Z-520 splinter turret
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The Splinter Cannon, or Splinter turret, (UNSC Z-classification: Z-520 Encounter-Mitigation System, Z-520 EMS)[2] is a Forerunner weapon produced by the Ferrarius Assembler Vats and employed by the various military forces of the Ecumene.[2]
that saw use during the Forerunner-Flood War and centuries later by Armiger Soldiers, especially the Officer variants, at the outset of the Created conflict. It fires a wide projectile that releases multiple small explosives upon impact that explode shortly after.[3]
Overview
Design details
The splinter turret is a hard light heavy weapon, designed for use in quick-reaction and expeditionary military strikes. It fires unstable hard light mass projectiles that can ricochet off surfaces and break apart on impact, releasing reactive fragments.[2] The hard light fragments deal both kinetic and thermal damage upon impact, and are considered ideal for use against massed swarms of enemies such as Flood hordes.[1]
It can be wielded mounted on a mechanical mounting arm attached to a circular base, or as an independent weapon carried by an individual soldier. When mounted, the weapon has an effectively unlimited ammunition capacity, though when detached from the base it only has an ammunition pool of 30 bolts.[1] Examples encountered by humanity have resulted in the weapon's ONI-given Z-designation of Z-250 Encounter-Mitigation System, with all encountered examples consisting of those paired with a generator pedestal. Despite this, it is speculated that vehicle-mounted configurations are possible.[2]
Usage
The splinter turret was one of the many hard light innovations pioneered by the Promethean warriors of the Warrior-Servants during the Forerunner-Flood war.[1] It was utilised by Builder Security military forces during the conflict to particular effect against Flood infection forms. Seemingly designed for use in quick-reaction and expeditionary military strikes, the Splinter Cannon can either be physically moved to a site by Soldier constructs or instantly called in to reinforce a position by use of a translocation beacon. UNSC forces have only encountered the weapon paired with a generator pedestal, but it is possible there are vehicle-mounted configurations.[2]
Absent from use during the conflict on Requiem for unknown reasons, the Splinter Cannon is one of many long-lost weapons that Cortana reclaimed from the Forerunner archives on Genesis.[2]
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A render of the turret in Halo 5: Guardians.
Third-person view of Edward Buck using a stationary Splinter turret in the Halo 5: Guardians campaign.
Third-person view of Frederic-104 using a detached Splinter turret in the Halo 5: Guardians campaign.
John-117 firing a splinter turret at Promethean forces on Genesis.
Fred-104 with a splinter turret.
The HUD of a stationary splinter turret in Halo 5: Guardians.
The HUD of a detached splinter turret in Halo 5: Guardians.
A Armiger Armiger Officer using a Splinter turret on Escape from ARC.
A Soldier Enforcer with a Splinter turret on Escape from ARC.
REQ card of the Splinter Turret.
Concept art
List of appearances
- Halo 5: Guardians (First appearance)
- Halo: Outcasts
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