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{{Center|''This article describes the Covenant weapon. For the pulse laser mounted on [[UNSC prowler]]s, see [[XEV9-Matos Nonlinear Pulse Cannon]].''}} | {{Center|''This article describes the Covenant weapon. For the pulse laser mounted on [[UNSC prowler]]s, see [[XEV9-Matos Nonlinear Pulse Cannon]].''}} | ||
[[File:CCS_weapons.png|thumb|A [[CCS-class battlecruiser]] firing its pulse laser turrets.]] | [[File:CCS_weapons.png|thumb|A [[CCS-class battlecruiser]] firing its pulse laser turrets.]] | ||
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File:CCS Legends.jpg|A CCS-class battlecruiser firing its ventral pulse laser turrets and dorsal [[plasma turret]]s. | File:CCS Legends.jpg|A CCS-class battlecruiser firing its ventral pulse laser turrets and dorsal [[plasma turret]]s. | ||
File:CirciniusIV attacked1.jpg|A [[SDV-class heavy corvette]] fires a pulse laser at a [[space elevator]] at the [[Corbulo Academy]], triggering its collapse. | File:CirciniusIV attacked1.jpg|A [[SDV-class heavy corvette]] fires a pulse laser at a [[space elevator]] at the [[Corbulo Academy]], triggering its collapse. | ||
File:H2A Terminals - Laser.jpg|The laser being used against UNSC vessels. | |||
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Revision as of 01:54, December 20, 2014
The pulse laser turret is a light Covenant ship-to-ship weapon system. These laser weapons are known to have been mounted on most Covenant ships and starfighters, and are mostly used for point defense but also for ship-to-ship combat.
Design details
Specifications
The pulse laser turret is one of the Covenant's primary weapon system, often classified as a point-defense weapon and compared to the UNSC's point-defense guns. These pulse weapons are affixed to most Covenant ships, including Kig-yar privateer ships such as the Minor Transgression, and starfighters such as the Type-31 "Seraph"-class.
Firing operation
- Main article: Laser
The pulse laser turret fires by means of laser, using hydrogen fluoride as fuel.[1] Before the weapon fires, it must first charge, during the charge a sphere of light energy forms around the charging weapon. After finishing charging, the weapon expels a cyan/purple beam of energy. The ship's shielding system must be dropped to allow the pulse weapons to fire completely.[2]
Damage
Like most Covenant weapons, the pulse laser turrets are rated in the kilowatt range.[3] Damages dealt by the pulse laser turrets are known to be serious threats to most, if not all UNSC ships; a pulse laser salvo is capable of melting through 45 cm of Titanium-A armor in a single shot.[4] In one such instance, the UNSC Commonwealth, a frigate, received severe armor damage in sections three and four to a quarter the original width.[4] As such, it is believed that UNSC ships with thicker armor would have to take multiple pulse laser salvos to show the same results.
Gallery
A CCS-class battlecruiser firing its ventral pulse laser turrets and dorsal plasma turrets.
A SDV-class heavy corvette fires a pulse laser at a space elevator at the Corbulo Academy, triggering its collapse.
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- Halo: Contact Harvest
- Halo: Legends
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
- Halo: Mortal Dictata (Mentioned only)
- Halo 2 Anniversary
Sources
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 163
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 27
- ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??