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(This page should be merged with the Drop shield's page. We're talking about the same technology. There are different versions seen in The Package, Halo 3, Spartan Assault, and Halo Reach. Halo 3's is just the covenant's imitation, for example.) |
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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Bubble Shield.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Covenant's version of the bubble shield created a gold, dome-like protective area for approximately 20 seconds when activated.]] | [[File:Bubble Shield.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Covenant's version of the bubble shield created a gold, dome-like protective area for approximately 20 seconds when activated.]] | ||
Historically, the ‘dissipative’-style deployable shield system of the bubble shield is [[Forerunner]] in origin. [[Warrior-Servants]] utilized such a system to generate temporary fortifications using a sphere of interlocking hexagonal force enfolder elements, similar to [[Aggressor Sentinel#Operation|those used]] by [[Aggressor Sentinel|Sentinel]]s and [[Protector Sentinel|Protectors]]. The technology was eventually discovered by ONI in the twenty-sixth century and was repurposed for use by the [[UNSC Armed Forces]] in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. In [[2544]], [[ | Historically, the ‘dissipative’-style deployable shield system of the bubble shield is [[Forerunner]] in origin. [[Warrior-Servants]] utilized such a system to generate temporary fortifications using a sphere of interlocking hexagonal force enfolder elements, similar to [[Aggressor Sentinel#Operation|those used]] by [[Aggressor Sentinel|Sentinel]]s and [[Protector Sentinel|Protectors]]. The technology was eventually discovered by ONI in the twenty-sixth century and was repurposed for use by the [[UNSC Armed Forces]] in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. In [[2544]], [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] [[Blue Team]] used a bubble shield during [[Operation: WARM BLANKET]]. Due to their size, mass, and relatively short power cell duration, along with low rates of production, Bubble Shields saw very limited use during the last stages of the Human-Covenant War. | ||
The [[drop shield]] is an advanced iteration of the bubble shield that was was developed by the [[Materials Group]] for ONI's [[Beta-5 Division|Beta-5 strike teams]]. Drop shields saw usage during the [[Fall of Reach]]. After Reach was defeated, [[Covenant]] forces recovered and copied ONI's shield prototypes, later employing their own cruder versions of bubble shields during the [[Battle of Earth]] and [[Battle of Installation 00]]. These bubble shields projected a translucent, slightly white/gold tinted protective sphere around the user. The shield itself was similar to a [[Wikipedia:Geodesic dome|geodesic dome]], made of tessellating hexagons. The shield protected against bullets, explosions, lasers, [[plasma]], flames, [[grenade]]s, and other projectiles. Vehicles and personnel, however, were still able to pass through it. After approximately 20 seconds had passed, the shield would collapse and the generator would self-destruct. After the conclusion of the war, the Office of Naval Intelligence continued to manufacture a small number of similar devices, one version of which saw use during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]], until 2555, when it refocused its shield research efforts towards Mjolnir-compatible emitters.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/bubble-shield '''Halo Waypoint''': ''bubble-shield'']</ref> | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||