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{{Center|''This article is about a weapon. For the [[VTOL]] aircraft, see [[AV-14 Hornet]].''}} | {{Center|''This article is about a weapon. For the [[VTOL]] aircraft, see [[AV-14 Hornet]].''}} | ||
[[File:HornetMine.png|300px|right|thumb|HORNET mines trailing from the {{UNSCShip|Nereid}}.]] | |||
'''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. While considered tiny for a space mine,<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''</ref> the Hornet was quite large and bulky compared to missile warheads, with each mine being easily multiple meters in diameter.<ref>[[Halo: Tales From Slipspace|Halo: Tales From Slipspace: Undefeated]] [https://i.imgur.com/8Wuy2pi.png (screenshot)].</ref> | |||
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>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 325''</ref> | |||
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. | |||
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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*''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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{{UNSC ordnance}} | {{UNSC ordnance}} | ||
[[Category:Mines]] | [[Category:Mines]] | ||
[[Category:Nuclear weapons]] | [[Category:Nuclear weapons]] | ||
[[Category:UNSC naval weapons]] | [[Category:UNSC naval weapons]] |