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=== Armament === | === Armament === | ||
The primary and crucial armament is a Mk. V "''Super''" [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] capable of causing near-fatal damage to even a shielded Covenant capital warship with a single slug. The slug can weigh up to 3,000 tons and is launched at | The primary and crucial armament is a Mk. V "''Super''" [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] capable of causing near-fatal damage to even a shielded Covenant capital warship with a single slug. The slug can weigh up to 3,000 tons and is launched at "point four-tenths" the speed of light,<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 283''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach|Halo: The Fall of Reach (2010 edition)]]''', ''page 320''</ref><ref group="note">While the [[Halo Encyclopedia]] lists the velocity as 40% the speed of light, the figure remains unchanged in the reissue of ''The Fall of Reach'', a more recent source.</ref> ensuring the complete annihilation of the ODP's target.<ref name="armory"/> As with starship-mounted MACs, a platform's cannon is commonly controlled by an [[AI]]. | ||
Curiously, no sources indicate the presence of additional weapons, such as point defense cannons commonly mounted on UNSC warships (the absence of such weapons may explain why so many Covenant Boarding Craft were able to latch onto the Platforms orbiting Reach and Earth). However, the possibility that ODPs are not armed with such weapons cannot be ruled out yet. The apparent lack of point-defense cannons may be explained by the fact that transient magnetic bursts tend to magnetize the weapons. | Curiously, no sources indicate the presence of additional weapons, such as point defense cannons commonly mounted on UNSC warships (the absence of such weapons may explain why so many Covenant Boarding Craft were able to latch onto the Platforms orbiting Reach and Earth). However, the possibility that ODPs are not armed with such weapons cannot be ruled out yet. The apparent lack of point-defense cannons may be explained by the fact that transient magnetic bursts tend to magnetize the weapons. | ||
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*ODPs can also fire downwards into the atmosphere, as shown in Halo: Reach when an ODP's MAC round destroys a Covenant Corvette in atmosphere. | *ODPs can also fire downwards into the atmosphere, as shown in Halo: Reach when an ODP's MAC round destroys a Covenant Corvette in atmosphere. | ||
== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:BootCamp - Reach.png|Reach's ODP along with the [[Epsilon Eridani Defense Fleet]]. | File:BootCamp - Reach.png|Reach's ODP along with the [[Epsilon Eridani Defense Fleet]]. | ||
File:Nassau.png|[[Nassau Station]] firing its MAC. | File:Nassau.png|[[Nassau Station]] firing its MAC. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||