Type-26 Banshee: Difference between revisions

{{Center|This article is about the atmospheric craft. For the space fighter variant see [[Type-27 Banshee]].}}

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{{Article Quote|Banshees of legend warned of death, and today all UNSC veterans know the cry of this glittering alien terror.<ref name="ENC"/>}}

The '''Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft''', more commonly known as the '''Banshee''', is the [[Covenant]]'s standard ground assault aircraft.  

===Design details===

[[File:BansheeB.jpg|thumb|left|160px|A blueprint of the Type-26C variant]]

==Variants==

*'''T-26B''': An advanced variant of the Type-26 Banshee that deteriorated in service with the [[Covenant military]] prior to the [[Human-Covenant War]], the T-26B began to see widespread use in the war around [[2550]] after [[human]] forces caused the Covenant's Banshee stock to decrease. Many T-26B's were commissioned by [[Jul 'Mdama]] after the Covenant War for use in his [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|reformed Covenant faction]].<ref name="universe"/>

*'''T-27 Exoatmospheric Multirole Fighter:''': The Covenant also used the [[Type-27 Exoatmospheric Multirole Fighter]], a space-capable, vacuum-rated version of the Banshee, to support the more powerful [[Type-31 Seraph]] and to screen against enemy single ships.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/ '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Universe - Tech'']</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace]]''</ref><ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/banshee-fighter/82613d70-17cc-4652-8ab1-a1f16e29c516 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Banshee Fighter'']</ref>

===Advantages===

The Banshee is an extremely agile aircraft. Under the control of an experienced pilot, it can be extraordinarily difficult to destroy, making it an easy way to penetrate enemy lines and harass enemy infantry. The Banshee's plasma cannons are highly efficient at killing individual soldiers, and a single fuel rod can eliminate an entire group of infantry. The boosting capability of the vehicle allows for quick entry and exit from combat situations, or to catch up with a particular target. Boosting and evasive abilities allow a pilot to outpace a homing projectile or slip away from opposing vehicles and small arms fire. By utilising aileron rolls and flips, the Banshee is able to avoid slow-moving projectiles at medium or long ranges, while also facilitating quick turns around obstacles or close threats. As a support aircraft, the Banshee is able to pin down enemy forces until ground forces can move in, or destroy light structures that may be obstructing ground forces from advancing.

*The Banshee now has a closed canopy so the pilot's legs can no longer be seen.

*The Banshee's hull is sturdier and is able to withstand two plasma grenade sticks.

===Changes from ''Halo: Reach'' to ''Halo 4''===

*On the cover of the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', the two Banshees appear to be un-piloted as the top canopy enclosing the pilot is up. Also, the two Banshees that shot down [[Foehammer]] in the level The Maw also had open canopies. These were probably related to the Banshee's scripted movements.

*In ''Halo: Reach'', if a player shoots or melees the Banshee to its damage threshold and attempts to turn the vehicle in the air, the Banshee will be unable to turn in midair because there are no wings to support its turns. It is possible that the pilot relies on the Banshee's rudders and the player's body weight when at this critical degree of damage.

==Gallery==

**''[[Prototype]]''

**''[[The Babysitter]]''

*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''

**''[[Dirt]]''

**''[[The Return]]''

*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''

*''[[Remember Reach]]''