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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
[[File:Focusrifle.png|thumb|left|The Focus Rifle's blueprint]] | [[File:Focusrifle.png|thumb|left|The Focus Rifle's blueprint]] | ||
The Focus Rifle is a Covenant sniper-style weapon, that, despite its visual similarities to the [[Type-50 Sniper Rifle System]], functions quite differently. It fires a continuous purple-tinted beam, similar in operation to a [[Sentinel Beam]]. The weapon is believed to be battery-powered, though the exact mechanism by which it functions is currently under investigation by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]].<ref name="Bnet"/> | The Focus Rifle is a [[Covenant]] sniper-style weapon, that, despite its visual similarities to the [[Type-50 Sniper Rifle System]], functions quite differently. It fires a continuous purple-tinted beam, similar in operation to a [[Sentinel Beam]]. The weapon is believed to be battery-powered, though the exact mechanism by which it functions is currently under investigation by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]].<ref name="Bnet"/> | ||
The laser will take approximately 1.5 seconds to kill a fully shielded Spartan, and is designed to emphasize more of a "tracking" skill set than other weapons because this weapon, being a sniper variant, does not feature any aim assist to compensate for its power. It is designed for ranged suppression rather than instant death, and is considered a power weapon. Its appearance and reticule is very similar to the Beam Rifle, with a 5-10x magnification scope.<ref name="Reach"/> | The laser will take approximately 1.5 seconds to kill a fully shielded [[Spartan]], and is designed to emphasize more of a "tracking" skill set than other weapons because this weapon, being a [[sniper]] variant, does not feature any aim assist to compensate for its power. It is designed for ranged suppression rather than instant death, and is considered a power weapon. Its appearance and reticule is very similar to the [[Beam Rifle]], with a 5-10x magnification scope.<ref name="Reach"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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The Type-52 Special Applications Rifle (or T52 SAR) [1], more commonly known as the Focus Rifle[2] is a Directed Energy Weapon used by the Covenant Empire during the Battle of Reach in August 2552.[3][4]
Description
The Focus Rifle is a Covenant sniper-style weapon, that, despite its visual similarities to the Type-50 Sniper Rifle System, functions quite differently. It fires a continuous purple-tinted beam, similar in operation to a Sentinel Beam. The weapon is believed to be battery-powered, though the exact mechanism by which it functions is currently under investigation by the UNSC.[1]
The laser will take approximately 1.5 seconds to kill a fully shielded Spartan, and is designed to emphasize more of a "tracking" skill set than other weapons because this weapon, being a sniper variant, does not feature any aim assist to compensate for its power. It is designed for ranged suppression rather than instant death, and is considered a power weapon. Its appearance and reticule is very similar to the Beam Rifle, with a 5-10x magnification scope.[3]
Trivia
- The beam-like nature of the weapon suggests that this weapon could have been reverse-engineered from a Sentinel Beam.
- It was replaced by the Beam Rifle after the Fall of Reach.
Gallery
A Spartan firing the Focus Rifle.
The Focus Rifle in first-person during the Halo: Reach Beta.
A Sangheili Ranger wielding the Focus Rifle.
A different angle of a Spartan firing the Focus Rifle during the Halo: Reach Beta.
- Halo- Reach-Focus Rifle Overheat.png
A Focus Rifle overheating.
- Focusrifleside.png
A profile view of the Focus Rifle.
Appearances
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
