Editing Particle cannon

{{Status|Canon}}
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|image=[[File:H4-Z8060ParticleCannon-ScanRender.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Forerunner]]<ref name="Hold the Line">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref>
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|type=[[Particle beam weapon]]<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''' ''page 105''</ref>
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|service=*[[Human-Forerunner War]]<ref name="Silentium">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''pages 278-279''</ref>
*[[Forerunner-Flood War]]{{Ref/Reuse|Silentium}}
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]<ref name="Reclaimer">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer]]''</ref>
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|ammotype=Ionized particles{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}}
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|rate=*Continuous beam{{Ref/Reuse|Hold the Line}}
*Single beam<ref name="Midnight">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level, ''[[Midnight]]''</ref>
*Burst fire<ref name="Osiris">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level ''[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]''</ref>
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|range=Long{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
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A '''particle cannon''' is a type of [[Forerunner]] [[Directed-energy weapon|directed energy]] [[particle beam weapon]] that fires a hyper-dense beam of negatively charged ions.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} Ranging from a few meters{{Ref/Reuse|Osiris}} to hundreds of meters long,{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} particle cannons were installed on a multitude of [[ecumene]] worlds and used in the defense of important Forerunner installations.{{Ref/Reuse|Hold the Line}}{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}{{Ref/Reuse|Osiris}}

==History==
The [[Z-8060 particle cannon|Z-8060 High-Impact Particle Weapon]], as it is designated by the [[United Nations Space Command]], is a model of particle cannon almost five-hundred meters in length which consists of a spherical firing assembly surrounded by three curved "arms."{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} Several Z-8060s were used to defend the [[Gravity well|gravity well generator]] of the Forerunner [[shield world]], [[Requiem]].{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}

Smaller particle cannons identical in appearance to the Z-8060s were installed on the [[Didact]]'s vessel, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', and used for point-defense against other ships.{{Ref/Reuse|Midnight}} In [[2557]], after being dormant for one-hundred millennia,<ref name="String 37">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''String 37''</ref> the weapons were reactivated for use against the [[UNSC Home Fleet]]. Four were destroyed by [[John-117]] with an [[F-41 Broadsword]] fighter to enable to {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} to get a clear shot on the ''Mantle's Approach'', blasting open a hole for John to enter the ship with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] to destroy the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|Midnight}}

Multiple several-meter-long particle cannons similar in appearance to Z-8060s were positioned around{{Ref/Reuse|Osiris}} an access point to the [[Domain]] on an [[Astroengineering|artificial]] Forerunner world, known as [[Kamchatka]] to [[human]]ity.<ref name="Kamchatka">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Kamchatka'']</ref> The cannons were reactivated during an [[Battle of Kamchatka|invasion]] by [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] in [[2558#October|October 2558]] and fired bursts of particle energy at the attacking aircraft and spacecraft.{{Ref/Reuse|Osiris}}

Particle cannons were also positioned across the surface of [[Installation 00]], also known as the Ark. The firing mechanisms of these cannons were embedded in the surface of the Ark and fired a blue particle beam upwards between three "prongs."{{Ref/Reuse|Hold the Line}} In [[2559]],<ref name="A New Enemy">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[A New Enemy]]''</ref> Professor [[Ellen Anders]] of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} learned the location of one of these particle cannons from the Ark's [[Cartographer#Installation 00|Cartographer]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Cartographer]]''</ref> As part of [[Isabel]]'s plan, Anders assumed control over the particle cannon in order to help destroy the [[Banished]] {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'' though the cannon by itself was not powerful enough to destroy the ship. Instead, the cannon was used to immobilize the ship and drain its [[energy shield]]s. However, even with Anders drawing as much power as she could into the cannon, it still took around half an hour to fully drain the carrier's shields during which time [[Douglas-042]] and UNSC forces were forced to fend off a massive Banished attack. Once the carrier's shield was down, the UNSC forces abandoned the cannon to the Banished.{{Ref/Reuse|Hold the Line}} With the shields down, [[Jerome-092]] was able to board the ''Enduring Conviction'' where Isabel provoked the Ark's defending [[Sentinel]]s to destroy the ship.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Under the Dark]]''</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H4-Concept-ParticleCannon.jpg|Concept art of a Forerunner anti-air particle cannon in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:H4-Concept-Mantle-MegaCannon.jpg|Concept art of the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'s'' point-defense particle cannons in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:Particle_cannon_-_right.jpg|A view of a particle cannon on [[Requiem]].
File:H4 Particle Cannon firing.jpg|A Z-8060 firing on a [[D79H Pelican|Pelican]].
File:H5G-Kamchatka particle cannon.jpg|One of [[Kamchatka]]'s particle cannons.
File:HW2 ForerunnerStructure Concept 1.jpg|Concept art for what appears to be a particle cannon.
File:HW2_ParticleCannon.png|A particle cannon on [[Installation 00]].
File:Halo-Wars-2-Campaign-Beam-of-Light.png|A prerelease screenshot of the particle cannon in ''Halo Wars 2'', depicting it with an orange beam rather than the final game's blue.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''

==Sources==
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