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[[File: | [[File:H2A - Grunt on Shade.jpg|thumb|300px|An [[Unggoy Minor]] manning a [[Type-27 Shade]] on [[Installation 05]].]] | ||
'''Shade''' is a common name given to the [[Covenant]]'s manned stationary gun turrets.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''Bungie.net game stats''</ref><ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 171''</ref> These weapons platforms vary in shape and role, but are similar enough to be grouped into the same category. Specifically designated types of Shade include the [[Type-26 Shade|Type-26]], [[Type-27 Shade|Type-27]], [[Type-29 Shade|Type-29]],<ref name="vis"/> and [[Type-55 Shade|Type-55]] Anti-Infantry Stationary Guns. | '''Shade''' is a common name given to the [[Covenant]]'s manned stationary gun turrets.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''Bungie.net game stats''</ref><ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 171''</ref> These weapons platforms vary in shape and role, but are similar enough to be grouped into the same category. Specifically designated types of Shade include the [[Type-26 Shade|Type-26]], [[Type-27 Shade|Type-27]], [[Type-29 Shade|Type-29]],<ref name="vis"/> and [[Type-55 Shade|Type-55]] Anti-Infantry Stationary Guns. | ||
==Design details and operation== | ==Design details and operation== | ||
[[File:HCE-T29ShadeASG-Screen.jpg|thumb|250px|A pair of [[Type-29 Shade]]s operated by [[Unggoy]] on [[Installation 04]].]] | |||
The Shades serve as the Covenant's primary stationary gun turrets and are commonly operated by [[Unggoy]]. Virtually all models of the Shade offer a wide field of fire by virtue of their mobile turret chassis nestled on a 360-degree traversal anti-gravity mount. The Covenant use this to their advantage and place Shades at strategic points where they can do the most damage, often around their outposts or [[Military base|bases]]; more permanent facilities are usually also equipped with heavier [[Covenant automated plasma turret|automated plasma turrets]]. Though most of the Shade models fill an anti-infantry role, anti-vehicle and anti-air variants of the Shade turrets also exist. | The Shades serve as the Covenant's primary stationary gun turrets and are commonly operated by [[Unggoy]]. Virtually all models of the Shade offer a wide field of fire by virtue of their mobile turret chassis nestled on a 360-degree traversal anti-gravity mount. The Covenant use this to their advantage and place Shades at strategic points where they can do the most damage, often around their outposts or [[Military base|bases]]; more permanent facilities are usually also equipped with heavier [[Covenant automated plasma turret|automated plasma turrets]]. Though most of the Shade models fill an anti-infantry role, anti-vehicle and anti-air variants of the Shade turrets also exist. | ||