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Sith Venator (talk | contribs) (Looks like Wages of Sin got retconned, either that or the San'Shyuum in Wages of Sin didn't know about the Prelates' hard light shields.) |
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* | *According to the [[Minister of Discovery]] in ''[[Wages of Sin]]'', hard light was one of the several Forerunner technologies the [[Covenant]] never successfully reverse-engineered.<ref name="wages"/> However, the [[San'Shyuum]] [[Prelate]] [[Tem'Bhetek]] sports a hard light shield gauntlet in ''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Shadow of Intent''', ''pages 51, 53, 55'' (Google Play edition)</ref> It is possible that the device was of Forerunner origin, rather than having been manufactured by the Covenant. Alternatively, the Minister of Discovery may not have been informed of the technology incorporated into the Prelates' armor. | ||
*There are real-world scientific efforts to manipulate light to behave as a solid surface.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/26/us/new-lightsaber-molecule/index.html '''CNN''': ''Scientists create light-matter like Darth Vader's lightsaber'']</ref> | *There are real-world scientific efforts to manipulate light to behave as a solid surface.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/26/us/new-lightsaber-molecule/index.html '''CNN''': ''Scientists create light-matter like Darth Vader's lightsaber'']</ref> | ||
