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<center>''Were you looking for the [[Battlefield methane tank]]?''</center> | |||
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[[File:HReach - Unggoy.png|thumb|An [[Unggoy Minor]] with its conical methane tank.]] | [[File:HReach - Unggoy.png|thumb|An [[Unggoy Minor]] with its conical methane tank.]] | ||
'''Methane tanks''' are containers used by [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Unggoy]], fixed onto their [[Unggoy | '''Methane tanks''' are containers used by [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Unggoy]], fixed onto their [[Unggoy combat harness|combat harness]].<ref name="beer">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 60''</ref> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Methane tanks are back mounted, moderately large, and resemble small fuel tanks of modern trucks. When they are of the large variety, they provide a place for the creatures to breathe their [[methane]] atmosphere outside of their suits. Thus, Grunts remove their suits when entering the huge methane filled tank, as they are not needed.<ref name="beer"/> | Methane tanks are back mounted, moderately large, and resemble small fuel tanks of modern trucks. When they are of the large variety, they provide a place for the creatures to breathe their [[methane]] atmosphere outside of their suits. Thus, Grunts remove their suits when entering the huge methane filled tank, as they are not needed.<ref name="beer"/> On the battlefield, Unggoy use portable [[methane recharge station]]s to refill their methane supplies.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> | ||
===Heretic variant=== | ===Heretic variant=== | ||
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==Methane chambers== | ==Methane chambers== | ||
The Covenant allow Unggoy to use methane chambers when they are not in battle. There is a main chamber for the Grunts to reside in and a smaller chamber in front where the Grunts can change into and out of their suits.<ref name="beer"/> These structures often have posted guards to prevent the creatures inside from being caught off guard, and airlocks on their entrances.<ref>''' | The Covenant allow Unggoy to use various types of methane chambers when they are not in battle. There is a main chamber for the Grunts to reside in and a smaller chamber in front where the Grunts can change into and out of their suits.<ref name="beer"/> These structures often have posted guards to prevent the creatures inside from being caught off guard, and airlocks on their entrances.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 61''</ref> A number of different types of methane chamber exist, the [[atmosphere pit]], which is a more temporary, ground-based version, and the [[methane suite]], a ship-board variant. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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==Related pages== | ==Related pages== | ||
*[[Methane]] | *[[Methane]] | ||
*[[Atmosphere | *[[Atmosphere pit]] | ||
*[[Methane | *[[Methane suite]] | ||
[[Category:Covenant technology]] | [[Category:Covenant technology]] | ||