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== | ==Known variants== | ||
===''Nahle'hax''-pattern needler=== | ===''Nahle'hax''-pattern needler=== | ||
{{Main|Nahle'hax-pattern needler}} | {{Main|Nahle'hax-pattern needler}} | ||
The ''Nahle'hax''-pattern needle launcher, also designated by ONI as | The ''Nahle'hax''-pattern needle launcher, also designated by ONI as Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher, has multiple known chassis.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p294}} This variant was employed by the Covenant and many of its remnants.{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}}{{Ref/Reuse|hrgameplay}}{{Ref/Reuse|h4gameplay}} | ||
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File:HReach-NeedlerSide.png|The first chassis with blue lights on side of the upper cowling. | File:HReach-NeedlerSide.png|The first chassis with blue lights on side of the upper cowling. | ||
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File:H4-Needler.png|The third chassis with no lights on the side of the upper cowling. | File:H4-Needler.png|The third chassis with no lights on the side of the upper cowling. | ||
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===''Posu'gelka''-pattern needler=== | ===''Posu'gelka''-pattern needler=== | ||
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===Type-33 | ===Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher=== | ||
{{Main|Type-33 needler}} | {{Main|Type-33 needler}} | ||
The | The [[Type-33 needler|Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher]], or shortened as T-33 GML, is ONI's type-classification for multiple needlers that were catalogued in [[2533]], employed throughout and after the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} | ||
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File:Needler-HaloCE.png|A T-33 GML model employed by [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]. | File:Needler-HaloCE.png|A T-33 GML model employed by [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]. | ||
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===Type- | ===Type-56D Guided Munitions Launcher=== | ||
The | {{Main|Type-56D needler}} | ||
*[[Type-56D needler]]: This variant of the needler that features a holographic [[Smart scope]] projector on its barrel.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5G|H5G|gameplay}} | The Type-56D Guided Munitions Launcher, or Type-56D needler, is ONI's type-classification for multiple needlers that were catalogued in [[2556]].{{Ref/Reuse|cf47}} | ||
**[[Hailstorm]]{{Ref/Reuse|hailstorm}} | *'''[[Type-56D needler]]''': This variant of the needler that features a holographic [[Smart scope]] projector on its barrel.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5G|H5G|gameplay}} | ||
**[[Talon of the Lost]]{{Ref/Reuse|talon}} | ** '''[[Hailstorm]]''': This variant was derived of pre-Covenant needle-based weapon developed by the Sangheili during their early interstellar history. The shards fires from this needler exhibit a stronger ability to home in on their targets.{{Ref/Reuse|hailstorm}} | ||
** '''[[Talon of the Lost]]''': This variant fires carefully-calibrated shards capable of embedding to armor in addition to living tissue.{{Ref/Reuse|talon}} | |||
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File:H5G-Render-Needler.png|Type-56D needler | File:H5G-Render-Needler.png|Type-56D needler | ||
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File:H5G TOTL.png|Talon of the Lost. | File:H5G TOTL.png|Talon of the Lost. | ||
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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
{{Main|Needler}} | {{Main|Needler}} | ||
The needler is a staple across the ''Halo'' games, being introduced in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and | The needler is a staple across the ''Halo'' games, being introduced in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and appearing in every game ever since. It is a fully-automatic infantry weapon that fires slow-moving needle projectiles that can home in on enemies. In campaign and Firefight, the needler is used by Unggoy, Kig-Yar, Yanme'e, Sangheili, Jiralhanae, and the Flood. In ''[[Halo 2]]'', it can be [[dual wielding|dual wielded]], though made impossible to do so in ''[[Halo 3]]''. In ''[[Halo Infinite]]'', the needler is classified as a submachine gun. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== |