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'''C-7 Foaming Spray''' is a highly explosive compound that is used in demolitions by [[UNSC]] forces. It is comprised of various chemicals that react to a signal electrical current shock sent through a detonation switch. It is liquid in vacuum, but once contact with a hard surface and oxygen occurs, it becomes a foaming, semi-solid adhesive resin.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] page 284</ref> | '''C-7 Foaming Spray''' is a highly explosive compound that is used in demolitions by [[UNSC]] forces. It is comprised of various chemicals that react to a signal electrical current shock sent through a detonation switch. It is liquid in vacuum, but once contact with a hard surface and oxygen occurs, it becomes a foaming, semi-solid adhesive resin.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 284</ref> | ||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
Its most notable use is when Corporal [[Locklear]] uses it to destroy the [[Forerunner Crystal]] (the reason why the Covenant were chasing them), leading to his death.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]]</ref> | Its most notable use is when Corporal [[Locklear]] uses it to destroy the [[Forerunner Crystal]] (the reason why the Covenant were chasing them), leading to his death.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]'''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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Revision as of 17:16, August 24, 2010
C-7 Foaming Spray is a highly explosive compound that is used in demolitions by UNSC forces. It is comprised of various chemicals that react to a signal electrical current shock sent through a detonation switch. It is liquid in vacuum, but once contact with a hard surface and oxygen occurs, it becomes a foaming, semi-solid adhesive resin.[1]
Uses
Its most notable use is when Corporal Locklear uses it to destroy the Forerunner Crystal (the reason why the Covenant were chasing them), leading to his death.[2]
Trivia
- In the present, there is a very effective explosive called C-4, possibly a precursor of C-7.
- C-4 is short for "Composition 4", therefore it is likely that C-7 means "Composition 7." It is also likely that it is simply a codename based on the order in which it was developed, not an indicator of its explosive power (i.e. being 1.75 times more powerful than C-4).
- The most likely reason C-7 was developed was so that the users would be able to simply spray it onto the surface.
- C-7 is another reference to 7.
- In Halo: Fall of Reach, Samuel-034 used C-7 to destroy an airlock in order to escape from Eridanus Secundus during the capture of insurrectionist leader Colonel Robert Watts.
- C-7 may be related to C-12
Sources
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 284
- ^ Halo: First Strike
