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=== Usage === | === Usage === | ||
[[File:H3ODST JackalInTower.png|thumb|250px|A Kig-Yar Sniper posted on a watchtower during the [[Battle of Mombasa]].]] | [[File:H3ODST JackalInTower.png|thumb|250px|A Kig-Yar Sniper posted on a watchtower during the [[Battle of Mombasa]].]] | ||
The Covenant use watchtowers to fortify specific areas. Typically, they are deployed to establish a perimeter before the construction of a [[Covenant citadel|forward operations citadel]] or other advanced occupation site.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} The tower is able to garrison a Covenant [[file (unit)|file]], though they are most often occupied by | The Covenant use watchtowers to fortify specific areas. Typically, they are deployed to establish a perimeter before the construction of a [[Covenant citadel|forward operations citadel]] or other advanced occupation site.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} The tower is able to garrison a Covenant [[file (unit)|file]],{{Ref/Reuse|hw}} though they are most often occupied by marksmen—usually [[Kig-Yar Sniper]]s—or Heavy Unggoy manning plasma cannons.{{Ref/Game|H3|gameplay}} | ||
== In-game information== | == In-game information== | ||
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{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of deployable lookout towers}} | {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of deployable lookout towers}} | ||
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File:H2_Outskirts_LookoutTower.jpg|A watchtower on | File:H2_Outskirts_LookoutTower.jpg|A watchtower on [[Old Mombasa]]'s beach in ''[[Halo 2]]''. | ||
File:HTMCC-H2 SacredIconSpecOpsCamp.png| | File:HTMCC-H2 SacredIconSpecOpsCamp.png|A watchtower, with its platformed lowered, on [[Installation 05]] in ''Halo 2''. | ||
File:H2 Destroyed tower.jpg|A watchtower platform knock out of suspension in ''Halo 2''. | File:H2 Destroyed tower.jpg|A watchtower platform knock out of suspension in ''Halo 2''. | ||
File:H3_LookoutTower_Above.jpg|Top-down view of a watchtower in ''Halo 3''. | File:H3_LookoutTower_Above.jpg|Top-down view of a watchtower in ''[[Halo 3]]''. | ||
File:H3 BruteSniper.png|A Jiralhanae | File:H3 BruteSniper.png|A Jiralhanae with a [[particle beam rifle]] on a watchtower in ''Halo 3''. | ||
File:Grunt Heavy on Turret.jpg|An Unggoy Heavy manning a plasma cannon on a watchtower in ''Halo 3''. | File:Grunt Heavy on Turret.jpg|An Unggoy Heavy manning a plasma cannon on a watchtower in ''Halo 3''. | ||
File:HTMCC-H3ODST FuelRodWatchtower.png|Unggoy armed with {{Pattern|Pez'tk|fuel rod gun}}s on a watchtower in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. | File:HTMCC-H3ODST FuelRodWatchtower.png|Unggoy armed with {{Pattern|Pez'tk|fuel rod gun}}s on a watchtower in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. | ||
File:HW_LookoutTower.png|Two Kig-Yar on a watchtower in ''Halo Wars''. | File:HW_LookoutTower.png|Two Kig-Yar on a watchtower in ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | ||
File:HTMCC-HR DamagedWatchtower.png|A Kig-Yar Sniper on a | File:HTMCC-HR DamagedWatchtower.png|A Kig-Yar Sniper on a damaged watchtower in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. | ||
File:HTMCC-H4 Watchtower.png|A Kig-Yar Sniper on watchtower in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | File:HTMCC-H4 Watchtower.png|A Kig-Yar Sniper on a watchtower in [[Requiem]] in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | ||
File:MCC-H4 DSTboom.png|A watchtower being destroyed in ''Halo 4'' | File:MCC-H4 DSTboom.png|A watchtower being destroyed in ''Halo 4'' multiplayer. | ||
File:HTMCC-H2A InactiveWatchtower.png| | File:HTMCC-H2A InactiveWatchtower.png|A watchtower, with its platformed lowered, on Installation 05 in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''. | ||
File:HTMCC-H2A CovenantWatchtower.png|A deployed watchtower in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. | File:HTMCC-H2A CovenantWatchtower.png|A deployed watchtower in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. | ||
File:H5G_CovenantDeployableTower_Concept.jpg|Concept art for the ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' iteration of the watchtower. | File:H5G_CovenantDeployableTower_Concept.jpg|Concept art for the ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' iteration of the watchtower. | ||