''kemuksuru'' and its properties, but any such documents would have likely been destroyed alongside [[High Charity]] and its vast records complexes in [[2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} Due to the vast size of the Covenant Empire, hundreds of carefully curated storage facilities were employed across dozens of systems to serve as local waystations for [[Covenant fleet]]s seeking to restock their stores, ''kemuksuru'' being among the stocks of these facilities. Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], these facilities were often raided by numerous factions and ''kemuksuru'' became a relatively attainable material. Subanese miners, while primarily serving the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], have also supplied other factions and species—willing to pay the [[gekz]]—with ''kemuksuru'' regardless of affiliation.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFCrownJul|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-crown-jul|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Crown Jul|D=28|M=03|Y=2017}}

===Post-war advancements===
With the Covenant's demise, Sangheili artisan-armorers garnered renewed interests in discovering the properties of ''kemuksuru''. Many pre-Covenant design patterns incorporating ''kemuksuru'' have been uncovered to assist in the research. [[Human]] scientists had also began to express interest in the crystals, especially in regards to exploiting the energy-storage properties of ''kemuksuru''.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} [[United Nations Space Command]] and Sangheili researchers have since collaborated in an attempt to discover the properties and functions of ''kemuksuru'' in [[Kolaar Manufactorum]] on [[Sanghelios]]. However, the results yielded from the research was listed as inaccessible by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969311_Catalog-Interaction.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Forums - Catalog Interaction (post 2969311)|D=14|M=10|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post #5}} [[AMG Transport Dynamics]] Motorsport Manager [[Erik Burch]] proposed the creation of an [[M12 Warthog]] [[Project HOGSTICKER|variant]] which would have made use of a pair of experimental ''kemuksuru'' afterburners, but the project was canceled by AMG's Special Projects Director [[Tyse Jenkins]] as he found Bursch's idea too outlandish.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFNeedle|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-needle-me-this|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Needle Me This|D=16|M=07|Y=2019}}

The ''[[Blood of Suban]]'' variant of the {{Pattern|Mosa|carbine}} fires carefully carved Subanese crystal shards capable of penetrating armor and sympathetically detonating in lethal 'supercombine' explosions.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAmore|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Armory Armore|D=24|M=10|Y=2016}} The [[Sword Warthog]] features an [[M343A2 chaingun]] that fires ''kemuksuru'' and is one of several innovations stemming from cooperation between the UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFStingers|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-tales-stingers|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Tales & Stingers|D=07|M=06|Y=2016}} [[Unggoy]] {{Pattern|Pnap|Goblin}}s are armed with a double-barreled heavy needle cannon capable of dealing significant damage to vehicles and fire a barrage of blamite that can target up to eight different hostiles.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFBuzz|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-buzz-generating|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Buzz Generating|D=14|M=09|Y=2016}} In the post-war era, [[Covenant remnants]] and the [[Banished]] commonly employ [[Blamex]]; an explosive substance derived from the Subanese crystal.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR18|HSOR|Chapter=18}}

==Trivia==
*The name "blamite" originates from [[Bungie]]'s method of censoring swearing on their forums, which replaces objectionable words with ''-blam!-''.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13382 '''Bungie.net''', ''Legendary Map: Avalanche'']</ref>
*Killing 10 enemies in either Firefight or campaign with a supercombine explosion without dying in ''Halo: Reach'' unlocks the achievement, [[A Spoonful of Blamite]].<ref name="blam">[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_073010 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update 07.30.10'']</ref>

==Gallery==
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===Concept art===
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File:HW2 FloorBlades Concept.jpg|''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'' concept art for a ''kemuksuru'' variant of the [[Floor Blades]] fortification (left). This variant was cut from the final release.
File:HINF Concept PrismBigCrystals.jpg|Concept art of large ''kemuksuru'' crystals on the ''Halo Infinite'' multiplayer map Prism.
File:HINF Concept PrismSmolCrystals.jpg|Concept art of smaller ''kemuksuru'' crystals on Prism.
File:HINF Concept PrismMiningTool2.jpg|Concept art of Banished tools used to mine ''kemuksuru''.
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===Screenshots===
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File:HCE-NeedlerAmmo.png|Blamite encased in a T-33 Needler ammunition casing in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
File:Needlers and Ammo.jpg|T-33 Needlers and their ''kemuksuru'' ammuniton cases in a [[Flood containment facility]].
File:Needler Sentinel.jpg|An [[Aggressor Sentinel]] firing ''kemuksuru'' during the [[Battle of Installation 05]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:H3-NeedlerShard.png|A blamite shard in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
File:Needler Shard.jpg|A blamite shard in flight in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
File:Halo-3-legendary-map-pack--20080408000202983.jpg|A barrage of ''kemuksuru'' shards in ''Halo 3''.
File:HaloReach - KatFallen01.png|[[Catherine-B320]] is killed by a T-31 needle rifle's ''kemuksuru'' during the [[Siege of New Alexandria]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:FUD - MehaffeyDeath.jpg|[[Kennedy Mehaffey]] is killed by ''kemuksuru'' during the [[Battle of Circinius IV]] in ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''.
File:H4-MP-NeedlerShard-Flight-01.jpg|A ''kemuksuru'' shard in flight in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:H2A Blamite.png|Cut ''kemuksuru'' encased in T-33 Needler ammunition casings in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H2ANeedler.jpg|A [[Mark VI]]-clad Spartan firing ''kemuksuru'' from a T-33 Needler on [[Shrine]] in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H5G-Blamite.png|A ''kemuksuru'' needle shard fired from a T-56D Needler.
File:H5G-TOTL.png|A [[NOBLE-class Mjolnir|NOBLE]]-clad [[Spartan-IV]] firing ''kemuksuru'' from a ''[[Talon of the Lost]]'' on [[March on Stormbreak]].
File:H5G-BOSblamite.png|A [[CINDER-class Mjolnir|Cinder]]-clad Spartan-IV firing ''kemuksuru'' from a ''[[Blood of Suban]]'' on [[Attack on Sanctum]].
File:H5G-M343A2blamite.png|A Sword Needle Warthog's M343A2 chaingun fires ''kemuksuru'' on [[Raid on Apex 7]].
File:H5G-Heavyblamite.jpg|''Kemuksuru'' from a heavy Needler sticking out of a [[FOTUS-class Mjolnir|FOTUS]]-clad Spartan-IV on [[Empire]].
File:H5G-HeavyNeedlerblamite.png|A Goblin's heavy needle cannon firing ''kemuksuru'' shards.
File:HInf Blamite Shard.png|A ''kemuksuru'' needle shard in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF-Supercombine.png|A supercombine explosion from a Posu'gelka-pattern needler on [[Bazaar]].
File:HTV-Reckoning Needler-Mist.png|A UNSC Marine is supercombined by a needler in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''.
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==List of appearances==
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*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Homecoming]]''
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
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*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Renegades]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
*''[[Halo: The Television Series Season One]]''
**''[[Homecoming (TV Series)|Homecoming]]''
**''[[Reckoning]]''
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon]]''
*''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]''
**''[[Reach (TV Series)|Reach]]''
**''[[Onyx (TV Series)|Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Empty Throne]]'' 
*''[[Halo: Edge of Dawn]]''
*''[[Halo: Campaign Evolved]]''
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== Sources ==
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