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[[File:Enforcer - underside.png|300px|thumb|The underside of the Sentinel Enforcer, showcasing its powerful grapplers.]] | |||
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'''Grapplers''' are a kind of [[gravitic]] tool employed by the [[Forerunners]] and their machines. {{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=335}} | '''Grapplers''' are a kind of [[gravitic]] tool employed by the [[Forerunners]] and their machines. {{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=335}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Grapplers use invisible tendrils of [[Anti-gravity technology|gravitic technology]] to push, pull and manipulate objects at a distance. Depending on their scale, they can have the strength and dexterity of a child or scale up to be used for pushing and pulling asteroids and spacecraft. Grapplers can also be used to "lock" objects together and hold them in specific arrangements, depending on specific aesthetic tastes.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Forerunner vehicles and even [[Forerunner starship|spacecraft]] may make use of grapplers in this manner alongside applications of [[hard light]] technology, creating vehicles that can be dynamically rearranged by the controlling [[ancilla]] to increase efficiency in the moment or compensate for damage. These systems were gradually abandoned as the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] took its toll, with newer ships utilising more locked-in shapes over dynamicism to due to resource constraints and the threat of the [[logic plague]] on artificial minds.{{Ref/Book|Id=Vehicles|Enc22|Page=338}} | Grapplers use invisible tendrils of [[Anti-gravity technology|gravitic technology]] to push, pull and manipulate objects at a distance. Depending on their scale, they can have the strength and dexterity of a child or scale up to be used for pushing and pulling asteroids and spacecraft. Grapplers can also be used to "lock" objects together and hold them in specific arrangements, depending on specific aesthetic tastes.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Forerunner vehicles and even [[Forerunner starship|spacecraft]] may make use of grapplers in this manner alongside applications of [[hard light]] technology, creating vehicles that can be dynamically rearranged by the controlling [[ancilla]] to increase efficiency in the moment or compensate for damage. These systems were gradually abandoned as the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] took its toll, with newer ships utilising more locked-in shapes over dynamicism to due to resource constraints and the threat of the [[logic plague]] on artificial minds.{{Ref/Book|Id=Vehicles|Enc22|Page=338}} During the conflict, starships often resorted to using [[Modular Dispersal Technology]] to detach parts of their spaceframes which had become subject to [[Flood]] infestation.{{Ref/Site|Id=waypoint|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/modular-dispersal-technology/e10ac7c3-932c-4b3a-91e5-3bf79c179b68?page=2|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Modular Dispersal Technology|D=14|M=03|Y=2011|LocalArchive=Archive:Halo Waypoint/2009 to 2014/Universe/Technology#Modular Dispersal Technology}} | ||
In warfare, grapplers are of limited use, though in extreme situations they can be used in combat in a manner similar to their much larger [[torsion driver]] cousins - in this manner they can be used to rip apart enemy craft and expose their insides to pinpoint weapons fire, though this usage is limited due to the grappler's limited strength and range.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=377}} Sentinel [[Enforcer]]s may use their grapplers to pick up larger enemy combatants such as vehicles, before proceeding to crush them in their claws.{{Ref/Game|H2|Gameplay}} | In warfare, grapplers are of limited use, though in extreme situations they can be used in combat in a manner similar to their much larger [[torsion driver]] cousins - in this manner they can be used to rip apart enemy craft and expose their insides to pinpoint weapons fire, though this usage is limited due to the grappler's limited strength and range.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=377}} Sentinel [[Enforcer]]s may use their grapplers to pick up larger enemy combatants such as vehicles, before proceeding to crush them in their claws.{{Ref/Game|H2|Gameplay}} | ||
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On a larger scale, grapplers can be used in the hulls of vehicles and spacecraft, or other forms of architecture, to form dynamically-rearranging geometries to suit functional and aesthetic preferences as needed.{{Ref/Reuse|Vehicles}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The [[rate]] of [[Miner]]s made use of complex arrangements of grapplers aboard their [[Forerunner mining ship|mining ships]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=379}} | On a larger scale, grapplers can be used in the hulls of vehicles and spacecraft, or other forms of architecture, to form dynamically-rearranging geometries to suit functional and aesthetic preferences as needed.{{Ref/Reuse|Vehicles}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The [[rate]] of [[Miner]]s made use of complex arrangements of grapplers aboard their [[Forerunner mining ship|mining ships]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=379}} | ||
A | ===Covenant usage=== | ||
A similar tool of [[Covenant]] design, referred to as an "'''antigravity grappler'''" or "'''antigrav grappler'''", was employed by the empire for the purposes of mining and excavation - allowing even the [[Yanme'e]] to haul around large shards of excavated material. The effects of the antigravity grapplers are amplified when many are used in synchrony and trained on a single target. The combined antigravity fields emitted by several antigravity grapplers are capable of lifting a fully-armored [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] in the air.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Blunt Instruments}} | |||
It is unclear whether the Covenant's handheld grappler devices have any relation to their extremely similar Forerunner counterparts, though given the extremely similar operating function and the Covenant's tendency to reverse-engineer Forerunner technology for their own benefit, this is likely. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'' | |||
**''[[Blunt Instruments]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Forerunner|technology}} | {{Forerunner|technology}} | ||
[[Category:Gravity technology]] | [[Category:Gravity technology]] | ||
[[Category:Covenant technology]] | |||
[[Category:Forerunner technology]] | [[Category:Forerunner technology]] | ||