Cindershot
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Grenade launcher-like hardlight projector[2][1] |
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107 centimeters (42.1 in)[1] |
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6 explosive bolts[1] |
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No magnification[1] |
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The Cindershot is a hardlight grenade launcher designed and created for use by the Forerunners.[3][2][4]
Overview
Design details
The Cindershot fires ionized particle grenades consisting of "hyper-charged splinter cores", which explode seconds after launching, damaging anything caught in its explosion.[2] When fired while the optics are engaged, the weapon is able to guide the projectile with its aim, allowing the operator to manually guide the projectile onto a target.[1]
When reloading, the front of the Cindershot is pulled back, allowing more hard-light grenades to move to the front of the barrel, before it snaps back to its original position.[3]
Variants
- Backdraft Cindershot: A white-painted Cindershot variant which employs a modified firing core with three-phase sequential detonation.[1] It deals significantly more damage per shot than its standard counterpart. Carried by Myriad during the Battle for Zeta Halo, though it's unknown how the Mgalekgolo pair used it in combat.
Gameplay
Halo Infinite
The Cindershot is a hardlight grenade launcher that serves a similar role to that of the Tufasumo-pattern plasma caster, but its explosion pulls in targets in close proximity. The Cindershot has alt-fire mode that allows the projectile to follow the wielder's direction. The Cindershot is capable of killing a Spartan in 2 direct explosions.
Gallery
Concept art
Early concept art of the Cindershot.
Concept art nearing the final design.
Concept art focusing on the weapon's display.
Finalized concept art of the Cindershot.
Screenshots
First-person view of the Cindershot.
Zoom with the Cindershot.
A Spartan-IV holding the Cindershot.
The Cindershot firing.
The Cindershot being reloaded.
A close-up of the Cindershot's projectile.
A Cindershot, held by John-117.
List of appearances
- Halo Infinite (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g h Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 392
- ^ a b c Twitter, Halo (@Halo): "Effectively a hard light grenade launcher, the Cindershot’s hyper-charged packets of splinter cores and their subsequent detonation is deadly in close and long-range engagements. When zoomed in, splinter cores can manually track targets too. #FictionFriday" (Retrieved on Sep 2, 2022) [archive]
- ^ a b Halo Infinite, Cindershot in-game weapon
- ^ Halo Support, Halo Infinite Weapon, Equipment, and Vehicle Inventory (Retrieved on May 5, 2023) [archive]
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