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| counterpart=[[Combat Knife]] | | counterpart=[[Combat knife|Combat Knife]] | ||
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| affiliation=[[Covenant Empire]] | | affiliation=[[Covenant Empire]] | ||
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The '''energy cutlass''' is a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[melee]] [[weapon]], primarily used by the [[Kig-yar]]. | The '''energy cutlass''' is a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[melee]] [[ordnance#Weapons|weapon]], primarily used by the [[Kig-yar]]. | ||
The weapon consists of a shard of pink, glass-like crystal. They are used primarily to dispatch enemies in close-quarters fights, especially when boarding an enemy ship.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', page 125</ref> They are similar to the [[UNSC]] [[Combat Knife]]. These blades house a complex chemical mixture within them that causes the knife to explode into shards when embedded into a soft target, similar to a [[Needler]] round. | The weapon consists of a shard of pink, glass-like crystal. They are used primarily to dispatch enemies in close-quarters fights, especially when boarding an enemy ship.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', page 125</ref> They are similar to the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Combat knife|Combat Knife]]. These blades house a complex chemical mixture within them that causes the knife to explode into shards when embedded into a soft target, similar to a [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]] round. | ||
The [[Unggoy]] also use them, as seen during the fighting on the [[Tiara]] during the [[First Battle of Harvest]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', page 366</ref> | The [[Unggoy]] also use them, as seen during the fighting on the [[Tiara]] during the [[First Battle of Harvest]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', page 366</ref> | ||