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Grapplers are fairly ubiquitous among the Forerunners' creations. Many classes of [[Sentinel]] use them including the [[Enforcer]], and various [[Strato-Sentinel]]s such as the [[Assembler Sentinel|Assembler]], [[Extractor Sentinel|Extractor]] and [[Steward Sentinel|Steward]]. Such uses are typically industrial in nature, though they can be used in combat roles should their defensive protocols be triggered.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=326}} | Grapplers are fairly ubiquitous among the Forerunners' creations. Many classes of [[Sentinel]] use them including the [[Enforcer]], and various [[Strato-Sentinel]]s such as the [[Assembler Sentinel|Assembler]], [[Extractor Sentinel|Extractor]] and [[Steward Sentinel|Steward]]. Such uses are typically industrial in nature, though they can be used in combat roles should their defensive protocols be triggered.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=326}} | ||
On a larger scale, grapplers can be used in the hulls of vehicles and spacecraft, or other forms of architecture, to form dynamically-rearranging geometries to suit functional and aesthetic preferences as needed.{{Ref/ | On a larger scale, grapplers can be used in the hulls of vehicles and spacecraft, or other forms of architecture, to form dynamically-rearranging geometries to suit functional and aesthetic preferences as needed.{{Ref/Reuse|Vehicles}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The [[rate]] of [[Miner]]s made use of complex arrangements of grapplers aboard their [[Forerunner mining ship|mining ships]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=379}} | ||
A [[Antigravity grappler|similar tool]] of [[Covenant]] design was employed by the empire for the purposes of mining and excavation - allowing even the [[Yanme'e]] to haul around large shards of excavated material.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Blunt Instruments}} It is unclear whether the Covenant's handheld grappler devices have any relation to their extremely similar Forerunner counterparts. | A [[Antigravity grappler|similar tool]] of [[Covenant]] design was employed by the empire for the purposes of mining and excavation - allowing even the [[Yanme'e]] to haul around large shards of excavated material.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Blunt Instruments}} It is unclear whether the Covenant's handheld grappler devices have any relation to their extremely similar Forerunner counterparts. | ||
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Grapplers are a kind of gravitic tool employed by the Forerunners and their machines. [1]
Overview
Grapplers use invisible tendrils of gravitic technology to push, pull and manipulate objects at a distance. Depending on their scale, they can have the strength and dexterity of a child or scale up to be used for pushing and pulling asteroids and spacecraft. Grapplers can also be used to "lock" objects together and hold them in specific arrangements, depending on specific aesthetic tastes.[1] Forerunner vehicles and even spacecraft may make use of grapplers in this manner alongside applications of hard light technology, creating vehicles that can be dynamically rearranged by the controlling ancilla to increase efficiency in the moment or compensate for damage. These systems were gradually abandoned as the Forerunner-Flood war took its toll, with newer ships utilising more locked-in shapes over dynamicism to due to resource constraints and the threat of the logic plague on artificial minds.[2]
In warfare, grapplers are of limited use, though in extreme situations they can be used in combat in a manner similar to their much larger torsion driver cousins - in this manner they can be used to rip apart enemy craft and expose their insides to pinpoint weapons fire, though this usage is limited due to the grappler's limited strength and range.[3] Sentinel Enforcers may use their grapplers to pick up larger enemy combatants such as vehicles, before proceeding to crush them in their claws.[4]
Usage
Grapplers are fairly ubiquitous among the Forerunners' creations. Many classes of Sentinel use them including the Enforcer, and various Strato-Sentinels such as the Assembler, Extractor and Steward. Such uses are typically industrial in nature, though they can be used in combat roles should their defensive protocols be triggered.[5]
On a larger scale, grapplers can be used in the hulls of vehicles and spacecraft, or other forms of architecture, to form dynamically-rearranging geometries to suit functional and aesthetic preferences as needed.[2][1] The rate of Miners made use of complex arrangements of grapplers aboard their mining ships.[6]
A similar tool of Covenant design was employed by the empire for the purposes of mining and excavation - allowing even the Yanme'e to haul around large shards of excavated material.[7] It is unclear whether the Covenant's handheld grappler devices have any relation to their extremely similar Forerunner counterparts.
List of appearances
- Halo 2 (First appearance)
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Sources
- ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 335
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 338
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 377
- ^ Halo 2, Gameplay
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 326
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 379
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Blunt Instruments
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