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==Operation== | ==Operation== | ||
[[Image:AC Cargobay.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Large Covenant ships, such as the [[Shadow of Intent]] have their Energy Projectors located on their underside.]] | [[Image:AC Cargobay.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Large Covenant ships, such as the [[Shadow of Intent]] have their Energy Projectors located on their underside.]] | ||
The weapon can fire a thin beam of extremely powerful and energetic particles. It is possible to predict when it was about to fire because it typically charges the beam up before firing. The beam has an effective range of over 50,000 kilometers, longer even than that of a [[UNSC]] [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] gun used by [[Orbital Defense Platforms]]. It is described as looking like pulse lasers, but tinged silver white, which is compared to the scintillation effect that is seen when a Covenant ship's shields are hit. The long range allowed a ship armed with this weapon to 'snipe' targets during ship-to-ship combat, albeit less effectively. The weapon has been observed to gut UNSC ships from stem to stern, such as the Frigate [[Gettysburg]] over Reach.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: First Strike]]''</ref> It alsoseems to be able to expand in size, depending on the size of the ship. Regret's Carrier seemed perfectly capable of destroying the Main Temple ''without'' moving its beam. It just grew in size and diameter. | The weapon can fire a thin beam of extremely powerful and energetic particles. It is possible to predict when it was about to fire because it typically charges the beam up before firing. The beam has an effective range of over 50,000 kilometers, longer even than that of a [[UNSC]] [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] gun used by [[Orbital Defense Platforms]]. It is described as looking like pulse lasers, but tinged silver white, which is compared to the scintillation effect that is seen when a Covenant ship's shields are hit. The long range allowed a ship armed with this weapon to 'snipe' targets during ship-to-ship combat, albeit less effectively. The weapon has been observed to gut [[UNSC]] ships from stem to stern, such as the Frigate [[Gettysburg]] over Reach.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: First Strike]]''</ref> It alsoseems to be able to expand in size, depending on the size of the ship. Regret's Carrier seemed perfectly capable of destroying the Main Temple ''without'' moving its beam. It just grew in size and diameter. | ||
== Effects == | == Effects == | ||