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During the [[Fall of Reach]], a group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] installed an Onager on top of one of the planet's [[Aszod ship breaking yards|ship-breaking facilities]] in [[Aszod]] to protect the drydocked {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. [[Emile-A239]] manned the mass driver to fend off incoming Covenant [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] and [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] before the ''Autumn'' could take off.<ref name="reach">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> However, the SPARTAN was killed by a [[Sangheili Zealot]], prompting [[SPARTAN-B312]] to commandeer the cannon and successfully delay the Covenant assault on the ''Autumn'' by crippling an incoming [[CCS-class battlecruiser]] with a shot to its ventral [[energy projector]].<ref name="reach"/>
During the [[Fall of Reach]], a group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] installed an Onager on top of one of the planet's [[Aszod ship breaking yards|ship-breaking facilities]] in [[Aszod]] to protect the drydocked {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. [[Emile-A239]] manned the mass driver to fend off incoming Covenant [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] and [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] before the ''Autumn'' could take off.<ref name="reach">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> However, the SPARTAN was killed by a [[Sangheili Zealot]], prompting [[SPARTAN-B312]] to commandeer the cannon and successfully delay the Covenant assault on the ''Autumn'' by crippling an incoming [[CCS-class battlecruiser]] with a shot to its ventral [[energy projector]].<ref name="reach"/>


The UNSC's postwar prototype flagship, {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, is equipped with a number of dorsal turrets quite similar to the Mark 2488. During the initial skirmishes on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] in [[2557]], these turrets were used to fend off the [[Didact]]'s [[Cryptum]], forcing the Didact to retreat.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Infinity (level)|Infinity]]''</ref> Several automated Onagers were mounted across [[Ivanoff Station]] and were used by the UNSC forces to defend the [[Composer]] from invading [[Covenant remnant]] forces under the command of the Didact himself.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref
The UNSC's postwar prototype flagship, {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, is equipped with a number of dorsal turrets quite similar to the Mark 2488. During the initial skirmishes on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] in [[2557]], these turrets were used to fend off the [[Didact]]'s [[Cryptum]], forcing the Didact to retreat.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Infinity (level)|Infinity]]''</ref> Several automated Onagers were mounted across [[Ivanoff Station]] and were used by the UNSC forces to defend the [[Composer]] from invading [[Covenant remnant]] forces under the command of the Didact himself.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref>


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