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[[File:Plasma Rifles.jpg|right|200px|thumb|One of the most commonly used directed-energy weapons, the [[Plasma Rifle]].]] | [[File:Plasma Rifles.jpg|right|200px|thumb|One of the most commonly used directed-energy weapons, the [[Plasma Rifle]].]] | ||
{{Main|Plasma weaponry}} | {{Main|Plasma weaponry}} | ||
The Covenant's most common weapon type, however, is superheated plasma that is contained within a controlled magnetic field, able to be guided to a target and dealing heavy damage. Ship-mounted plasma weapons can launch torpedoes, capable of tracking their targets with precision, making them devastating in ship-to-ship combat, or can fire very large streams of plasma from afar to "[[glassing|glass]]" a planet's surface from orbit. Vehicle-mounted plasma weapons usually have a high rate of fire, but lack the guidance systems. Infantry weapons commonly use guided plasma, such as the Plasma Rifle, [[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|Plasma Pistol]], and the [[Type-1 Antipersonnel grenade|Plasma Grenade]]. Towards the end of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC began using nuclear-pumped " | The Covenant's most common weapon type, however, is superheated plasma that is contained within a controlled magnetic field, able to be guided to a target and dealing heavy damage. Ship-mounted plasma weapons can launch torpedoes, capable of tracking their targets with precision, making them devastating in ship-to-ship combat, or can fire very large streams of plasma from afar to "[[glassing|glass]]" a planet's surface from orbit. Vehicle-mounted plasma weapons usually have a high rate of fire, but lack the guidance systems. Infantry weapons commonly use guided plasma, such as the Plasma Rifle, [[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|Plasma Pistol]], and the [[Type-1 Antipersonnel grenade|Plasma Grenade]]. Towards the end of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC began using nuclear-pumped "focused plasma spears" in ship-to-ship missile warheads.<ref name="Warfleet17"/> | ||
[[Sentinel]]s use a powerful continuously-firing plasma beam called the [[Sentinel beam]] as their main weapon. | [[Sentinel]]s use a powerful continuously-firing plasma beam called the [[Sentinel beam]] as their main weapon. | ||