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===Deployment=== | ===Deployment=== | ||
[[File:Bubbleshield gx1-1.jpg|200px|thumb|Comparison between deployed and undeployed Bubble Shield.]] | [[File:Bubbleshield gx1-1.jpg|200px|thumb|Comparison between deployed and undeployed Bubble Shield.]] | ||
UNSC [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] are never seen deploying it during [[Campaign]], while [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] deploy it often. This leads to the theory that it is a Covenant device and not | UNSC [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] are never seen deploying it during [[Campaign]], while [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] deploy it often. This leads to the theory that it is a Covenant device and not Human technology. At least one or two Brutes in a Covenant [[pack]] always have a Bubble Shield on hand. Brutes generally activate their Bubble Shields immediately when taking fire or when feeling threatened. | ||
Unlike the multiplayer "[[shield door]]s", vehicles are able to pass through the bubble shield. Damaging the shield generator itself in the bubble's enclosure will cause it to explode, and the shield will collapse upon detonation. Upon reaching its energy limit, bubble shields will make a high-pitched sound prior to overloading and exploding. | Unlike the multiplayer "[[shield door]]s", vehicles are able to pass through the bubble shield. Damaging the shield generator itself in the bubble's enclosure will cause it to explode, and the shield will collapse upon detonation. Upon reaching its energy limit, bubble shields will make a high-pitched sound prior to overloading and exploding. | ||
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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
Oddly, the manufacturer of the bubble shield has never been explicitly stated. It has primarily been seen deployed by Covenant forces in the later years of the war, suggesting it is of Covenant design. However, it has been stated that the technology involved with it is owned by [[ONI]], and it is used by their [[Beta-5 Division]] strike teams. | Oddly, the manufacturer of the bubble shield has never been explicitly stated. It has primarily been seen deployed by Covenant forces in the later years of the war, suggesting it is of Covenant design. However, it has been stated that the technology involved with it is owned by [[ONI]], and it is used by their [[Beta-5 Division]] strike teams.{{Verify_source}} | ||
The device itself bears little in common aesthetically with devices used by either faction. However, the geometric angles of the device vaguely resemble those used in Forerunner technology. In addition, the shield it generates is spherical and made of tessellating hexagons, which is similar to shields used by [[Sentinel]]s and [[Protector Sentinel|Protectors]]. As such, the bubble shield may be Forerunner technology reverse-engineered by the Covenant, which the UNSC then acquired for research. This would fit with the description of the similar [[drop shield]], which is an "evolution of bubble shield technology." | The device itself bears little in common aesthetically with devices used by either faction. However, the geometric angles of the device vaguely resemble those used in Forerunner technology. In addition, the shield it generates is spherical and made of tessellating hexagons, which is similar to shields used by [[Sentinel]]s and [[Protector Sentinel|Protectors]]. As such, the bubble shield may be Forerunner technology reverse-engineered by the Covenant, which the UNSC then acquired for research. This would fit with the description of the similar [[drop shield]], which is an "evolution of bubble shield technology." | ||