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[[File:ORS PlasmaLance.png|thumb|300px|The plasma lance (highlighted) location on an {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}.]]
[[File:ORS PlasmaLance.png|thumb|300px|The plasma lance (highlighted) location on an {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}.]]
[[File:H2A Cutscene EnergyProjectorPiercing.png|thumb|300px|A plasma lance aboard the ''[[Day of Jubilation]]'' firing upon a UNSC ship.]]
[[File:H2A Cutscene EnergyProjectorPiercing.png|thumb|300px|A plasma lance aboard the ''[[Day of Jubilation]]'' firing upon a UNSC ship.]]
A '''plasma lance''' is a kind of [[energy projector]] employed by [[Covenant starship]]s as an ultra-heavy anti-ship weapon. Plasma lances fire tightly-focused streams of [[plasma]] at their enemies, dealing a great deal of kinetic and thermal damage. At close range, plasma lances are capable of cutting un-[[Energy shielding|shielded]] warships in half.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Section=Examiners|Page=64-65}}
A '''plasma lance''' is a kind of [[energy projector]] employed by [[Covenant starship]]s as an ultra-heavy anti-ship weapon. Plasma lances fire tightly-focused streams of [[plasma]] at their enemies, dealing a great deal of kinetic and thermal damage. At close range, plasma lances are capable of cutting un-[[Energy shielding|shielded]] warships in half.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Section=Examiners|Page=64-65}}
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'''Heavy plasma lances'''
'''Heavy plasma lances'''
*''Ventrax''-pattern - Used on the ''Varric''-pattern {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}.
*''Ventrax''-pattern - Used on the ''Varric''-pattern {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}.


'''Superheavy plasma lances'''
'''Superheavy plasma lances'''

Revision as of 12:04, April 15, 2022

An image of the Fleet Battles ORS model, highlighting the location of the plasma lance emitter as detailed in Halo Warfleet p.64-65
The plasma lance (highlighted) location on an Varric-pattern heavy cruiser.
A plasma lance aboard the Day of Jubilation firing upon a UNSC ship.

A plasma lance is a kind of energy projector employed by Covenant starships as an ultra-heavy anti-ship weapon. Plasma lances fire tightly-focused streams of plasma at their enemies, dealing a great deal of kinetic and thermal damage. At close range, plasma lances are capable of cutting un-shielded warships in half.[1]

Known types

Light plasma lances

Heavy plasma lances

Superheavy plasma lances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Warfleet - Examiners, page 64-65