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{{Weapon | {{Weapon Infobox | ||
|image=[[File:H4-Z8060ParticleCannon-ScanRender.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:H4-Z8060ParticleCannon-ScanRender.png|300px]] | ||
|manufacturer=[[Forerunner]]<ref name="Hold the Line">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref> | |manufacturer=[[Forerunner]]<ref name="Hold the Line">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref> | ||
|series= | |series= | ||
|type=[[Particle beam weapon]]<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''' ''page 105''</ref> | |type=[[Particle beam weapon]]<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 105''</ref> | ||
|cost= | |cost= | ||
|variant= | |variant= | ||
|service=*[[Human-Forerunner War]]<ref name="Silentium">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''pages 278-279''</ref> | |service=*[[Human-Forerunner War]]<ref name="Silentium">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''pages 278-279''</ref> | ||
*[[Forerunner-Flood War]] | *[[Forerunner-Flood War]]<ref name="Silentium" /> | ||
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]<ref name="Reclaimer">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer]]''</ref> | *[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]<ref name="Reclaimer">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level, ''[[Reclaimer]]''</ref> | ||
|weight= | |weight= | ||
|length= | |length= | ||
|width= | |width= | ||
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|ammotype=Ionized particles | |ammotype=Ionized particles<ref name="H4EVG" /> | ||
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|operation= | |operation= | ||
|rate=*Continuous beam | |rate=*Continuous beam<ref name="Hold the Line" /> | ||
*Single beam<ref name="Midnight">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level, ''[[Midnight]]''</ref> | *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> | *Burst fire<ref name="Osiris">'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level, ''[[Osiris (level)|Osiris]]''</ref> | ||
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|range=Long<ref name="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. | 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 name="H4EVG" /> Ranging from a few meters<ref name="Osiris"/> to hundreds of meters long,<ref name="H4EVG" /> particle cannons were installed on a multitude of [[ecumene]] worlds and used in the defense of important Forerunner installations.<ref name="Hold the Line" /><ref name="Reclaimer" /><ref name="Osiris"/> | ||
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 name="H4EVG" /> Several Z-8060s were used to defend the [[Gravity well|gravity well generator]] of the Forerunner [[shield world]], [[Requiem]].<ref name="Reclaimer" /> | |||
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." | |||
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. | 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 name="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]].<ref name="Midnight" /> | ||
Particle cannons were also positioned across the surface of [[Installation 00]], "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 name="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}} assumed control over one of the particle cannons in order to take down the [[Energy shielding|energy shields]] of the [[Banished]] [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Hold the Line" /> | |||
Multiple several-meter-long particle cannons similar in appearance to Z-8060s were positioned around<ref name="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]] and fired bursts of particle energy at the attacking aircraft and spacecraft.<ref name="Osiris"/> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:H4-Concept-ParticleCannon.jpg|Concept art of a Forerunner anti-air particle cannon in '' | 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]]' | File:H4-Concept-Mantle-MegaCannon.jpg|Concept art of the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s point-defense particle cannons in ''Halo 4'' | ||
File:Particle_cannon_-_right.jpg|A view of a particle cannon on | 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 [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]]. | File:H4 Particle Cannon firing.jpg|A Z-8060 firing on a [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]]. | ||
File:H5G-Kamchatka particle cannon.jpg|One of | File:H5G-Kamchatka particle cannon.jpg|One of Kamchatka's particle cannons | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Forerunner}} | {{Forerunner}} | ||
[[Category:Directed-energy weapons]] | [[Category:Directed-energy weapons]] | ||
[[Category:Forerunner | [[Category:Forerunner weapons]] | ||
