Editing Needler

{{Status|Canon|Featured}}
{{Infobox/Fiction/Weapon/Series
|name=Needler
|image=[[File:H2A-JohnNeedlers.jpg|350px]]
|type=[[Needle-based weaponry]]{{Ref/Book|Id=evg|EVG|Page=128}}
|series=Needler{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}
|description=''[[Kemuksuru]]'' projectile weapon{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}
|manufacturer=*[[Sacred Promissory]] (pre-[[Great Schism]]){{Ref/Reuse|evg}}
*[[Lodam Armory]] (post-Great Schism){{Ref/Book|Id=h4evg|H4EVG|Page=85}}
|models=
*{{Pattern|Nahle'hax|needler}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p294|Enc22|Page=294}}
*{{Pattern|Posu'gelka|needler}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p479|Enc22|Page=479}}
*[[Type-33 needler]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}}
*[[Type-56D needler]]{{Ref/Site|Id=cf47|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-locke-load|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Locke & Load|D=2|M=8|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-locke-load.html}}
}}

{{Quote|Luckily—listen to me "luckily"—the needles only detonate when they’re embedded in living tissue. Now that’s lucky because it’s not gonna blow a hole in the wall you’re hiding behind or tear the tires off of the vehicle you’re trying to escape in.|Anonymous UNSC [[E2-BAG/1/7]] serviceman{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}}}

'''Needlers''', sometimes known as '''Needler pistols''',{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=22}} are a class of single-handed, fully-automatic infantry specialized [[weapons]] developed by the [[Covenant]] that launch ''[[kemuksuru]]''—also known as Subanese crystalline shards—that are capable of homing in on targets.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}} The Covenant and [[Covenant remnants|its remnants]] formally designated the needler as '''needle launcher''' or '''shard launcher''',{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p479}} while the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] has typically [[Type classification system|type-classified]] encountered needlers variants under the designations of '''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher''' ('''T-33 GML''') or '''Type-56 Guided Munitions Launcher''' ('''T-56 GML''').{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|cf47}} Nicknames for the needler include '''Pinkies''' and '''Shrimp Shooter'''.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc09|Enc09|Page=323}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11|Enc11|Page=337}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
[[File:HTMCC-H3ODST Rookie&Cop 3.jpg|thumb|275px|While Covenant infantry held the needler like a handgun, the needler's size necessitated humans to wield the weapon with two hands.]]
{{Quote|Anything stuck with enough needles will blow sky high—and if a Foxtrot is unlucky enough to be carrying grenades, those are gonna cook off too.|Anonymous UNSC E2-BAG/1/7 serviceman{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}}}
While there are multiple known patterns of the needler, all patterns share the same general design, which revolves around the needler’s function to fire individual crystalline shards.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} The top of the weapon contains the needler's distinctive ammunition, [[Subanese crystal]]s, with the exposed needles protruding from holes in the upper cowling of the weapon chassis. The bottom of the weapon, which contains the power supply, doubles as a stock,{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}} with an extended handguard on some design patterns.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} The two main components converge at the muzzle in front of the grip. The muzzle is situated between an upper and a lower channel brace; the channel braces extend outwards around the muzzle, presumably to prevent the muzzle from being blocked.{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}}

===Ammunition===
[[File:HCE-NeedlerAmmo.png|thumb|left|150px|The container for ''kemuksuru'' ammunition.]]
{{Main|Kemuksuru}}
{{Quote|I caught three in the leg as I was diving behind a broken wall—they lodged right in there where the greave meets the boot. When they went off, it damn near broke my ankle and flung like little splinters of glass or crystal or whatever all up my left side—the corpsman was pulling [the shards] outta me for the better part of two hours.|Anonymous UNSC E2-BAG/1/7 serviceman{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}}}
The needler fires shards of ''[[kemuksuru]]''{{Ref/Novel|Id=BftBM|Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon}}—colloquially known as blamite or Subanese crystal—a pink crystalline substance mined from the interiors of [[Suban]], one of [[Sangheilios]]' two [[moon]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}} The exposed crystals are held within the upper cowling of the weapon,{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}} allowing the user to use the sharpened ends of the exposed shards as an improvised melee weapon.{{Ref/Game|HCE|Needler melee animation}}{{Ref/Game|HINF|Needler melee animation}} 

Upon impaling a target, the crystalline shards become chemically reactive, and detonate after a few seconds.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p479}} Injuries inflicted from the exploding shards are gruesome, as microscopic pieces of crystals can become embedded in tissue.{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}} If multiple shards make contact with a living target in quick succession (i.e., previous shards have yet to detonate), then a chain reaction occurs—their chemical properties "supercombine" and the shards detonate simultaneously through a process known as “proximal resonance instability”,{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}} causing an immediate and violent explosion that is almost always lethal.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p479}} While the shards are devastating to living tissue, they are relatively ineffective against [[energy shielding]],{{Ref/Site|Id=waypoint|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}} and ricochet off most surfaces, hence little risk of causing hull perforations.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=halo101|Halo|1778453018033156368|Halo|Detail=video narration|Quote=Mechanically simple and able to inflict gruesome damage with negligible accuracy, the needler was a popular infantry weapon in Covenant service, especially among lower castes. It remains in widespread use among the Covenant's successor states, appealing even to human pirates, as they consider the weapon flashy and intimidating. Moreover, the shard ammunition has little risk of causing dangerous hull perforations, given that the crystal ricochets off most surfaces.}} The properties of the shards can be modified through unspecified means; for example, certain variants of the needler fire calibrated crystalline shards that can embed in armor.{{Ref/Game|Id=talon|H5G|[[Talon of the Lost]] [[List of REQ cards#Weapons|REQ card]]|Quote=Sangheili miners and engineers continue to discover amazing new properties of the Subanese crystals used in Needler ammunition. Advanced Needler that fires carefully calibrated shards that can embed themselves in armor.}}

===Operation===
[[File:Journal Needler.png|thumb|200px|An exploded view of a needler, drawn by Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]].]]
{{Main|Needle-based weaponry}}
{{Quote|I don't know how it works, but it seems the needles can only follow you if they can "see" you.|Anonymous UNSC E2-BAG/1/7 serviceman{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}}}
As with all Covenant [[needle-based weaponry]], the needler's inner mechanism breaks the crystals into needle-like shards, then launch the shards at targeted enemies.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}} When the trigger is pulled, the needle is fed from the top and broken into shards. The needler notably features an additional magnetic auger within the weapon that catalyzes the shards by charging their chemical mixture;{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} the shards then become capable of tracking specific heat signatures of sighted targets.{{Ref/Site|Id=h4guide|URL=http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/inteldetail/cc0ca7e4-ef99-477b-90ef-3560e026e925/needler|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 4 Interactive Guide - Covenant Weapons|D=27|M=03|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Halo 4 Interactive Guide#Covenant Weapons}} The shards are propelled through the barrel, out of the muzzle between the channel braces, and towards enemies.{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} The user reloads by shaking the weapon once, prompting a new magazine of crystals to protrude from the chassis again. The magazine capacity of the needler varies within and across different patterns.{{Ref/Reuse|hrgameplay}}{{Ref/Reuse|h4gameplay}}

While it is believed that the Covenant had likely reverse-engineered the [[Forerunner]] [[shard cannon]] to create their own needle-based weaponry,{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=237}} the needler is considered unique among Covenant weapons in that it does not require Forerunner technology to function.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} The needler was one of the most unusual weapons in the Covenant arsenal and the least understood; by 2552, how the weapon functions still remains a mystery to human military experts and scientists, despite the weapon being encountered early on during the war.{{Ref/Site|Id=hrbnet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=ordnance&cid=25437|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo: Reach Ordnance Page|D=07|M=02|Y=2021}} According Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]], the needler lacks any kind of electronic, physical, or radiative connections between its trigger and firing mechanism.{{Ref/Game|Id=journal|HR|Dr. Halsey's personal journal}} The physics behind the weapon were apparently not well known as joint human and Sangheili teams were known to be studying the weapon some time after the war.{{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}}

===Development history===
{{Quote|It's about as close to a [[Wikipedia:fire-and-forget|fire-and-forget]] small arm that we're likely to ever see—and it ain't ours. This is why we're losing.|Anonymous UNSC E2-BAG/1/7 serviceman{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}}}
Prior to the Covenant's formation, the [[Sangheili]] mined ''kemuksuru'' from Suban, and grew to believe that even rudimentary scientific investigation into the crystals was tantamount to heresy. When they first began to incorporate the crystals into weaponry, the Sangheili knew how to manipulate and weaponize the crystal, but they lacked deeper understanding of its properties.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}} The pre-Covenant weapons were unique, though their designs demonstrated the Sangheili’s poor understanding of the crystals, and further study on these designs were mostly abandoned until the dissolution of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}

Prior to [[2552]], the needler, along with most needle-based weaponry, was manufactured by the [[Sacred Promissory]] on [[High Charity]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} After the [[fall of High Charity]] during the [[Great Schism]], the manufacturing of the needler fell to [[Lodam Armory]],{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}} and any understanding of the crystal from the [[San'Shyuum]] was lost with High Charity's record complexes.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} 

After the Human-Covenant War, the needler remained in widespread use among the Covenant splinter factions;{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}} despite the [[Blooding Years|conflicts raging on Sanghelios]], most mining sites on Suban continued to produce ammunition for the needler.{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}} There is renewed interest among Sangheili miners, engineers, and artisan-armorers in studying the properties of the crystals,{{Ref/Reuse|talon}} with pre-Covenant design patterns leading to new breakthroughs;{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} for example, the ''Hailstorm'' variant of the needler, which fires shards with stronger homing capabilities, was derived from a pre-Covenant weapon used during the volatile early-interstellar period of the Sangheili history.{{Ref/Reuse|cf47}}{{Ref/Game|Id=hailstorm|H5G|[[Hailstorm]] [[List of REQ cards#Weapons|REQ card]]|Quote=The Hailstorm owes much to a pre-Covenant weapon used during the volatile early-interstellar period of Sangheili history. Improved Needler which fires fast-moving crystal shards that exhibit strong homing behavior.}} In contrast, [[Banished]] warsmiths were unknowledgeable of the weapon's mechanisms, though the needler's gruesome and simple design meant there was no immediate desire to alter or improve its design.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p479}}

===Usage===
{{Quote|First order of business when dealing with a hostile armed with a Needler is finding cover; second order of business is killing the Mike Foxtrot with the Needler.|Anonymous UNSC E2-BAG/1/7 serviceman{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}}}
Within the Covenant and [[Covenant remnants|its splinter factions]], the needler is classified as a specialized weapon,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}} so it is employed by specialist troops, such as [[Storm]] shock troops,{{Ref/Game|Id=h4gameplay|H4|gameplay}} [[Stealth Sangheili]],{{Ref/Level|HW|Relic Interior}}, [[Special Operations Unggoy]],{{Ref/Level|HCE|The Maw}} and [[Kig-Yar Ranger]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|h4gameplay}} Outside of specialist roles, the needler is favored for its mechanical simplicity and, more importantly, its potential to inflict gruesome damage with negligible accuracy through a combination of the shards' tracking ability and the "supercombine" explosion when multiple shards hit a target in quick succession.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}}{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo101}} Subsequently, the needler is a common sight among the lower caste,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo101}} like the [[Unggoy]], [[Kig-Yar]], and [[Yanme'e]],{{Ref/Game|Id=hrgameplay|HR|gameplay}} as well as poorly-trained soldiers,{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} like [[Minor]]s across different species.{{Ref/Reuse|hrgameplay}}{{Ref/Game|H3ODST|gameplay}}

Larger variants of the needler, better known as the [[needle cannon]], are adopted as anti-air weaponry mounted on both vehicles and weapon emplacements, like the {{Pattern|Bkowe'nei|Vampire}} and the {{Pattern|Kewu Umppi'pa'|citadel turret}}.{{Ref/Game|HW|gameplay}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=200}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=301}}

Various needler patterns were employed throughout the [[Human-Covenant War]], and the UNSC has [[Type classification system|catalogued]] multiple patterns of needlers under the "[[Type-33 needler|Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher]]" designation as early as [[2533]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} The needler was a subject of study among human military experts and scientists,{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} notably being one of the many Covenant weapons featured in [[Robert McLees (ship designer)|Doctor Robert McLees]]' publication ''[[Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present]]''.{{Ref/Site|Id=h3bnet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3needler|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher - 9/6/2007|D=16|M=01|Y=2021|LocalArchive=Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present/Needler}} During the [[Battle of Actium]] in [[2545]], the [[34th Armored Division]] recovered a ''Nahle'hax''-pattern needler from the Covenant that was later displayed at [[Outpost Discovery]], an exploratory initiative launched by the UNSC after the war.{{Ref/Generic|Id=hod|[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]|Detail=[[Hall of History]] - [[:File:HOD Hall of History Needler plaque.jpg|Needler plaque]]}} A needler was also displayed at the [[Museum of Humanity]].{{Ref/Marketing|H3|Believe|Enemy Weapon}}

Following the [[Great Schism]] and the dissolution of the Covenant, the needler was inherited by its various splinter factions, and even found appeal among human [[piracy|pirates]] who considered the weapon flashy and intimidating.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}}{{Ref/Reuse|halo101}} Previously uncatalogued needlers have been observed, with a needler variant employed by [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] being recorded by the UNSC in [[2556]] under the [[Type-56D needler|Type-56D]] designation.{{Ref/Reuse|cf47}} The Banished also quickly adopted the needler; troops like [[Unggoy Conscript]]s and [[Unggoy Ultra|Ultras]], [[Kig-Yar Freebooter]]s, and [[Skirmisher]]s notably fielded the {{Pattern|Posu'gelka|needler}} during the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p479}}{{Ref/Game|Id=hinfgameplay|HINF|gameplay}}

<gallery class=center>
File:HW-NeedlerElite.png|Being a specialized weapon, the needler was employed by specialist troops like the Stealth Sangheili.
File:HTMCC-HR Needlers 2.jpg|The needler is a popular weapon among the Covenant's lower caste, like the Unggoy and Kig-Yar.
File:HCE Zuka Screenshot 6.jpg|Special Operations Unggoy were typically armed with Needlers to combat the [[Flood]].
File:HTMCC-H3ODST DroneNeedler.jpg|The high mobility of a Yanme'e allows it to take advantage of the needler's tracking ability.
</gallery>

==Known variants==
===''Nahle'hax''-pattern needler===
{{Main|Nahle'hax-pattern needler}}
The ''Nahle'hax''-pattern needle launcher, designated by ONI as "Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher", has multiple known chassis.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}} This variant was commonly employed by the Covenant and its remnants.{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|hrgameplay}}{{Ref/Reuse|h4gameplay}}
<gallery class=center>
File:HReach-NeedlerSide.png|The first chassis with blue lights on side of the upper cowling.
File:Enc22-Nahle'haxNeedler.png|The second chassis with metallic braces on the channel braces.
File:H4-Needler.png|The third chassis with no lights on the side of the upper cowling.
</gallery>

===''Posu'gelka''-pattern needler===
{{Main|Posu'gelka-pattern needler}}
The ''Posu'gelka''-pattern shard launcher has an ammo counter on the chassis. This variant was employed by the [[Banished]] during the [[Battle for Installation 07]] in [[2560]].{{Ref/Reuse|hinfgameplay}}
*'''[[Posu'gelka-pattern needler]]''': This variant of the needler features a display on the back of its upper chassis that corresponds to the crystals protruding from its upper cowling.{{Ref/Reuse|hinfgameplay}}
** '''[[Pinpoint Needler]]''': A modified variant of the needler with a white chassis and an increased magazine from 26 to 30.{{Ref/Reuse|hinfgameplay}} It features an advanced target acquisition ability and its shards have a lower "supercombine" requirement.{{Ref/Game|HINF|[[Forge]] - [[Pinpoint Needler]] description|Quote=Modified Needler with advanced target acquisition and lower supercombine requirement.}}
<gallery class=center>
File:HINF Needler Crop.png|''Posu'gelka''-pattern shard launcher.
File:HINF Needler Pinpoint Crop.png|Pinpoint Needler.
</gallery>

===Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher===
{{Main|Type-33 needler}}
The "[[Type-33 needler|Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher]]", or shortened as T-33 GML, is ONI's type-classification for multiple needlers that were catalogued in [[2533]] and employed both during and after the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The designation includes the ''Nahle'hax''-pattern needle launcher.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}
<gallery class=center>
File:Needler-HaloCE.png|A T-33 GML model employed by [[Fleet of Particular Justice]].
File:Needler-H2.png|A T-33 GML model employed by [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]].
File:H3-NeedlerProfile.png|A T-33 GML model employed by [[Truth's fleet]].
</gallery>

===Type-56D Guided Munitions Launcher===
{{Main|Type-56D needler}}
The "Type-56D Guided Munitions Launcher", or shortened as "Type-56D GML", is ONI's type-classification for multiple needlers that were catalogued in [[2556]].{{Ref/Reuse|cf47}}
*'''[[Type-56D needler]]''': This variant of the needler features a holographic [[Smart scope]] projector on its chassis.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5G|H5G|gameplay}}
** '''[[Hailstorm]]''': This variant was derived from a pre-Covenant needle-based weapon employed by the Sangheili during their early-interstellar time period. The shards fired from this needler exhibit a stronger ability to home in on their targets.{{Ref/Reuse|hailstorm}}
** '''[[Talon of the Lost]]''': This variant of the needler fires carefully-calibrated shards capable of embedding to armor in addition to living tissue.{{Ref/Reuse|talon}}
<gallery class=center>
File:H5G-Render-Needler.png|Type-56D needler
File:Halo 5 Needler Hailstorm.png|Hailstorm.
File:H5G TOTL.png|Talon of the Lost.
</gallery>

==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Silver Timeline===
{{Main|Silver Timeline}}
[[File:HTV-Homecoming-FavoriteWeapon.jpg|thumb|Kai-125 holding a needler in [[Miranda Keyes/Silver|Dr. Keyes']] lab.|right|250px]]
{{Quote|See these holes on the top plate? That's where the needle rounds are primed. You pull the trigger and somehow they just know how to target living tissue.|[[Kai-125/Silver|Kai-125]] explaining her favorite Covenant weapon.{{Ref/Film|Id=Homecoming|TV|Episode=Homecoming}}}}
Designated as a "xenotech shard launcher", needlers are used by the Covenant during their war against humanity. They are particularly popular among the Unggoy.{{Ref/Marketing|TV|[[:File:HTV-NeedlerLondon.jpg|Display]] at [[Halo: The Television Series Season One#Paramount.2B UK launch|Paramount+ UK launch event]]}} [[Silver Team/Silver|Silver Team]] will occasionally scavenge needlers from dead enemies and use them against Covenant troops.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Homecoming}}
{{clear}}

==In-game information==
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The needler is a staple across the ''Halo'' games, being introduced in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and appearing in every game ever since. It is a fully-automatic infantry weapon that fires slow-moving needle projectiles that can home in on enemies. In [[campaign]] and [[Firefight]], the needler is used by Unggoy, Kig-Yar, Yanme'e, Sangheili, Jiralhanae, and the Flood. In ''[[Halo 2]]'', it can be [[dual wielding|dual wielded]], though made impossible to do so in ''[[Halo 3]]''. In ''[[Halo Infinite]]'', the needler is [[Weapon class|classified]] as a submachine gun.

==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Needlers}}
===Concept art and illustrations===
<gallery>
File:HCE_Needler_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the needler in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:HCE_Needler_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the needler in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:HR Needler Concept.jpg|Concept art of the needler in ''Halo: Reach''.
File:H5G Needler Concept 1.jpg|Concept art of the needler in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:HW Jackal Concept 2.jpg|''[[Halo Wars]]'' concept art featuring Kig-Yar armed with needlers and [[Particle beam rifle|beam rifles]].
File:Dutch surprise.png|An [[Unggoy Minor]] takes aim with a needler at [[Taylor Miles|Dutch]] in ''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''.
File:BL Thon attacks Three.png|[[Otto-031]] firing a needler at [[Thon 'Talamee]] in ''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''.
File:HE12 Deal Retract.jpg|Kig-Yar pirates wielding the needler in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
File:HE23 Nyon attacks the vaults.png|[[Sali 'Nyon]] and a Sangheili firing their needlers in ''Halo: Escalation''.
File:Superstructure Assault.png|A Kig-Yar firing the needler in ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''.
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:HCE EliteEarlyNeedler Screenshot.jpg|A Sangheili wielding the needler in an early build of ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:Curlback.png|An Unggor Major wielding the needler in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:Keyes.jpg|Captain [[Jacob Keyes]] wielding the needler in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:H2 Elite SpecOps.png|A [[Special Operations Officer|SpecOps Sangheili]] with the needler in ''Halo 2''.
File:Heretic grunts.jpg|A [[Heretic Unggoy]] wielding the needler in ''Halo 2''.
File:NarrowsBattle2.jpg|A Spartan firing the needler in ''Halo 3'' multiplayer.
File:HWgruntdeaconfullsquad.jpg|Grunt squad upgraded with needlers in ''Halo Wars''.
File:HTMCC-H3ODST BruteNeedler.jpg|A Jiralhanae Minor wielding the needler in ''Halo 3: ODST''.
File:H3ODST DroneMajor 3.jpg|A Yanme'e Major wielding the needler in ''Halo 3: ODST''.
File:HTMCC-HR Needlers.jpg|Various Covenant troops wielding the needler in ''Halo: Reach''.
File:H4 SpOps SniperAlley.jpg|A Kig-Yar Storm wielding the needler in ''Halo 4''.
File:HO-Spartans&Elites.png|A Sangheili dual wielding needlers in ''[[Halo Online]]''.
File:HTMCC-H2A NeedlerGrunt.jpg|An Unggoy Minor holding the needler in ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' campaign.
File:H5G-Fred&T56D.png|[[Frederic-104]] using [[Smart-linking|smart scope]] on a needler in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:H5G-KigYarHeavy.png|A Kig-Yar wielding a needler in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:HINF Skirmishers.png|Two Kig-Yar Skirmishers with the needler in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF Zvezda&Needler.png|A Spartan firing the needler in ''Halo Infinite'' multiplayer.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Believe]]''  
**''[[Enemy Weapon]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Homecoming]]''
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''
*''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''
*''[[Halo: Battle Born]]''
*''[[Halo: Renegades]]''
*''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''
*''[[Halo: Meridian Divide]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
*''[[Halo: The Television Series Season One]]''
**''[[Homecoming (TV Series)|Homecoming]]'' 
**''[[Reckoning]]''
**''[[Transcendence]]''
*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]''
**''[[Halo (TV Series)|Halo]]''
*''[[Halo: Edge of Dawn]]'' 
*''[[Halo: Campaign Evolved]]''
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==Sources==
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