Mark 2488 Onager: Difference between revisions
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==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
During the [[Fall of Reach]], a group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] installed an Onager on top of one of the planet's [[ | During the [[Fall of Reach]], a group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] installed an Onager on top of one of the planet's [[Asźod ship breaking yards|ship-breaking facilities]] in [[Asźod]] 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 {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} with a shot to its ventral [[energy projector]].<ref name="reach"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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File:HR_Onager_Concept.jpg|The cannon's final design. | File:HR_Onager_Concept.jpg|The cannon's final design. | ||
File:HaloReach - Mass Driver Cannon.jpg|A first-person view of the Onager. | File:HaloReach - Mass Driver Cannon.jpg|A first-person view of the Onager. | ||
File:Onager.jpg|The Onager installed in the | File:Onager.jpg|The Onager installed in the Asźod ship breaking yards. | ||
File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|The Onager, manned by SPARTAN-B312, firing a round at the incoming Covenant ''CCS''-class battlecruiser. | File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|The Onager, manned by SPARTAN-B312, firing a round at the incoming Covenant ''CCS''-class battlecruiser. | ||
File:HReach-PillarOfAutumn-MDC.jpg|The Onager discharging a ferric-tungsten slug at the Covenant ''CCS''-class battlecruiser. | File:HReach-PillarOfAutumn-MDC.jpg|The Onager discharging a ferric-tungsten slug at the Covenant ''CCS''-class battlecruiser. | ||
