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[[File:H4 Prologue CAS Carrier.jpg|thumb|290px|Nanolaminate plating provides both aesthetic and protective functions for [[Covenant]] technology.]] | [[File:H4 Prologue CAS Carrier.jpg|thumb|290px|Nanolaminate plating provides both aesthetic and protective functions for [[Covenant]] technology.]] | ||
'''Nanolaminate''' is a type of material used as battle plating for [[Covenant]] warships<ref name="Catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=14#post262 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 14'']</ref> and [[Sangheili]] [[combat | '''Nanolaminate''' is a type of material used as battle plating for [[Covenant]] warships<ref name="Catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=14#post262 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 14'']</ref> and [[Sangheili]] [[Combat harness|combat harnesses]].<ref name="CU">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/community-update-the-finals-countdown '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Community Update (07/29/16): The Finals Countdown'']</ref> Possessing a characteristic opalescent-like shine,<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 119''</ref> nanolaminate can range in color from purplish to white-blue or silver, while [[Kig-Yar]] vessels are generally bluish-black in color.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 26''</ref> The plating is very strong and heat resistant, with the support of [[energy shielding]] allowing Covenant ships to take more damage.<ref name="fs79">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 79''</ref> The amount of nanolaminate plating applied to each ship depends on the class, though {{Class|DDS|carrier}}s have well over thirty meters of armor plating.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 266''</ref> As of [[2525]], nanolaminate plating has not seen use in any [[human]] construction.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 176''</ref> | ||
==Characteristics== | ==Characteristics== | ||
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However, Covenant weaponry is more effective against nanolaminate plating. The carrier ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', one of the most powerful vessels in the [[Covenant fleet]], was heavily damaged by a single [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo]], with several layers of the armor plating boiling away.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 76''</ref> | However, Covenant weaponry is more effective against nanolaminate plating. The carrier ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', one of the most powerful vessels in the [[Covenant fleet]], was heavily damaged by a single [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo]], with several layers of the armor plating boiling away.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 76''</ref> | ||
The Sangheili continued to improve their ships' nanolaminate plating and other onboard technologies in the wake of the Human-Covenant War. Following a joint anti-[[piracy]] operation with the [[UNSC Navy]] in a [[Joint Occupation Zone]] in [[2557]], [[ONI]] analysis noted improvements to the hull plating of the assault carrier ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''. | The Sangheili continued to improve their ships' nanolaminate plating and other onboard technologies in the wake of the Human-Covenant War. Following a joint anti-[[piracy]] operation with the [[UNSC Navy]] in a [[Joint Occupation Zone]] in [[2557]], [[ONI]] analysis noted improvements to the hull plating of the assault carrier ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''.<ref name="Catalog"/> | ||
===Heat resilience=== | ===Heat resilience=== | ||
The nanolaminate plating is very heat resistant, allowing Covenant vessels to enter extreme atmospheres or absorb the long-range damage from [[human]] [[nuclear weapon]]s. Upon entering the gas giant [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere shield-less, the hull of ''Ascendant Justice'' heated to three hundred degrees Celsius, with no actual structural damage done to the ship. | The nanolaminate plating is very heat resistant, allowing Covenant vessels to enter extreme atmospheres or absorb the long-range damage from [[human]] [[nuclear weapon]]s. Upon entering the gas giant [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere shield-less, the hull of ''Ascendant Justice'' heated to three hundred degrees Celsius, with no actual structural damage done to the ship.<ref name="fs79"/> Only when the ship reached temperatures of over seventeen hundred degrees Celsius did minor hull tearing and conduit melting occur.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 84''</ref> However, at such high temperatures, the superstructure of the vessel becomes considerably softened.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 223''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== |