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having looked through the entirety of this comic, Fall of Reach never refers to the nuke used to destroy Unrelenting as a Fenris; rather, the nuke is just casually kept aboard the Pelican the Spartans used to attack the cruiser.
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(having looked through the entirety of this comic, Fall of Reach never refers to the nuke used to destroy Unrelenting as a Fenris; rather, the nuke is just casually kept aboard the Pelican the Spartans used to attack the cruiser.)
 
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'''FENRIS Nuclear Warheads''' are retired low-yield bombs that the [[UNSC]] once used. They were replaced by more powerful warheads. However, recent actions had depleted the UNSC nuclear stockpile and these retired warheads, slated for conversion into peaceful purposes, were the only bombs they had left.
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Weapon infobox
| image=
| name=FENRIS nuclear warhead
| manufacturer=
| model=
| type=Nuclear warhead
| cost=
| size=Medium
| damage=Very heavy
| magazine=
| maxammo=
| fire=
| ammotype=Fissile material
| operation=Thermonuclear explosive amplified by hardened casing
| rate=
| range=Large blast radius
| service=[[Human-Covenant War]]
| affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
}}
{{Quote|A little slice of Armageddon.|[[William-043|Will-043]], describing FENRIS nuclear warheads}}<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh24">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "chapter 24"</ref>
The '''FENRIS nuclear warhead''' is a type of [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[nuclear weapon]] and part of the [[Medium Fusion Destructive Device]] class.<ref name="H4VG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 83''</ref>


The casings of the warheads were superhardened. The reasons for this was to contain the radiation and to hold the energy for a bit longer to boost the thermonuclear yield.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] page 39</ref>
==Description==
FENRIS warheads had superhardened cases to contain the detonation longer and boost the thermonuclear yield.<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh1">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "chapter 1"</ref> The hardened cases also made them resilient to small arms and explosions, so resilient in fact that they were regarded as useless without the detonation codes. FENRIS warheads are considered low-yield devices.<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh23">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "chapter 23"</ref>


These warheads are first mentioned in [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], when [[Blue Team]] had to infiltrate the rebel base, [[Camp New Hope]] on the planet [[Victoria]], to recover three bombs.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] page 34</ref>.  This mission took place in the year [[2531]]. They will not be seen used again until [[2552]], when Blue Team had to stop a group of [[Brutes]] from stealing 12 FENRIS warheads using the UNSC [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]]. It is assumed that the warheads were still used in the time between the above dates.
They may be detonated by remote{{Ref/Reuse|HaloGhostsOnyxCh23}} or by pressing the warhead's detonator manually.<ref name="HaloGhostsOnyxCh39">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', "chapter 39"</ref>


[[Spartan-051]] (Kurt) used the rest of the Fenris Nukes to prevent Fleet Master Voro from getting into the Mini [[Dyson Sphere&lrm;|Dyson Sphere]] on [[Onyx]].<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] pages 367+372</ref>
==History==
In [[2531]], the [[Insurrectionist]]s possessed three FENRIS warheads at [[Camp New Hope]] on [[Victoria]]. The weapons were recovered during [[Operation: SMOKING ACES]] by [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]].{{Ref/Reuse|HaloGhostsOnyxCh1}}


==References==
By [[2552]], the FENRIS was slated for decommissioning. However, as the [[Human-Covenant War]] made a turn for the worse and the UNSC's nuclear stockpile dwindled, they were returned to service.{{Ref/Reuse|HaloGhostsOnyxCh23}}
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[[Category:Weapons]]
During the [[Battle for Earth]], [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] recaptured 12 FENRIS warheads from the [[Covenant]] at the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]]. At the top of the elevator, six armed warheads were smuggled aboard a [[Covenant destroyer]] while another destroyer, ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' was commandeered by Blue Team. The enemy destroyer was destroyed by a combination of internal nuclear detonations and [[plasma turret|plasma torpedo]] fire. Blue Team then made the [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump to [[Onyx]].{{Ref/Reuse|HaloGhostsOnyxCh23}}
 
As the [[Onyx Conflict]] drew to a close, [[Kurt-051]] manually detonated 2 cut-down FENRIS warheads to deny the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] access to Onyx's internal [[Dyson sphere|Micro Dyson sphere]].{{Ref/Reuse|HaloGhostsOnyxCh39}}
 
==Trivia==
[[wikipedia:Fenrir|Fenrir]] is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology.
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
{{UNSC ordnance}}
 
[[Category:Nuclear weapons]]
[[Category:Bombs]]
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