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=== Usage === | === Usage === | ||
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}} During the [[Battle of Cleveland]] in [[2552]], the Covenant also deployed watchtowers in [[Jacobs Field]] stadium, which was turned into a makeshift prison camp for captured [[civilian]]s. {{Ref/Comic|Id=uprising|HU|Issue=2}} | |||
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 | |||
== In-game information== | == In-game information== | ||
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In ''[[Halo 4]]'', the watchtowers are very similar to their ''Halo: Reach'' counterparts. However, the player must crouch to enter it due to narrower hole of entrance. The base of the tower will always be active and be able to lift vehicles. The base will also explode when heavily damaged, harming those nearby. They were implemented into [[Forge/Halo 4|Forge]] as part of the game's PC port in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', and are comprised of two objects—a base and a platform. | In ''[[Halo 4]]'', the watchtowers are very similar to their ''Halo: Reach'' counterparts. However, the player must crouch to enter it due to narrower hole of entrance. The base of the tower will always be active and be able to lift vehicles. The base will also explode when heavily damaged, harming those nearby. They were implemented into [[Forge/Halo 4|Forge]] as part of the game's PC port in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', and are comprised of two objects—a base and a platform. | ||
In ''[[Halo Infinite]]'', the ''Halo 3'' | In ''[[Halo Infinite]]'', the Covenant watchtower—based on its design from ''Halo 3''—was made available in [[Forge]]'s Covenant palette with [[Content Update 29]]. It is comprised of two separate objects: the Covenant Watchtower Base and the Covenant Watchtower Platform.{{Ref/YouTube|9aV4pIIz2p8|HALO|January Update & HCS 2024 Roadmap <nowiki>|</nowiki> Halo Infinite|T=1397|D=28|M=1|Y=2024}} | ||
== Production notes == | == Production notes == | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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 '' | File:HU Jacobs Field.png|Three watchtowers deployed in a makeshift prison in ''[[Halo: Uprising]]''. | ||
File:HW_LookoutTower.png|Two Kig-Yar on a watchtower in ''Halo Wars''. | File:H3ODST JackalInTower.png|A Kig-Yar Sniper posted on a watchtower in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. | ||
File:HTMCC-HR DamagedWatchtower.png|A Kig-Yar Sniper on a | File:HTMCC-H3ODST FuelRodWatchtower.png|Unggoy armed with {{Pattern|Pez'tk|fuel rod gun}}s on a watchtower in ''Halo 3: ODST''. | ||
File:HTMCC-H4 Watchtower.png|A Kig-Yar Sniper on watchtower in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | File:HW_LookoutTower.png|Two Kig-Yar on a watchtower in ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | ||
File:MCC-H4 DSTboom.png|A watchtower being destroyed in ''Halo 4'' | HW InactiveSniperTower.png|The watchtower with its platform lowered in ''Halo Wars''. | ||
File:HTMCC-H2A InactiveWatchtower.png| | 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 a watchtower in [[Requiem]] in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | |||
File:MCC-H4 DSTboom.png|A watchtower being destroyed in ''Halo 4'' multiplayer. | |||
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. | ||
File:HINF - ForgeCU29Covenant.jpg|A Covenant watchtower in '' | HINF CovenantWatchtowerConcept.jpg|Concept art for the ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' iteration of the watchtower. | ||
File:HINF - ForgeCU29Covenant.jpg|A Covenant watchtower in ''Halo Infinite'' [[Forge]]. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' | *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' | ||
**''[[Content Update 29]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||