Editing Purging Shock Rifle

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Weapon infobox
|name=Purging Shock Rifle
|image={{Pageimage|HINF PurgingShockRifle 2.jpg}}[[File:HINF_ShockRifle_Purging_Crop.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=*[[Sicatt Workshop]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CFPurview|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/preview-purview|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Preview Purview|D=29|M=9|Y=2021}}<br>
*[[Armory of Reckoning (location)|Armory of Reckoning]]{{Ref/Book|Id=EN|Enc22|Page=477}}
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|type=[[Directed-energy weapon|Directed-energy]] [[sniper rifle]]{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}
|cost=
|variant=
|length={{Convert|58.2|in|cm|sp=us|disp=flip|sigfig=3}}{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}
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|ammotype=Electromagnetically guided [[plasma]]{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}
|capacity=
|feed=15 bolts/magazine{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}
|operation=
|rate=Burst{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}
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|optics=3× [[Smart-linking|smart-link]]{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}
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|service=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
*[[Battle for Zeta Halo]]
}}
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The '''Purging Shock Rifle''' is a variant of the [[Sicatt Workshop shock rifle]] used by the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Game|Id=HINF|HINF|Purging Shock Rifle in-game weapon}}{{Ref/Reuse|Support}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
{{Main|Sicatt Workshop shock rifle}}
The Purging variant of the shock rifle has a white chassis instead of the standard red coloration and features a slightly longer barrel. It carries an expanded magazine of 15 bolts, though the burst-fire function fires five instead of three bolts in quick succession. The bolts also have an improved voltaic chaining capabilities.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}{{Ref/Reuse|forge}}

===Development history===
{{Quote|The manufacturers deliver me a weapon that fires three bursts—I say, why not five?|Vulcus reflects on the development of the shock rifle.}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFBloodMoon}}
Like the standard shock rifle, the Purging shock rifle was developed by [[Sicatt Workshop]] technicians aboard the [[Banished dreadnought]] ''[[Ghost of Barolon]]''. When [[Vulcus]] of the [[Alchemy Corps]] was presented with the standard weapon, he questioned why the design could not be developed further to fire bursts of five bolts rather than three. He wished to push the technology to its limits as [[Escharum]] was planning the [[Banished]]'s [[Operation: WOLFE|mission]] to [[Reach]] in [[2559]]. Vulcus's efforts ultimately resulted in the creation of the Purging shock rifle.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFBloodMoon|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-fly-me-to-the-blood-moon|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Fly Me to the Blood-Moon|D=12|M=1|Y=2024|LocalArchive=Armory Infinitum#Purging Shock Rifle}}

===Usage===
One such weapon was used by the [[Skimmer Alpha]], a [[Gasgira]] allied with The [[Harbinger]] and the Banished during the [[Battle for Zeta Halo|campaign]] on [[Installation 07]] in [[2559]]-[[2560]].{{Ref/Game|Id=Target01|HINF|[[High Value Target]] dossier, Skimmer Alpha}} During the campaign, it used the weapon in a combat encounter with [[John-117]], though was defeated by the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]].{{Ref/Quest|Id=Hi|HI|Reformation|Skimmer Alpha}}

==In-game information==
===''Halo Infinite''===
In campaign, the Purging Shock Rifle is a [[Legendary variant weapons|legendary weapon]] awarded to the player after defeating the [[High Value Target]], the [[Skimmer Alpha]]. The weapon can be acquired at any [[Forward Operating Base]]. It fires five instead of three bolts in quick succession.{{Ref/Reuse|forge}}{{Ref/Reuse|Support}} The bolts have an increased range of chaining damage across targets. The Purging Shock Rifle retains the standard variant's magnification optics at 3×.{{Ref/Reuse|HINF}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HINF SkimmerAlpha.png|The Skimmer Alpha using the Purging Shock Rifle on Zeta Halo.
File:HINF purging shock rifle firing.png|First-person view of the Purging Shock Rifle firing.
File:HINF PurgingShockRifle 1.jpg|A Spartan with the Purging Shock Rifle in multiplayer.
File:HINF PurgingShockRifle 2.jpg|A Spartan with the Purging Shock Rifle in multiplayer.
File:HINF PurgingShockRifle 3.jpg|A Spartan firing the Purging Shock Rifle in multiplayer.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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{{Covenant rifles}}

[[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]]
[[Category:Small arms]]
[[Category:Infantry plasma weapons]]
[[Category:Jiralhanae weapons]]