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| {{Center|''This article is about a weapon. For the [[VTOL]] aircraft, see [[AV-14 Hornet]].''}}
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| | [[File:HornetMine.png|300px|right|thumb|HORNET mines trailing from the {{UNSCship|Nereid}}.]] |
| |name=M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System
| | '''M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System'''<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', page 190</ref>, commonly known as the '''HORNET mine''', is a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ordnance. These mines are commonly carried aboard [[UNSC prowler]]s, but not exclusively. They are stealthy, [[plutonium]]-cored, [[nuclear weapon|nuclear devices]] with a nominal yield of 30 megatons. |
| |image=[[File:HornetMine.png|300px]]<br>HORNET mines trailing from the {{UNSCShip|Nereid}}.
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| The '''M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System''',{{Ref/Book|Id=H4EVG|H4EVG|Page=190}}{{Ref/Book|HM|Page=140}} commonly known as the '''HORNET mine''', is a type of [[space mine]] employed by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]].
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| ==Overview==
| | During the [[Battle of Onyx]], the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four [[Covenant]] warships. This helped to prolong the survival of [[Carl Patterson|Admiral Patterson]]'s [[Patterson's battle group|battlegroup]], which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the UNSC fleet to score a brief victory, before overwhelming Covenant reinforcements arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships, with the exception of the ''Dusk''.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 325''</ref> |
| ===Design details===
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| Hornet mines are tetrahedron-shaped, large and bulky [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear explosives]]. They are considered stealthy and employ [[plutonium]] cores, with a nominal yield of 30 megatons and vaccuum-enhanced loads.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO35|GoO|Chapter=35}} Despite their size especially when compared to [[missile]] warheads, the Hornets are considered small.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO35}}
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| Overall, Hornet mines measure a metre or more in diameter.{{Ref/Comic|Id=Undefeated|TFS|Story=Undefeated}}
| | In [[2558]], the {{UNSCship|Nereid}} was carrying a number of HORNET mines when the ship lost all power in the wake of an attack from the [[Created]]. An attempt those aboard made at restarting its [[slipspace drive]] involved using the mines to power it as a sort of radioisotope thermoelectric generator. The effort was futile, however. |
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| ===Usage===
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| Hornet mines are primarily carried by {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}s.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=129}} ''Sahara''-class vessels can seed orbital space around a planet with dozens of these weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO35}} However, the presence of these weapons aboard a [[prowler]] risks a massive release of [[Čerenkov radiation]] upon emerging from [[slipstream space]], meaning prowler crews may need to jettison their Hornets if they need to make a stealthy transition to realspace. As such, some prowler classes such as the {{Class|Winter|prowler}} instead employ the non-nuclear [[M1011 Moray space mine]] instead.
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| ==Operational history==
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| ===Biohazard quarantine===
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| In [[2541]], a network of Hornet mines were deployed around the [[Human colonies|colony]] world of [[Barugi]] following the outbreak of the [[asteroidea merozoite]] at [[Barugi Preparatory Academy]].{{Ref/Novel|HRet|Chapter=17}}
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| ===Against the Covenant===
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| During the [[Onyx Conflict]], the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] warships. This helped to prolong the survival of [[Carl Patterson|Admiral Patterson]]'s [[Patterson's battle group|battlegroup]], which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the UNSC fleet to score a brief victory, before overwhelming Covenant reinforcements arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships, with the exception of the ''Dusk''.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO35}}
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| ===Created crisis===
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| In [[2558]], the {{UNSCShip|Nereid}} was carrying a number of HORNET mines when the ship lost all power in the wake of an attack from the [[Created]]. An attempt those aboard made at restarting its [[slipspace drive]] involved using the mines to power it as a sort of radioisotope thermoelectric generator. The effort was futile, however.{{Ref/Reuse|Undefeated}} | |
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| *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'' |
| **''[[Undefeated]]'' | | **''[[Undefeated]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Mines]] | | [[Category:Mines]] |
| [[Category:Nuclear weapons]] | | [[Category:Nuclear weapons]] |
| [[Category:UNSC naval weapons]] | | [[Category:UNSC naval weapons]] |
