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[[File:ReachMenuGlassing.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Low-altitude bombardment of [[Aszod]].]] | [[File:ReachMenuGlassing.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Low-altitude bombardment of [[Aszod]].]] | ||
When ground engagements are in effect, the Covenant will resort to low range bombardment, bringing their ships closer to the surface | When ground engagements are in effect, the Covenant will resort to low range bombardment, bringing their ships closer to the surface to destroy the area in question. This is accomplished by either building up or focusing plasma though a magnetic envelope from the [[energy projector]] located on the underside of the ship, and then discharging the plasma as a narrow beam. A single {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} can glass approximately one acre of a planet's surface in fifteen seconds of sustained fire, with desert taking less time and deep ocean taking much longer to glass.<ref name="data10">'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 10|Data pad 10]]''</ref> The Covenant use low-range bombardment in many battles where major ground engagements are occurring; smaller warships use this method specifically to deal with human armies and low-level structures during campaigns, while larger Covenant warships use this to level cities while engagements are occurring. | ||
Low-range bombardment is not performed solely by energy projectors; smaller Covenant ships like [[Covenant corvette|corvettes]] are equipped with bombardment guns that fire smaller, less-powerful lances than those utilized by capital ships.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach Official Strategy Guide|Halo: Reach Legendary Edition Guide]]''' ''page 440''</ref> Capital ships can also use their energy projector | Low-range bombardment is not performed solely by energy projectors; smaller Covenant ships like [[Covenant corvette|corvettes]] are equipped with bombardment guns that fire smaller, less-powerful lances than those utilized by capital ships.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach Official Strategy Guide|Halo: Reach Legendary Edition Guide]]''' ''page 440''</ref> Capital ships can also use their energy projector to excavate areas of interest for the Covenant, such as unearthing the [[The Portal|Portal]] to [[Installation 00]] during the Battle of Earth. | ||
Although it rarely occurred, the Covenant sometimes glassed areas while their ground forces were still in the vicinity.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> | Although it rarely occurred, the Covenant sometimes glassed areas while their ground forces were still in the vicinity.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> | ||