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Smaller particle cannons identical in appearance to the Z-8060s were installed on the [[Didact]]'s vessel, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', and used for point-defense against other ships.<ref name="Midnight" /> In [[2557]], after being dormant for one-hundred millennia,<ref name="String 37">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''String 37''</ref> the weapons were reactivated for use against the [[UNSC Home Fleet]].<ref name="Midnight" />
Smaller particle cannons identical in appearance to the Z-8060s were installed on the [[Didact]]'s vessel, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', and used for point-defense against other ships.<ref name="Midnight" /> In [[2557]], after being dormant for one-hundred millennia,<ref name="String 37">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''String 37''</ref> the weapons were reactivated for use against the [[UNSC Home Fleet]].<ref name="Midnight" />


Particle cannons were also positioned across the surface of [[Installation 00]], "the Ark." The firing mechanisms of these cannons were embedded in the surface of the Ark and fired a blue particle beam upwards between three "prongs."<ref name="Hold the Line" /> In [[2559]],<ref name="A New Enemy">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[A New Enemy]]''</ref> Professor [[Ellen Anders]] of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} assumed control over one of the particle cannons in order to immobilize and taking down the [[Energy shielding|energy shields]] of the [[Banished]] [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Hold the Line" />
Particle cannons were also positioned across the surface of [[Installation 00]], "the Ark." The firing mechanisms of these cannons were embedded in the surface of the Ark and fired a blue particle beam upwards between three "prongs."<ref name="Hold the Line" /> In [[2559]],<ref name="A New Enemy">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[A New Enemy]]''</ref> Professor [[Ellen Anders]] of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} assumed control over one of the particle cannons in order to immobilize and take down the [[Energy shielding|energy shields]] of the [[Banished]] [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Hold the Line" />


Multiple several-meter-long particle cannons similar in appearance to Z-8060s were positioned around<ref name="Osiris"/> an access point to the [[Domain]] on an [[Astroengineering|artificial]] Forerunner world, known as [[Kamchatka]] to [[human]]ity.<ref name="Kamchatka">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Kamchatka'']</ref> The cannons were reactivated during an [[Battle of Kamchatka|invasion]] by [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] and fired bursts of particle energy at the attacking aircraft and spacecraft.<ref name="Osiris"/>
Multiple several-meter-long particle cannons similar in appearance to Z-8060s were positioned around<ref name="Osiris"/> an access point to the [[Domain]] on an [[Astroengineering|artificial]] Forerunner world, known as [[Kamchatka]] to [[human]]ity.<ref name="Kamchatka">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Kamchatka'']</ref> The cannons were reactivated during an [[Battle of Kamchatka|invasion]] by [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] and fired bursts of particle energy at the attacking aircraft and spacecraft.<ref name="Osiris"/>