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{{Center|''This article is about a weapon. For the [[VTOL]] aircraft, see [[AV-14 Hornet]].''}} | {{Center|''This article is about a weapon. For the [[VTOL]] aircraft, see [[AV-14 Hornet]].''}} | ||
[[File:HornetMine.png|300px|right|thumb|HORNET mines trailing from the {{UNSCShip|Nereid}}.]] | [[File:HornetMine.png|300px|right|thumb|HORNET mines trailing from the {{UNSCShip|Nereid}}.]] | ||
'''M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System''',<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', page 190</ref> commonly known as the '''HORNET mine''', is a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ordnance. These mines are commonly carried aboard [[UNSC prowler]]s, but not exclusively. They are stealthy, [[plutonium]]-cored, [[nuclear weapon|nuclear devices]] with a nominal yield of 30 megatons. | '''M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System''',<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', page 190</ref> commonly known as the '''HORNET mine''', is a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ordnance. These mines are commonly carried aboard [[UNSC prowler]]s, but not exclusively. They are stealthy, [[plutonium]]-cored, [[nuclear weapon|nuclear devices]] with a nominal yield of 30 megatons. While considered tiny for a space mine,<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''</ref> the Hornet was quite large and bulky compared to missile warheads, with each mine being easily multiple meters in diameter.<ref>[[Halo: Tales From Slipspace|Halo: Tales From Slipspace: Undefeated]] [https://i.imgur.com/8Wuy2pi.png (screenshot)].</ref> | ||
During the [[Onyx Conflict]], the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] warships. This helped to prolong the survival of [[Carl Patterson|Admiral Patterson]]'s [[Patterson's battle group|battlegroup]], which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the UNSC fleet to score a brief victory, before overwhelming Covenant reinforcements arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships, with the exception of the ''Dusk''.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 325''</ref> | During the [[Onyx Conflict]], the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] warships. This helped to prolong the survival of [[Carl Patterson|Admiral Patterson]]'s [[Patterson's battle group|battlegroup]], which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the UNSC fleet to score a brief victory, before overwhelming Covenant reinforcements arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships, with the exception of the ''Dusk''.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 325''</ref> | ||
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M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System,[1] commonly known as the HORNET mine, is a type of UNSC ordnance. These mines are commonly carried aboard UNSC prowlers, but not exclusively. They are stealthy, plutonium-cored, nuclear devices with a nominal yield of 30 megatons. While considered tiny for a space mine,[2] the Hornet was quite large and bulky compared to missile warheads, with each mine being easily multiple meters in diameter.[3]
During the Onyx Conflict, the UNSC Dusk laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four Covenant warships. This helped to prolong the survival of Admiral Patterson's battlegroup, which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the UNSC fleet to score a brief victory, before overwhelming Covenant reinforcements arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships, with the exception of the Dusk.[4]
In 2558, the UNSC Nereid was carrying a number of HORNET mines when the ship lost all power in the wake of an attack from the Created. An attempt those aboard made at restarting its slipspace drive involved using the mines to power it as a sort of radioisotope thermoelectric generator. The effort was futile, however.
List of appearances
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
- Halo: Tales from Slipspace
- Halo: Retribution (Mentioned only)
Sources
- ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 190
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- ^ Halo: Tales From Slipspace: Undefeated (screenshot).
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 325
