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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|Forerunner|Post}} |
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| |image = [[File:H4-PrometheanArmorAbility-Module.png|250px]]
| | [[File:H4-SpartanOps-2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Promethean Knight using a Hardlight Shield against a Spartan.]] |
| |name = Z-90 Photonic Coalescence Emitter/Aegis | | The '''Z-90 Photonic Coalescence Emitter/Aegis''',<ref name="Official Site">[http://halo.xbox.com/halo4#!halo-evolved/gameplay/31afe32b-0e07-45c0-9424-3adc6e1eadca '''Halo 4 Official Site:''' ''GAMEPLAY'']</ref> more commonly known as the '''Hardlight Shield''',<ref name="Official Site"/> is a [[Forerunner]] anti-personnel shielding system. Like other examples of [[hard light]] technology, it works by using a photon emitter to fuse light particles into a dissipative barrier.<ref name="Official Site"/> |
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| |length = Apparatus: 1.5 in (3.9 cm)<br>
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| Shield: 29.8 in (75.5 cm) | |
| |width = Apparatus: 13.5 in (34.3 cm)<br>
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| Shield: 79.3 in (201.3 cm)
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| |height = Apparatus: 5.6 in (14.3 cm)<br>
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| Shield: 103.5 in (263.2 cm)
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| |ammotype-title = Barrier material
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| |ammotype = [[Hard light]]
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| * [[Flood-Forerunner War]]
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| * [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
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| * [[Prometheans]]
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| * [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]]
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| The '''hardlight shield''' {{ZClass|90|Photonic Coalescence Emitter/Aegis|PCE/A}}<ref name="Official Site">[http://halo.xbox.com/halo4#!halo-evolved/gameplay/31afe32b-0e07-45c0-9424-3adc6e1eadca '''Halo 4 Official Site''' - ''GAMEPLAY'']</ref> is a [[Forerunner]] anti-personnel shielding system. Like other examples of [[hard light]] technology, it works by using a photon emitter to fuse light particles into a dissipative barrier.{{Ref/Reuse|Official Site}} | |
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| Hardlight shields are frequently employed by the ground forces of the mechanical [[Promethean]]s, with [[Promethean Watcher|Watchers]] providing different types of shield for [[Promethean Knight|Knight]] and [[Promethean Crawler|Crawlers]] in combat, and [[Armiger Soldier]]s using them on their own. This technology has been adapted for use with the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]], allowing [[Spartan Operations|Spartans]] to use the shield to protect themselves from incoming fire. While using the Hardlight Shield, a Spartan is unable to use weapons, and the MJOLNIR's energy shields are prevented from recharging until the Hardlight Shield dissipates.
| | ==Trivia== |
| | The designation "Aegis" is likely a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Aegis|Aegis]], a shield carried by several divine figures in Greek Mythology. |
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| == Trivia ==
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| * The designation "Aegis" is likely a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Aegis|Aegis]], a shield carried by several divine figures in [[List of references to Greek mythology in the Halo series|Greek mythology]].
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| * The hardlight shield is very similar in practice to the [[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet]]. However, Kig-Yar shields are made of shaped plasma, as the Covenant never properly reverse-engineered hardlight technology.
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| * The in-game armor ability can be effectively angled to return an opponent's shot (everything from small arms fire to grenades, rockets, and even tank rounds) to him/her. This is difficult to pull off however, as the shield must be activated at exactly the right time and at the right angle.
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| == Gallery == | |
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| File:H4-HardlightShield-HUD-Icon.png|HUD Icon of the Hardlight Shield in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
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| File:H4-Concept-HardlightShield.jpg|Concept art of the Hardlight Shield. | | File:H4-Concept-HardlightShield.jpg|Concept art of the Hardlight Shield. |
| File:H4-HardlightShield-Stages.jpg|Stages of an active Hardlight Shield.
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| File:Z-90_PCE-A.jpg|View of the Hardlight Shield module.
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| File:H4-MP-HardlightShield-Front.jpg|The Hardlight Shield activated viewed from the front.
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| File:H4-SO-S1E9-HardlightShield.jpg|A Hardlight Shield changing to a red color, indicating damage or energy drain from constant use.
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| File:H4-SpOps-HardlightShield-Gameplay.jpg|A [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]] deploying a hardlight shield during gameplay. | | File:H4-SpOps-HardlightShield-Gameplay.jpg|A [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]] deploying a hardlight shield during gameplay. |
| File:Halo4-HardlightShield-Screen.jpg|The front of a deployed hardlight shield in ''Halo 4'' gameplay. | | File:Halo4-HardlightShield-Screen.jpg|The front of a deployed hardlight shield in ''Halo 4'' gameplay. |
| File:H4-KnightsWatchers-HardlightShield.jpg|A Watcher placing a hardlight shield in front of a Promethean Knight.
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| File:H4-MasterChief-HardlightShield.jpg|[[John-117|Master Chief]] projecting a hardlight shield in front of himself while battling a Promethean Knight.
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| File:H4-SpartanOps-2.jpg|A Promethean Watcher defends a Knight with a Hardlight Shield against an attacking Spartan.
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| File:HSA - Merg Vol hardlight shield.png|[[Merg Vol]] defending himself with a hardlight shield in ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''.
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| File:Halo Escalation 20.jpg|[[Sarah Palmer]] blocking an [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]] with a Hardlight Shield. in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
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| File:H5G-LegendaryWatcher&MythicWarden.png|A hardlight shield in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| == List of appearances == | | ==List of appearances== |
| * ''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}} |
| ** ''[[Spartan Ops]]''
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| * ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
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| * ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| * ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
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| * ''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Mo}}
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| == Sources == | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Forerunner weapons]] | | [[Category:Forerunner weapons]] |
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