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::''For the ventral cleansing beams to do that, by contrast, they would have to position and move themselves at upwards angles, or roll onto their sides, in order for their beams to be able to strike at opposing ships.'' I had simply taken that as yet another sign of poor Covenant design, limiting the range of their most powerful weapon by placing it in their vulnerable location. Still, rolling to face the opposing ship shouldn't be a problem, since there's no up-and-down in space, so all they have to do is have the top of their ship face the vessel attacking them, so their shield takes the brunt of their attack, then quickly roll upside to slice their opponent once their weapon has finished charging. The Supercruiser variant means some Prophet might have got a new idea, and so changed the location and design of the weapon to be more "turret-like", but still "firing" the same material. | ::''For the ventral cleansing beams to do that, by contrast, they would have to position and move themselves at upwards angles, or roll onto their sides, in order for their beams to be able to strike at opposing ships.'' I had simply taken that as yet another sign of poor Covenant design, limiting the range of their most powerful weapon by placing it in their vulnerable location. Still, rolling to face the opposing ship shouldn't be a problem, since there's no up-and-down in space, so all they have to do is have the top of their ship face the vessel attacking them, so their shield takes the brunt of their attack, then quickly roll upside to slice their opponent once their weapon has finished charging. The Supercruiser variant means some Prophet might have got a new idea, and so changed the location and design of the weapon to be more "turret-like", but still "firing" the same material. | ||
::''The ventral beams... have only been shown to have either a maximum range of low orbit... to a very | ::''The ventral beams... have only been shown to have either a maximum range of low orbit... to a very altitude.'' Not always. At the Battle of Kholo, Covenant ship are shown glassing with those beams from much higher altitudes. [[:File:Kholo.png|Here's two]] [[:File:Kholo 14.png|examples]]. They're high enough that the planet's curvature can be seen, and Kholo appears to have Earth-like gravity, meaning it's similar in size. | ||
::''Also, the beams shown, even with the different power settings, have only really been red, blue, partially violet, and very wide as well, not to mention being composed of plasma on top of that.'' The color can change with retcons, and the plasma composition may just mean a slightly different firing. When it wants to cut ships, it uses the particle beams. When it wants to glass, it uses plasma. Veronica Dare mentions an Excavation Beam, suggested to work differently than ordinary glassing, and energy projectors are also known to be located right where the gravity lift is(another example of poor Covenant design!) They may simply be altering what the firing is made of depending on what's needed, but fire it out of the same weapon. | ::''Also, the beams shown, even with the different power settings, have only really been red, blue, partially violet, and very wide as well, not to mention being composed of plasma on top of that.'' The color can change with retcons, and the plasma composition may just mean a slightly different firing. When it wants to cut ships, it uses the particle beams. When it wants to glass, it uses plasma. Veronica Dare mentions an Excavation Beam, suggested to work differently than ordinary glassing, and energy projectors are also known to be located right where the gravity lift is(another example of poor Covenant design!) They may simply be altering what the firing is made of depending on what's needed, but fire it out of the same weapon. | ||