Nakata'vho-pattern plasma repeater: Difference between revisions

|name=''Nakata'vho''-pattern Rifle

|manufacturer=[[Iruiru Armory]]{{Ref/Book|Id=essential|EVG|Page=144}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=290}}

|length={{Convert|97.4|cm|in}}{{Ref/Reuse|essential}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

The '''''Nakata'vho''-pattern rifle'''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}, classified by the [[United Nations Space Command]] as the '''Type-51 Directed Energy Rifle/Improved''' ('''T51 DER/I'''),{{Ref/Site|Id=Bnet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=ordnance&cid=25439|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo: Reach - Ordnance Page|D=30|M=12|Y=2019}} more commonly known as the '''plasma repeater''', is a [[plasma]]-based [[directed-energy weapon]] used by the [[Covenant]], issued to [[Sangheili]] as well as [[Jiralhanae]] shock troops.

The repeater resembles the plasma rifle in shape, though with an elongated mid-section and stock, allowing the repeater to be shouldered more like a traditional rifle as opposed to the (ironically-named) plasma rifle's more submachine gun-like hold. The middle of the weapon features a revolving cylinder which slowly ramps up its rate of fire over time, starting with lower rates and accelerating to an extremely high rate of fire in a short period of time.{{Ref/Game|Id=HR|HR|Plasma repeater in-game weapon}}

Unlike its forebears, the plasma repeater features a manual venting trigger that allows its operator to release thermal builup, dispersing it through shuttered ports on the side of the weapon. This allows the operator more precision and control over the weapon, at the cost of the traditional format which dominated the majority of the Covenant's history.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

The plasma repeater was designed as an improvement over the venerable [[plasma rifle]], as one of many efforts done by Covenant manufacturers in an attempt to improve performance over the plasma rifle. Results were generally mixed, though the plasma repeater proved the most effective in this endeavour.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} As of late [[2552]], the weapon was suspected by [[UNSC]] officials to be new to the Covenant arsenal or specific to only one of the Covenant's military arms, having only been sighted in the field relatively recently at the time.{{Ref/Reuse|Bnet}}

The plasma repeater was mainly used from 2552-onward in limited numbers. Many [[Sangheili]] preferred its use over more traditional plasma rifles due to its precision and the controlled it offered.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

The plasma repeater was predominantly employed by Sangheili and Jiralhanae shock trooper forces during the [[Fall of Reach]], at which time the weapon was relatively new in Covenant service.{{Ref/Reuse|HR}} It would continue to go on to be used by the Covenant's [[Covenant remnants|successor states]], with [[Merg Vol's Covenant]] employing it during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]] in [[2555]]{{Ref/Game|HSA|Plasma repeater in-game weapon}} and [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] employing it in the battles of [[Battle of Installation 03|Installation 03]] and [[Battle of New Phoenix|New Phoenix]].{{Ref/Game|HSS|Plasma repeater in-game weapon}}