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{{Weapon | {{Weapon infobox | ||
|image= [[File:H4-Z8060ParticleCannon-ScanRender.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:H4-Z8060ParticleCannon-ScanRender.png|300px]] | ||
|manufacturer=[[Forerunner]] | |manufacturer=[[Forerunner]]<ref name="Reclaimer">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer]]''</ref> | ||
|series= | |series= | ||
|type=Particle | |type=[[Particle cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | ||
|cost= | |cost= | ||
|variant= | |variant= | ||
|service= | |service=*[[Human-Forerunner War]]<ref name="Silentium">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''pages 278-279''</ref> | ||
| | *[[Forerunner-Flood War]]{{Ref/Reuse|Silentium}} | ||
*[[Promethean]]s | *[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | ||
|affiliation=Forerunners{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | |||
*[[Promethean]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | |||
|weight= | |weight= | ||
|length= | |length={{Convert|489.7|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 105''</ref> | ||
|ammotype=Ionized particles | |width={{Convert|320.5|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}} | ||
|feed=Unlimited | |height={{Convert|277.5|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}} | ||
|ammotype=Ionized particles{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}} | |||
|capacity= | |||
|feed=Unlimited{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}} | |||
|operation= | |operation= | ||
|rate=Single | |rate=Single beam{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | ||
|velocity= | |velocity= | ||
|range= | |optics= | ||
|range=Long{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Particle Cannon''' {{ZClass|8060|High-Impact Particle Weapon|HIPW}}<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 105''</ref> is a heavy [[Forerunner]] [[directed energy weapon|directed energy]] [[particle cannon]] used for anti-air defense.{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | |||
== Description == | |||
Z-8060 particle cannons are enormous floating weapons platforms. They are spherical, surrounded by three curving "arms" spaced at equidistant points around the main gun assembly. The cannons project a hyper-dense beam of negatively charged ions to disintegrate any target in range.{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}} They are slow to turn, however, and are vulnerable to ground-based attacks. A well-placed hit from a small [[MAC]] in the central beam port will destroy the device.{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | |||
Interestingly, this particle cannon bears a great resemblance to a certain Forerunner [[unidentified Forerunner machine|portal-generating machine]], albeit with its "arms" protruding outwards instead of upwards.<ref name="opc">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref><ref name="opd">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation D: Adamantine Shield]]''</ref><ref name="ope">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation E: Brother's Keeper]]''</ref> | |||
==History== | == History == | ||
A number of these weapons were encountered on [[Requiem]] in use by the [[Promethean]]s as anti-air defenses; one of the cannons obliterated a squad of [[Pelicans]] in a single hit. Two cannons were destroyed by a [[Mammoth]] siegework platform deployed to the surface by the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, with [[John-117|Master Chief John-117]] providing targeting for the Mammoth. These cannons were controlled from a central core via an AI, before it was deactivated by [[Cortana]]; causing the remaining two to fire on each other. | A number of these weapons were encountered on [[Requiem]] in use by the [[Promethean]]s as anti-air defenses; one of the cannons obliterated a squad of [[Pelicans]] in a single hit. Two cannons were destroyed by the [[Mark 2547 heavy railgun]] weapon mounted atop a [[M510 Mammoth]] siegework platform deployed to the surface by the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, with [[John-117|Master Chief John-117]] providing targeting for the Mammoth. These cannons were controlled from a central core via an AI, before it was deactivated by [[Cortana]]; causing the remaining two to fire on each other.{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | ||
The ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' was equipped with a series of these guns for point-defense purposes. During the [[New Phoenix Incident]], four of these guns protected the [[Composer]] from harm against the ''Infinity'' and [[Battle Group Dakota]], destroying at least one of the ships in the battle group. After John destroyed the guns by targeting their power sources with an [[F-41 Broadsword]], the ''Infinity'' was able to move in close enough to blow a hole in the hull of ''Mantle's Approach'' for John with the ship's primary MAC guns.<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | == Trivia == | ||
The particle cannon's overall design bears a great deal of resemblance to the description of an [[Onyx Sentinel]]. | The particle cannon's overall design bears a great deal of resemblance to the description of an [[Onyx Sentinel]]. | ||
==Gallery== | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:H4-Concept-ParticleCannon.jpg|Concept art of a Forerunner anti-air particle cannon in ''Halo 4''. | File:H4-Concept-ParticleCannon.jpg|Concept art of a Forerunner anti-air particle cannon in ''Halo 4''. | ||
File:H4-Concept-Mantle-MegaCannon.jpg|Concept art of the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'''s point-defense particle cannons in ''Halo 4''. | File:H4-Concept-Mantle-MegaCannon.jpg|Concept art of the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s point-defense particle cannons in ''Halo 4''. | ||
File:H4-ParticleCannon.jpg | File:H4-ParticleCannon.jpg|A particle cannon on Requiem. | ||
File:Particle_cannon_-_right.jpg|A view of a particle cannon on Requiem. | File:Particle_cannon_-_right.jpg|A view of a particle cannon on Requiem. | ||
File:Particle_cannon_-_left.jpg|Another view of a particle cannon. | File:Particle_cannon_-_left.jpg|Another view of a particle cannon. | ||
File:H4-M510Mammoth-RocketTurret.jpg|An [[ | File:H4-M510Mammoth-RocketTurret.jpg|An [[M510 Mammoth]] encountering a Particle Cannon. | ||
File:H4 Particle Cannon firing.jpg|A Particle cannon firing on a [[Papa Foxtrot 766|Pelican]]. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | == List of appearances == | ||
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Trial of Reckoning]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | == Sources == | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{Forerunner}} | {{Forerunner}} | ||
[[Category:Directed-energy weapons]] | |||
[[Category:Forerunner naval weapons]] | |||