Plasma cannon (starship)

Plasma cannons are starship-mounted weapon systems used by the Covenant and its remnants. Unlike plasma torpedo turrets, plasma cannons appear to be able to fire only in a straight line and are less powerful than plasma torpedoes. The bolts fired by plasma cannons are typically blue or blue-purple. These cannons are most prominently mounted in arrays on a variety of Covenant warship classes, such as s. SDV-class corvettes use the cannons for both ship-to-ship combat and ground assaults, and feature manned control stations from which each cannon can be operated individually.

Known types
Plasma cannons
 * Gaff Naran-pattern - Used on the Hekar Taa-pattern Blockade Runner.
 * Sono-pattern - Ket-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.

Heavy plasma cannons
 * Melusean-pattern - Used on the Sinaris-pattern CPV-class heavy destroyer, the Varric-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser, the Mjern-pattern DSC-class support ship, and the SDV-class heavy corvette.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo: The Flood
 * Halo 2
 * Halo 3
 * Halo Wars
 * Halo: Reach
 * Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
 * Halo: Escalation
 * Halo 2: Anniversary
 * Halo: Hunters in the Dark
 * Halo: Fleet Battles
 * Halo 5: Guardians
 * Halo: Smoke and Shadow