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The '''Antimatter Charge''' is a type of [[Covenant]] tactical ordnance.<ref name="HaloTheFloodCh1">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', chapter 1</ref>


== Purpose ==
[[Cortana]] believed Covenant boarding parties used such a weapon to disable the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}'s [[MAC]] cannon during the opening of the [[Battle of Installation 04]].<ref name="HaloTheFloodCh1">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', chapter 1</ref>
 
The '''Antimatter Charge''', is a powerful explosive charge [[weapon]] used by the [[Covenant]].<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]''</ref>
 
The Covenant uses antimatter charges in a variety of ways, such as to create an opening in ship armor during boarding or as an anti-vehicle and anti-personnel weapon. They are mentioned first in Halo: CE in the beginning cut-scene when Cortana exclaims that the Covenant have destroyed the [[MAC]] gun with the charges. These appear to be the choice and trademark explosives of [[Ranger Elite]] teams or boarding parties, as they have sometimes been used to destroy [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|Magnetic Accelerator Cannons]] aboard ship-to-ship engagements. The bomb seen in [[Halo 2]] uses anti-matter. 
 
Any contact between antimatter and normal matter causes a complete conversion of mass to energy, causing a release of electromagnetic radiation.
 
Only one kiloton of antimatter reacting with one kiloton of matter would yield an explosion of 42.96 megatons, which is almost equivalent to three thousand Hiroshima-bombs (45 Mt combined). An antimatter-matter explosion is the most efficient way of liberating energy, with a 100% yield in the form of radiation.
 
The charge likely consists of a slurry of hydrogen and anti-hydrogen suspended in a magnetic constriction similar to that used in UNSC fusion drives.  The interior would contain a specialized shield designed to produce myriad microscopic honeycombs, with each unit holding a small amount of either hydrogen or anti-hydrogen.  Upon impact or detonation, the shield would collapse, and the magnetic bottle would contract, resulting in a critical mass with optimum dispersement.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*An antimatter particle, colliding with a matter particle releases an intact 100% of the energy contained within the particles, while an H-bomb (Hydrogen bomb) only releases about 7% of this energy. This gives a clue to how effective and powerful this force really is.
*[[Jen Taylor]], as [[Cortana]], had trouble recording the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' line, "It must have been one of their boarding parties, I'd guess an antimatter charge!", joking that "It sounds so weird!".
*[[Jen Taylor]], as [[Cortana]], had trouble recording the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' line, "It must have been one of their boarding parties, I'd guess an antimatter charge!", joking that "It sounds so weird!".


== Related Articles ==
== Related Articles ==
*[[Covenant]]
*[[Antimatter]]
*[[Covenant Bomb]]
*[[Covenant Bomb]]


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Template:SeeWikipedia The Antimatter Charge is a type of Covenant tactical ordnance.[1]

Cortana believed Covenant boarding parties used such a weapon to disable the UNSC Pillar of Autumn's MAC cannon during the opening of the Battle of Installation 04.[1]

Trivia

  • Jen Taylor, as Cortana, had trouble recording the Halo: Combat Evolved line, "It must have been one of their boarding parties, I'd guess an antimatter charge!", joking that "It sounds so weird!".

Related Articles

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo: The Flood, chapter 1

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