Phoenix Logs/UNSC Buildings/Siege Turret


 * Artillery turret.


 * Siege Turrets are long-range artillery systems built to counter enemy
 * bombardment platforms that would otherwise be out of range of standard Turrets.
 * These structures occupy a turret slot.


 * The UNSC learned the dangers of relying on fixed installations against enemies
 * with orbital fire support early in the war against the Covenant. The modular
 * firebase system was developed in response to pinpoint Covenant targeting of large
 * military command and control installations with orbital strikes. and the
 * inability of standard counter battery systems to detect, deflect, or defeat
 * plasma-based artillery bombardment. The siege turrets can do little against threats
 * in the orbital high ground, but they will deter enemy artillery systems by
 * matching or exceeding their range, making ad-hoc assaults on UNSC firebases a costly proposition.