Antimatter charge: Difference between revisions

Several antimatter charges were utilized by the Covenant during [[Operation: WARM BLANKET]], with charges being placed within a number of {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}}s as decoys designed to vaporize the attacking [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]]. One of the Spartans, [[Solomon-069]], was  successfully lured onto one of the battlecruisers and subsequently killed by the antimatter charge onboard.<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[The Package]]''</ref>

A number of these weapons were used during the early stages of the [[Battle for Earth]] to destroy [[Earth]]'s [[orbital defense platform]]s. Covenant boarding parties manually delivered the ordnance and detonated them from a safe distance, destroying both [[Athens Station|Athens]] and [[Malta Station|Malta]] stations. The bomb destined for [[Cairo Station]] was secured by [[John-117]] and Cortana. John-117 later performed a micro-gravity maneuver to deliver the device to the Covenant {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Day of Jubilation]]'', entering a breach in the ship's hull created by a pair of [[GA-TL1 Longsword|Longswords]]. The charge was activated within the ship's reactor core, and John launched himself from the vessel shortly before its destruction.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref>

During [[Operation: FAR STORM]], [[N'tho 'Sraom]] ordered that his {{Class|SDV|corvette}} ''[[Mayhem]]'' deploy a collection of low-yield antimatter mines against attacking [[Retriever]]s.<ref name="hitd"/>