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===History=== | ===History=== | ||
[[File:Johnson-BQ.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sergeant Avery Johnson]] fires an MA5B during his escape from the compromised [[Flood Containment Facility]] on [[Alpha Halo]].]] | [[File:Johnson-BQ.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sergeant Avery Johnson]] fires an MA5B during his escape from the compromised [[Flood Containment Facility]] on [[Alpha Halo]].]] | ||
The MA5B was in service to some extent during the [[Insurrection]], being considered a standard weapon in September of [[2525]],<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 9</ref> and played a significant role in the [[Covenant War]] that followed. MA5Bs were employed by various [[SPARTAN-IIs]] during [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] and the ensuing [[Skirmish over Netherop|Netherop engagement]] in [[2526]].{{Ref/Reuse|SilentStorm8}}{{Ref/Reuse|Oblivion13}} In [[2531]], the [[UNSC Marine Corps|marine]] compliment of the ''[[UNSC Spirit of Fire]]'' made use of the MA5B on [[Harvest campaign|Harvest]], [[Battle of Arcadia|Arcadia]] and [[Battle of the Etran Harborage|Etran Harborage]],<ref>''[[Halo Wars]]'', Gameplay</ref> while members of [[Blue Team]] deployed with it on their mission to the [[Construction Platform 966A|decommissioned Platform 966A]] the same year,<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', Chapter 3</ref> and again during the [[Battle of Jericho VII]] in [[2535]].{{Ref/Reuse|TFoRPrologue}} The MA5B saw particularly heavy use in [[2552]]. On [[ | The MA5B was in service to some extent during the [[Insurrection]], being considered a standard weapon in September of [[2525]],<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 9</ref> and played a significant role in the [[Covenant War]] that followed. MA5Bs were employed by various [[SPARTAN-IIs]] during [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] and the ensuing [[Skirmish over Netherop|Netherop engagement]] in [[2526]].{{Ref/Reuse|SilentStorm8}}{{Ref/Reuse|Oblivion13}} In [[2531]], the [[UNSC Marine Corps|marine]] compliment of the ''[[UNSC Spirit of Fire]]'' made use of the MA5B on [[Harvest campaign|Harvest]], [[Battle of Arcadia|Arcadia]] and [[Battle of the Etran Harborage|Etran Harborage]],<ref>''[[Halo Wars]]'', Gameplay</ref> while members of [[Blue Team]] deployed with it on their mission to the [[Construction Platform 966A|decommissioned Platform 966A]] the same year,<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', Chapter 3</ref> and again during the [[Battle of Jericho VII]] in [[2535]].{{Ref/Reuse|TFoRPrologue}} The MA5B saw particularly heavy use in [[2552]]. On [[Fall of Reach|Reach]], it was wielded by [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] sent to engage [[John-117]] during the live-fire test of [[MJOLNIR Mark V]] and [[Cortana]],<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 27</ref> and by the Spartans of [[Red Team#Fall of Reach splinter arrangement|Red Team]] during the defense of [[Orbital Defense Generator]]s.<ref name="ReferenceB">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', Chapter 2</ref> John-117 and the marine compliment of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} utilized the MA5B throughout the [[Battle of Installation 04]],{{Ref/Reuse|HCE}} and in the ensuing [[Skirmish over Threshold]].{{Ref/Reuse|ReferenceB}} [[Spartan]] personnel during the [[Onyx Conflict]] also made use of the MA5B.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', Chapter 18</ref> The MA5B remained in service as of 2559, notably being used by First Lieutenant Maks Chapov as his pilot's emergency weapon in the cockpit of an [[Owl]] dropship.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR2}} | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||