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[[File:HCD - MX-8.png|300px|thumb|Bricks of MX-8 are easily moldable in order to increase their applicability.{{Ref/Reuse|HCD3}}]]
[[File:HCD - MX-8.png|300px|thumb|Bricks of MX-8 are easily moldable in order to increase their applicability.{{Ref/Reuse|HCD3}}]]
{{Quote|These should do the trick.|John-117 suggests using MX-8 and a Covenant plasma grenade to create a powerful explosion.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HCD3}}
{{Quote|These should do the trick.|John-117 suggests using MX-8 and a Covenant plasma grenade to create a powerful explosion.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HCD3}}
'''MX-8''' is a form of explosive used in mining operations.<ref name="HCD3">''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'', ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 3|Issue #3]]''</ref>
'''MX-8''' is a form of explosive used in mining operations.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HCD3|HCD|Issue=3}}


==Overview==
==Overview==
MX-8 explosives have been known to be produced to resemble the shape and size of a brick.{{Ref/Reuse|HCD3}} MX-8 was used at the mining settlement known as [[Black Reef]] on the [[Outer Colony]], [[Alpha Corvi II]]. On [[2525#December|December 3, 2525]], the [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] combined a brick of MX-8 with a [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Anskum|plasma grenade}} in order to blast through three meters of rock so he and two other [[Spartan]]s could rescue [[Linda-058|the fourth member]] of [[Blue Team|their team]] on the other side.{{Ref/Reuse|HCD3}}
MX-8 explosives have been known to be produced to resemble the shape and size of a brick.{{Ref/Reuse|HCD3}} MX-8 was used at the mining settlement known as [[Black Reef]] on the [[Outer Colony]], [[Alpha Corvi II]]. On [[2525#December|December 3, 2525]], the [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] combined a brick of MX-8 with a [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Anskum|plasma grenade}} in order to blast through three meters of rock so he and two other [[Spartan]]s could rescue [[Linda-058|the fourth member]] of [[Blue Team|their team]] on the other side.{{Ref/Reuse|HCD3}} Its successor, the [[MX-10 mini-brick]], was employed in a similar manner during the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=rp35|RP|35}}


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

Revision as of 11:58, February 6, 2024

John-117 molding an MX-8 explosive around a Anskum-pattern plasma grenade in Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 3.
Bricks of MX-8 are easily moldable in order to increase their applicability.[1]

"These should do the trick."
— John-117 suggests using MX-8 and a Covenant plasma grenade to create a powerful explosion.[1]

MX-8 is a form of explosive used in mining operations.[1]

Overview

MX-8 explosives have been known to be produced to resemble the shape and size of a brick.[1] MX-8 was used at the mining settlement known as Black Reef on the Outer Colony, Alpha Corvi II. On December 3, 2525, the Spartan-II John-117 combined a brick of MX-8 with a Covenant Anskum-pattern plasma grenade in order to blast through three meters of rock so he and two other Spartans could rescue the fourth member of their team on the other side.[1] Its successor, the MX-10 mini-brick, was employed in a similar manner during the Battle for Zeta Halo.[2]

List of appearances

Sources