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==Plasma== | ==Plasma== | ||
[[File:Plasma Rifles.jpg|right|200px|thumb|One of the most commonly used directed-energy weapons, the | [[File:Plasma Rifles.jpg|right|200px|thumb|One of the most commonly used directed-energy weapons, the {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|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 "focused plasma spears" in ship-to-ship missile warheads.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet17}} | 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/Reuse|Warfleet17}} | ||