MLRS-2 Hydra
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6-rocket revolving cylinder[1] |
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| “ | The latest in the portable micro-missile launcher technology. By toggling to the zoom aim mode, the MLRS-2 Hydra can lock-on to vehicles and infantry targets, allowing missiles to home-in. When hip fired, Hydra munitions are unguided, but feature proximity air-burst fusing.[2] | ” |
The Multiple Launch Rocket System-2 Hydra Gyroc Launcher (MLRS-2 Hydra) is a weapon in the Hydra line of gyroc missile launchers built by Chalybs Defense Solutions and employed by the United Nations Space Command.[1] The weapon succeeds the previous MLRS-1 model.
Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
As with its predecessor, the MLRS-1, the MLRS-2 Hydra is a semi-automatic missile launcher equipped by infantry forces for use against other infantry and vehicles. The weapon is arranged in a manner similar to a conventional rifle, albeit with a more angular body than its predecessor. The fore of the weapon contains a revolving cylinder which stocks six 9X-G High Explosive, Air Bursting (HEAB) gyroscopically-stabilised missiles. These missiles can be individually-fired by the operator with a semi-automatic fire mode in either dumb-fire or locked-on to enemies. When locking onto enemies, the weapon's integrated semi-automatic tracking and targeting systems allow the operator to target enemy infantry or individual parts of vehicles for the missiles to home in on.[1]
Warnings on the body of the MLRS-2 Hydra recommend using only approved UNSC munitions.[3]
History[edit]
MLRS-2 Hydra units are either tested or manufactured at the Seattle Complex, United Republic of North America.[3] Succeeding the MLRS-1 model, the MLRS-2 was in use by UNSC forces by 2559. In this time, it was employed during the Battle for Zeta Halo.[4] While fighting the Master Chief, the Jiralhanae Warlord Tremonius used a Hydra against the Spartan.[5]
In March 2560, SPARTAN-III Rosenda-A344 used an MLRS-2 during her brief deployment to Nysa during the Battle of Nysa. While deployed, she used the weapon to severely damage a Kaelum Workshop Banshee that was attacking the Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science, leaving Jun-A266 to finish the vehicle with a killing shot.[6]
Variants[edit]
- Pursuit Hydra: The Pursuit Hydra locks onto targets more quickly and fires projectiles at greater velocities, making it more effective at longer ranges.[7]
Pursuit Hydra
In-game information[edit]
| “ | A rapid-fire guided munitions launcher that fires gyroscopically-stabilized rockets, which home in on targets after lock-on.[8][9] | ” |
The Hydra is a returning power weapon, being able to hold six rockets, with eighteen in reserve, while featuring a slow reload. Alongside the unique ability to swap between either guided or unguided projectiles, the weapon's damage properties will change, with the Hydra being able to kill an enemy player with three unguided rockets, or four guided rockets.
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| Weapon Model | Manufacturer | Lore | Quality | Introduced In | Unlock Requirements |
 Fortune Bold |
Fracture: Tenrai | Chase away the darkness, frighten the wicked, and bring joy to the worthy. | Legendary | Tenrai IV | Purchase the "Ikari Legacy" bundle from the Shop for 2,200 cR |
 Vicious Hydra |
Banished | The Banished are connoisseurs of high explosive mayhem. | Legendary | Brute Force | Purchase the Brute Force Premium Pass for 500 cR |
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Development images[edit]
The MLRS-2 Hydra's textures in the early stages of Halo Infinite development.
Decals on the MLRS-2.
A render of the MLRS-2's high-poly model.
A render of the MLRS-2's high-poly model.
A render of the MLRS-2's high-poly model.
Screenshots[edit]
HUD view of the Hydra in dumb-fire mode.
HUD view of the Hydra in tracking mode.
HUD view of firing the Hydra.
HUD view of reloading the Hydra.
A 9X-G HEAB Gyroc rocket being inserted into an MLRS-2.
The 9X-G HEAB Gyroc rocket mid-flight.
A Spartan wielding an MLRS-2.
A Spartan sprinting with an MLRS-2.
A Spartan firing an MLRS-2.
A Spartan-IV crouching with an MLRS-2 with the Battleship Haze skin on Recharge.
A Sangheili Enforcer fires a rocket from a MLRS-2 Hydra.
A Yoroi-clad Spartan-IV utilizing the Fortune Bold weapon model.
The Fortune Bold weapon model being reloaded.
An MLRS-2 with the Vicious Hydra weapon model being utilized by a Mark IV-clad Spartan-IV on Streets.
The Vicious Hydra weapon model being reloaded.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo Infinite (First appearance)
- Halo: The Rubicon Protocol
- Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 177
- ^ Halo Infinite, Forge - MLRS-2 Hydra description: "The latest in the portable micro-missile launcher technology. By toggling to the zoom aim mode, the MLRS-2 Hydra can lock-on to vehicles and infantry targets, allowing missiles to home-in. When hip fired, Hydra munitions are unguided, but feature proximity air-burst fusing."
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Inside Infinite - October 2021 (Retrieved on Oct 29, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Halo Infinite, Hydra in-game weapon
- ^ Halo Infinite, campaign level Foundation
- ^ Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2
- ^ Halo Support, Halo Infinite Weapon, Equipment, and Vehicle Inventory (Retrieved on May 5, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Halo Infinite, Weapons Bench description
- ^ Halo Infinite, Academy - Weapon Drills - Hydra description
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