Paegaas Workshop Spiker: Difference between revisions

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Weapon infobox

|name = Type-25 Spiker

|length = {{Convert|32.17|in|cm}}{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}

|ammotype = Superheated tungsten-alloy spikes{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|metal}}

|feed = 40 rounds/magazine (160 max){{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}

|operation = [[Gravitic accelerator]]{{Ref/Book|Id=OSFM190|OSFM|Page=190}}

|rate = Fully automatic (480 RPM){{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}

|velocity = 76.2 m/s (250 f/s){{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}

|range = 40 meters (131 ft){{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}

}}

{{Quote|Recoil isn't as bad as you might expect, but not because of any sophisticated dampening system – it's because the damn things weigh so much.|Anonymous [[UNSC]] Serviceman}}

==Overview==

===Ammunition===

The spike ammunition is coated with a pyrophoric compound unique to Doisac,{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} though the weapon's origins on the Brute homeworld obfuscate any further attempts to ascertain the composition of the weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} When fired, the coating burns with a white-hot intensity once exposed to atmospheric oxygen,{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} rendering the spikes superheated and semi-molten.{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} The spikes thus glow with a yellow-white light for a short time after impact, before they cool. Even Jiralhanae do not attempt to handle spike rounds without protective gloves.{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}}

==Operational History==

The Spiker was first encountered by UNSC forces when used by Jiralhanae forces during the initial skirmishes on Harvest in [[2525]],<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', p. 345</ref> and would remain a staple weapon of the Jiralhanae and the Covenant's shock troops{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=ordnance&cid=28445|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo: Reach ordnance - Spiker|D=30|M=01|Y=2021}} throughout the Human-Covenant War. The Type-25 Spiker was detested by the [[Sangheili]] due to its primitive origins, but the weapon was allowed to be serviced in low numbers<ref>''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'', Chapter 15</ref> and even augmented with Covenant technology.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}

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* In ''Halo 3'', the Spiker does about 60% more damage than the M7/Caseless Submachine Gun and 20% more damage than the [[MA5C assault rifle|MA5C Assault Rifle]]; on [[Heroic]] difficulty, it takes 20 Spiker rounds, 24 assault rifle rounds, or 32 SMG rounds to kill a human Marine. This makes the Spiker the most powerful full-auto projectile weapon in the game, but this is balanced out by the slightly reduced rate of fire and the fact that the projectiles are not hitscan.

* According to Halo community, the Type-25 Spiker's UNSC counterpart seems to be the MA5B ICWS or the M7 Caseless Submachine Gun and the Type-25 Spiker's Sangheili counterpart seems to be the [[Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle|Type-25 DER]].

File:H3-SpikeRifle-Side.png|An in-game profile view of the Spiker in ''[[Halo 3]]''.

File:Halo3-BruteSpikeRifles-Views.png|Views of a pair of Spikers in ''Halo 3''.

File:H3_Epitaph_Spiker_DualWield.jpg|First-person view of a player dual-wielding Spikers in ''Halo 3'' multiplayer.

File:H3_TheStorm_Spiker_FP.jpg|First-person view of a player single-wielding a Spiker in the ''Halo 3'' campaign.

File:H3 Spiker shot mid-flight.jpg|A Spiker shot in mid-flight.

File:H3_Spiked_Unggoy.jpg|An [[Unggoy]] [[Unggoy Minor|Minor]] is impaled and killed by spikes from a Spiker.

File:H3 Brute captain with Spiker.jpg|A [[Jiralhanae Captain Major]] with a Spiker in ''Halo 3''.

File:H3_CombatForm_Spikers.jpg|A [[Flood combat form#Jiralhanae form|Jiralhanae combat form]] and a [[Flood combat form#Human form|human combat form]] wielding Spikers.

File:V502A 05.jpg|A Jiralhanae with a Spiker in ''[[The Life]]''.

File:HaloLegends-GruntswithPlasmaRifles.png|Jiralhanae firing Spikers at [[Blue Team]] in ''[[Halo Legends]]'': ''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]''.

File:TheReturn_Execution.jpg|A Jiralhanae executing a [[Sangheili]] with a Spiker in ''[[The Return]]''.

File:HR_Spiker_Turnaround.jpg|A turnaround reference of the Spiker in ''Halo: Reach''.

File:Lydus Spiker.png|[[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Lydus]] using a Spiker during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.

File:HO-Spiker.jpg|First-person view of the Spiker in ''Halo Online''.

File:Atrioxthrone.png|A Banished Jiralhanae with a Spiker in ''[[Hunting Party]]''.

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