Energy barrier
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Energy barriers, sometimes referred to as energy fields, are a type of visible energy field used to separate a pressurized environment from the vacuum of space.[1][2] Energy barriers are useful because they allow solid matter through, but not gases, such as oxygen and neon. However, before matter passes through, the pressure on both sides must be equalized, to minimize the risk of explosive decompression.[3]
The Covenant use energy barriers as hangar doors, in airlocks and for boarding parties to board enemy ships. Energy barriers are present on Covenant boarding craft, on the end of the craft's penetration tip.[4] Energy barriers are also used as exterior doors in hangar bays on Covenant starships. These include the shuttle bay doors on CCS-class Battlecruisers,[5] as well as the hangar bays on Covenant corvettes. The barriers can also be configured to block all vehicles or personnel or allow them to pass through when required.[6]
By 2552, certain types of energy barriers were also present on UNSC space installations. These included the Sabre engineering facility on the orbital dockyard Anchor 9.[7]
It is interesting to note that Signal Units work through energy barriers, while COM units do not.[3][8]
List of appearances
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
- Halo 2
- Halo 3
- Halo: Reach
- Halo: First Strike
- Halo: Contact Harvest
- Halo Legends
Sources
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 98
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 309
- ^ a b Halo: Contact Harvest, page 99
- ^ Halo 2, level Cairo Station
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level, The Truth and Reconciliation
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level, Long Night of Solace
- ^ Halo: Reach, multiplayer map, Anchor 9
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 132
