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{{Center|''This article is about a weapon. For the [[VTOL]] aircraft, see [[AV-14 Hornet]].''}} | {{Center|''This article is about a weapon. For the [[VTOL]] aircraft, see [[AV-14 Hornet]].''}} | ||
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'''M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System''', | |name=M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System | ||
|image=[[File:HornetMine.png|300px]]<br>HORNET mines trailing from the {{UNSCShip|Nereid}}. | |||
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The '''M441 Hornet Remote Explosive System''',{{Ref/Book|Id=H4EVG|H4EVG|Page=190}}{{Ref/Book|HM|Page=140}} commonly known as the '''HORNET mine''', is a type of [[space mine]] employed by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. | |||
==Overview== | |||
===Design details=== | |||
Hornet mines are tetrahedron-shaped, large and bulky [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear explosives]]. They are considered stealthy and employ [[plutonium]] cores, with a nominal yield of 30 megatons and vaccuum-enhanced loads.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GOO35|GoO|Chapter=35}} Despite their size especially when compared to [[missile]] warheads, the Hornets are considered small.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO35}} | |||
In [[2558]], the {{UNSCShip|Nereid}} was carrying a number of HORNET mines when the ship lost all power in the wake of an attack from the [[Created]]. An attempt those aboard made at restarting its [[slipspace drive]] involved using the mines to power it as a sort of radioisotope thermoelectric generator. The effort was futile, however. | Overall, Hornet mines measure a metre or more in diameter.{{Ref/Comic|Id=Undefeated|TFS|Story=Undefeated}} | ||
===Usage=== | |||
Hornet mines are primarily carried by {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}s.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=129}} ''Sahara''-class vessels can seed orbital space around a planet with dozens of these weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO35}} However, the presence of these weapons aboard a [[prowler]] risks a massive release of [[Čerenkov radiation]] upon emerging from [[slipstream space]], meaning prowler crews may need to jettison their Hornets if they need to make a stealthy transition to realspace. As such, some prowler classes such as the {{Class|Winter|prowler}} instead employ the non-nuclear [[M1011 Moray space mine]] instead. | |||
==Operational history== | |||
===Biohazard quarantine=== | |||
In [[2541]], a network of Hornet mines were deployed around the [[Human colonies|colony]] world of [[Barugi]] following the outbreak of the [[asteroidea merozoite]] at [[Barugi Preparatory Academy]].{{Ref/Novel|HRet|Chapter=17}} | |||
===Against the Covenant=== | |||
During the [[Onyx Conflict]], the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} laid a field of HORNETs, destroying twelve and damaging four [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] warships. This helped to prolong the survival of [[Carl Patterson|Admiral Patterson]]'s [[Patterson's battle group|battlegroup]], which was facing an overwhelming number of Covenant ships at the time. The severe reduction in the number of Covenant ships allowed the UNSC fleet to score a brief victory, before overwhelming Covenant reinforcements arrived and destroyed the surviving human ships, with the exception of the ''Dusk''.{{Ref/Reuse|GOO35}} | |||
===Created crisis=== | |||
In [[2558]], the {{UNSCShip|Nereid}} was carrying a number of HORNET mines when the ship lost all power in the wake of an attack from the [[Created]]. An attempt those aboard made at restarting its [[slipspace drive]] involved using the mines to power it as a sort of radioisotope thermoelectric generator. The effort was futile, however.{{Ref/Reuse|Undefeated}} | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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**''[[Undefeated]]'' | **''[[Undefeated]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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