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*Single beam<ref name="Midnight">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref> | *Single beam<ref name="Midnight">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref> | ||
*Burst fire<ref name="Osiris" /> | *Burst fire<ref name="Osiris"/> | ||
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A '''particle cannon''' is a type of [[Forerunner]] [[Directed-energy weapon|directed energy]] [[particle beam weapon]] that fires a hyper-dense beam of negatively charged ions.<ref name="H4EVG" /> Ranging from a few meters<ref name="Osiris" /> to hundreds of meters long,<ref name="H4EVG" /> particle cannons were installed on a multitude of [[ecumene]] worlds and used in the defense of important Forerunner installations.<ref name="Hold the Line" /><ref name="Reclaimer" /><ref name="Osiris" /> | A '''particle cannon''' is a type of [[Forerunner]] [[Directed-energy weapon|directed energy]] [[particle beam weapon]] that fires a hyper-dense beam of negatively charged ions.<ref name="H4EVG" /> Ranging from a few meters<ref name="Osiris"/> to hundreds of meters long,<ref name="H4EVG" /> particle cannons were installed on a multitude of [[ecumene]] worlds and used in the defense of important Forerunner installations.<ref name="Hold the Line" /><ref name="Reclaimer" /><ref name="Osiris"/> | ||
The [[Z-8060 particle cannon|Z-8060 High-Impact Particle Weapon]], as it is designated by the [[United Nations Space Command]], is a model of particle cannon almost five-hundred meters in length which consists of a spherical firing assembly surrounded by three curved "arms."<ref name="H4EVG" /> Several Z-8060s were used to defend the [[Gravity well|gravity well generator]] of the Forerunner [[shield world]], [[Requiem]].<ref name="Reclaimer" /> | The [[Z-8060 particle cannon|Z-8060 High-Impact Particle Weapon]], as it is designated by the [[United Nations Space Command]], is a model of particle cannon almost five-hundred meters in length which consists of a spherical firing assembly surrounded by three curved "arms."<ref name="H4EVG" /> Several Z-8060s were used to defend the [[Gravity well|gravity well generator]] of the Forerunner [[shield world]], [[Requiem]].<ref name="Reclaimer" /> | ||
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Particle cannons were also positioned across the surface of [[Installation 00]], "the Ark." The firing mechanisms of these cannons were embedded in the surface of the Ark and fired a blue particle beam upwards between three "prongs."<ref name="Hold the Line" /> In [[2559]],<ref name="A New Enemy">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[A New Enemy]]''</ref> Professor [[Ellen Anders]] of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} assumed control over one of the particle cannons in order to take down the [[Energy shielding|energy shields]] of the [[Banished]] [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Hold the Line" /> | Particle cannons were also positioned across the surface of [[Installation 00]], "the Ark." The firing mechanisms of these cannons were embedded in the surface of the Ark and fired a blue particle beam upwards between three "prongs."<ref name="Hold the Line" /> In [[2559]],<ref name="A New Enemy">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[A New Enemy]]''</ref> Professor [[Ellen Anders]] of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} assumed control over one of the particle cannons in order to take down the [[Energy shielding|energy shields]] of the [[Banished]] [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier]], ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''.<ref name="Hold the Line" /> | ||
Multiple several-meter-long particle cannons similar in appearance to Z-8060s were positioned around<ref name="Osiris" /> an access point to the [[Domain]] on an [[Astroengineering|artificial]] Forerunner world, known as [[Kamchatka]] to [[human]]ity.<ref name="Kamchatka">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Kamchatka'']</ref> The cannons were reactivated during an [[Battle of Kamchatka|invasion]] by [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] and fired bursts of particle energy at the attacking aircraft and spacecraft.<ref name="Osiris" /> | Multiple several-meter-long particle cannons similar in appearance to Z-8060s were positioned around<ref name="Osiris"/> an access point to the [[Domain]] on an [[Astroengineering|artificial]] Forerunner world, known as [[Kamchatka]] to [[human]]ity.<ref name="Kamchatka">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Kamchatka'']</ref> The cannons were reactivated during an [[Battle of Kamchatka|invasion]] by [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] and fired bursts of particle energy at the attacking aircraft and spacecraft.<ref name="Osiris"/> | ||
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