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A bioweapon, or biological agent, is a weaponized pathogen intended to cause disease in lifeforms. Biological weapons can be used in warfare or in terrorist

to its content. The Hydra code word signifies imminent threat from biological weapons of mass destruction. In 2552, Cortana declared code Hydra via a Forerunner

Argent Moon. The compounds were designed with the goal of creating a biological weapon that could remain dormant and asymptomatic as it spread through a population

term survival in atmospheres tainted by corrosive agents, chemical weapons, and biological threats. The Rasetsu helmet is manufactured by Lethbridge Industrial

masks are used by ground forces for protection against chemical or biological weapons. Each S90 gas mask weighs about .66 pounds, or 0.3 kg. The gas masks

Known in-game as the Weapons Bench, the weapon customization in Halo Infinite allow players to customize their weapon appearance. Weapon customizations in

the weapon is safe to fire with nitrocellulose-based gunpowder. In the case of the Bulldogs supplied to UNSC Infinity forces in 2560, the weapons have

converting their crew into Flood-controlled puppets. A purpose-built biological weapon, Infesters expend all of their energy on the attack, collapsing in

substrate into a digital or quantum-based computational system or another biological neural network. Through a simulation of the original brain's neural functions

purified by the Halo Array. The verivorr serve their installations as biological maintenance technicians, and have their biology optimised for nutritional

specialist weapon systems in the UNSC arsenal. This includes a range of incendiary, thermobaric, energetic, chemical, and biological weapons that most UNSC

device, the Composer was meant to provide seamless transitions between biological and digital states. The machine was later appropriated to counteract the

eliminating the patrol and gathering any intel on the creatures—whether biological samples or simply strategic information—would be helpful in prolonging

specialist weapon systems in the UNSC arsenal. This includes a range of incendiary, thermobaric, energetic, chemical, and biological weapons that most UNSC

individual's complete mental and biological patterns and memories, which could then be encoded in either another biological body or stored as data. A Forerunner

service, the ship crew's was wiped out when containment of one of their biological weapons experiments went wrong. Although shipboard smart AI Rooker attempted

disruption generator is a kind of weapon system employed aboard Forerunner Guardian Custodes. Each Guardian carries one such weapon. Little is known of their function

ground-based weapons. Another electromagnetic weapon system, known as the railgun, is used to a lesser degree. There have been developments in energy weapons such

Prometheans. Correlating with their role as weapons designed to fight the Flood, the Promethean machines' weapons arsenal was specifically tailored to disintegrate

Lifeworkers, a rate of the Forerunners charged with preserving and manipulating biological life. The unnamed vessel was originally used by the Lifeworkers of the

reproduction is overtly more mechanical than it is biological, though there are still strong similarities to biological reproduction. Huragok reproduce by gathering

violated the code. During an active UPSILON biohazard response, any breach of biological containment against a Flood outbreak also results in severe consequences

was later found in possession of the smuggler Axl, who brought the biological weapon to Sedra. Halo: Nightfall (First appearance) Halo: Nightfall, Second

term survival in atmospheres tainted by corrosive agents, chemical weapons, and biological threats Shikari - A variant for locating, identifying, tracking

Forerunner infantry weapons wielded by Blue Team, Ur-Didact was capable of ignoring numerous direct hits from the Spartans' weapons. Previously, automatic

universe was living, but in a way that was beyond the comprehension of biological organisms. Blurring the line between philosophy and science, neural physics

the Lifeworkers to preserve their biological specimens in. The Builders also agreed, seeing the inclusion of biological preserves as an effective means of

with the surviving biological specimens from the greater Ark. This formerly secret installation contained the Forerunners' final weapon: the newer Halo Array

They were highly vicious in their behavior and mercilessly devoured any biological organisms and technology they encountered. During the Forerunner-Flood

to be "grown" in the Forerunner assembler vats in a manner similar to biological life - a process that would later be mimicked by the Covenant and their

investigate local terrorist activity, only to uncover a plot to unleash a biological weapon which specifically targeted humans. Forced to cooperate with the Sedran

plan to turn it into a biological weapon. With the help of Blue Team, they destroyed the base using HAVOK tactical nuclear weapons and used the forensic

investigation, a Sedran city is attacked by a Sangheili terrorist wielding a biological weapon that only affects humans. Locke's team is forced to work together with

combat system. The Aggressors' weapons systems are limited and not as powerful as some of the other Forerunner weapons employed against the Flood. Because

end of the spectrum. plasma weapons will easily burn through Flood tissue; the Forerunners incorporated directed-energy weapons into their Sentinels, indicating

converting their crew into Flood-controlled puppets. A purpose-built biological weapon, Infesters expend all of their energy on the attack, collapsing in

of concentrated fire from multiple weapons - or an extended period of continuous automatic fire from a single weapon - is needed to overwhelm them. The

power and wealth continued to accumulate as they supplied increasingly more weapons to fuel the war effort. The Council began to lose many of the Forerunners'

leaning over on Cutter's body. Cutter: (narration) I'll retaliate with biological warfare. Cutter opens a food container, and the smelly food inside rouses

human-Forerunner wars, Faber commissioned the creation of the Halos, an array of weapons capable of purging all sentient life from a star system and, if the situation

record, would future civilizations know anything about us? Or only of our weapons?" As Guilty Spark narrates, the view shifts through several different locations:

air, search teams exploring sites scarred by chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons used in the Human-Covenant War, as well as those facing

them at will. Spark hoped to use these experiments to investigate how biological life on the sections of terrain would be affected by exposure to the vacuum

detachments of Hellbringers known as Cryo Troopers utilise cryogenic weapons. A list of weapons and vehicles utilising Cryonic technology can be found here. Theoretically

fleets, not to attack them with weapons, but rather, to overwhelm them, providing too many targets for too few weapons, and boarding Forerunner ships to

Naiya Ray and Gabriel Thorne used a Sahara-class prowler to investigate a biological agent, created by several Kig-Yar, on Ven III. The UNSC Aladdin de-cloaking

below. High Charity's Proto-Gravemind is a massive, highly adaptable biological weapon. It is a horrifying enemy, protected by every Flood beast on the Ark

Murray told Rimmer about the Flood, which they both assumed was a biological weapon. When the Flood escaped containment, Rimmer was nearly killed by an

effectively commence direct planetary bombardment via their energy weapons, a peculiar Forerunner weapon used during planetary assaults would cut off and lift up

Thorne are deployed on a mission to uncover the secrets of a mysterious biological weapon. The next four issues form another story arc, "Spartan Ops: The Janus

modified in the sense that you just put on power armor, but where there’s biological shit actually happening to you." — Paul Bertone While Chronicles was in

with a variety of highly classified and experimental projects, as well as weapons testing. ONI crew aboard Argent Moon also experimented with technology retrieved

Installation 07 served a secondary purpose as a Lifeworker preserve for biological specimens from across the galaxy as part of the Conservation Measure.

7, 2556, Sedra City was attacked by terrorists with a new type of biological weapon. Macer and the Colonial Guard were forced to work with an Office of

calling the player(s) to speak to non-playable characters as objectives. Weapons cannot be fired on this mission. Completing the level in any difficulty

SPARTAN programs, an effort to produce elite soldiers through mechanical and biological augmentation. Originally envisioned as the second generation of the ORION

Riftblade, a quantum weapon capable of destroying the essences within the Domain which could only be harmed but not destroyed by hardlight weapons. When engaging

many kingdoms who are equipped with sets of specialized armor and powerful weapons. Each kingdom produces its own armor design, but in general the armor is

Sedra City was attacked by a Sangheili terrorist with a new type of biological weapon. Wisner and the Colonial Guard were forced to work with an Office of

UNSC unable to control it. A Code: Bandersnatch is thus declared, nuclear weapons being used to put down the rebellion. The Covenant stumbles upon Doisac

intelligence similar, and in some categories far superior, to a sapient biological being. AI technology was used by the Forerunners, and was later developed

2556, the City of Sedra was attacked by a Sangheili terrorist with a biological weapon. Many of the civilians infected by the bioweapon were brought to the

other supersoldier programs such as the Spartans or Prelates, in which a biological individual is augmented and upgraded, but still retains their autonomy;

and dominate the Forerunners in naval engagements by using star roads as weapons. During the last years of the war, the Gravemind captured the Ur-Didact

fate of UNSC Private Wallace A. Jenkins during the raid on the "Covenant weapons cache" on Installation 04. This aged version of the Pod infector must have

warships were equipped with a weapons system known as a Fibril cutter, alongside weapons superficially similar to particle-beam weapons. Humans of this era had

instead. However, in 2513, a Project: HRUNTING research team working at Weapons Research Facility T12A on Algolis began an evaluation of the defunct Mark

Covenant plasma weapons are effective but crude, and most automatic-fire plasma weapons are prone to overheating. To compensate, most weapons have vents that

The Librarian learned this information from the Sedaaro Forerunners' biological memory reservoir, which, in turn, recorded the memories of the early Forerunners

studying Spark, the Precept decided that he could proceed and tested Rion's biological memory. Satisfied, the Precept returned the coordinate key to Spark and

to combat the Flood but proved useless against the biological parasite. While the Guardians' weapons proved devastating against the fleets of "lesser" species

consciousness, would then be carried to a chamber housing the Cryptum. Only biological beings were allowed to be present in this stage; no artificial intelligences

by an unknown type of biological agent and that Lasky needs to contain the situation exercising extreme caution before the weapon can be used against humanity

unable to find them; he then went to Camp Currahee's armory to procure heavy weapons. As Team Saber were attacking the drones, which were actually Forerunner

Hydra may refer to the following: Hydra - A series of UNSC weapons. MLRS-1 Hydra - The Hydra variant featured in Halo 5: Guardians. MLRS-2 Hydra - The

inexperienced and their weapons untested and they were caught by surprise when the Insurrectionists detonated a nuclear weapon hidden inside an asteroid

beings, they existed on a level beyond that of conventionally sapient biological organisms; they were described as "dreamers and makers whose minds transcended

order to be able to hold the rank, or it might still be representative of biological growth that allows them to be promoted. The appearance of the Yanme'e

installation's automated control systems had been damaged or destroyed; however, biological operators, when connected to the installation's controls through the Cartographer

Each target includes a dossier made by The Weapon, and killing any of the targets unlocks their unique weapons for use at the Forward Operating Bases. This

Specialist rating are granted access to more specialised and experimental weapons, armour, modifications and equipment which most Spartan personnel are not

disperse the heat experienced from Covenant energy weapons. However one or two direct hits from any Plasma weapon will compromise the armor plating. Titanium

of numerous weapons to somewhere in the swampy regions of Installation 04. This, as well as a captured Elite's testimony of a large weapons cache located

Forces. This iteration of the project used more advanced indoctrination and biological augmentation techniques, and after a grueling series of physical and mental

the geologic effects of exposure to the vacuum of space and the eventual biological recovery of the evacuated sections, in order to gain insight into emergency

known as the Conservation Measure, entailed the incorporation of extensive biological preserves on the facilities of the Array, including the Halos and the

erstwhile candidate of the SPARTAN-II program who was crippled by the biological augmentations he received as part of the project. He joined the Office

possesses an improved computer system which continuously monitors weapons, biological functions, and motion through an intelligent motion tracker. The third

intended to test the feasibility of robotic drone combatants, but the rise of biological augmentation in humans led to the facility's closure. Eventually, the

Sloan's want to examine technology that still remains in the hands of biological life. The scenario set up for the Executor, now "rewoven" as a PEACEWEAVER

in support and hosting not only Johnson and Byrne but also an arsenal of weapons. The aliens are repelled (though Johnson receives a fractured skull) and

90 millennia passed before any of them became space-faring again. The biological effects of the rings had long-term consequences on the galaxy's ecosystems

At the same time, the Forerunner Builder rate engineered numerous new weapons and vessels for the war effort, increasing their wealth and power by a tremendous

possible Flood resurgence; these weapons would eventually take the form of the Halo Array. The Librarian was opposed to the weapons, viewing them as contrary

the same path as Halo 3: ODST. Compensating for this, the weapons that were known as dual weapons in Halo 3 that are now in Halo: Reach became drastically

technology and be forced to undergo an artificially-induced process of biological devolution: within a relatively short span of time, live humans had millions

these Knights were an ideal strategy to fight the Flood without risk of biological infection, there were not enough of them to rid the galaxy of the parasite

pragmatic. They prefer using weapons from their homeworld rather than the Covenant's standard plasma-based firearms. Jiralhanae weapons are notable for being

have used - human forms with Covenant weapons, Sangheili forms with Jiralhanae weapons, Jiralhanae with human weapons, and many other strange combinations

ability to use the network. In addition, Anders learned about the Ark's weapons systems through the Cartographer. Isabel later used this information to