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===Defensive capabilities=== | ===Defensive capabilities=== | ||
[[File:Energy Projector.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The {{UNSCShip|Grafton}} is destroyed by a single [[energy projector]] shot.]] | [[File:Energy Projector.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The {{UNSCShip|Grafton}} is destroyed by a single [[energy projector]] shot.]] | ||
Prior to the [[Human-Covenant War]], a single [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] slug was capable of penetrating any vessel's Titanium-A armor plating.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 119''</ref> The armor took a newfound importance after the beginning of the Human-Covenant War: to contend with the [[Covenant]]'s [[plasma weaponry]], [[human]]s needed armor that would withstand the heat of the directed plasma. Despite its strength and resistance to heat, however, the Titanium-A plating is usually boiled away within seconds on contact with Covenant [[plasma torpedo]]es, and does not effectively dissipate the plasma. [[Energy projector]]s are able to pierce dozens of centimeters with relative ease.<ref name="enc315"/> [[Pulse laser turret]]s can reduce the hull of a {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} to about | Prior to the [[Human-Covenant War]], a single [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] slug was capable of penetrating any vessel's Titanium-A armor plating.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 119''</ref> The armor took a newfound importance after the beginning of the Human-Covenant War: to contend with the [[Covenant]]'s [[plasma weaponry]], [[human]]s needed armor that would withstand the heat of the directed plasma. Despite its strength and resistance to heat, however, the Titanium-A plating is usually boiled away within seconds on contact with Covenant [[plasma torpedo]]es, and does not effectively dissipate the plasma. [[Energy projector]]s are able to pierce dozens of centimeters with relative ease.<ref name="enc315"/> [[Pulse laser turret]]s can reduce the hull of a {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} to about four centimeters in a single hit.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 129''</ref> Even [[Type-1 energy sword|energy swords]] can do significant damage to Titanium-A armor.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 94''</ref> During the [[Fall of Reach]], the {{UNSCShip|Grafton}} was destroyed by a single shot from the ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'''s energy projector.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref> Despite being armored with the stronger Titanium-A3 armor, the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s hull was pierced by a [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|Covenant mercenary]] [[Oth Lodon station|space station]]'s glassing cannon.<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue 5''</ref> After three hits from the cannon, the ''Infinity'' was nearly destroyed.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue 6''</ref> However, the {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} was able to hold its own for a while against the much larger ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', despite being severely outgunned.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> | ||
Molecularly-reinforced Titanium-A armor is typically employed alongside thick layers of elastic polymers and intermetallic laminate , allowing the host ship to mitigate both kinetic and energy-based attacks. The space between the armor plates is filled with shock-hardening fluids an encapsulated healing agents to reduce spall from impacts and automatically seal small hull breaches.<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''' - ''pg. 19''</ref> Titanium-A armor plating can be layered with [[tungsten]] for a radiation absorption rating of 5 and presumably grant greater protection against [[plasma]] weaponry.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 475''</ref> Unlike the Covenant's [[nanolaminate hull plating]], Titanium-A plating is not effective during direct collisions with other vessels. After a direct collision with [[Unidentified CPV-class heavy destroyer|a ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer]], the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} was heavily damaged, while the destroyer was seemingly unharmed.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Repairs]]''</ref> When the destroyer {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} collided with a [[Covenant stealth ship]], the ''Iroquois'' lost all two meters of Titanium-A plating, although it did succeed to disabling the Covenant vessel.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 176-177''</ref> | Molecularly-reinforced Titanium-A armor is typically employed alongside thick layers of elastic polymers and intermetallic laminate , allowing the host ship to mitigate both kinetic and energy-based attacks. The space between the armor plates is filled with shock-hardening fluids an encapsulated healing agents to reduce spall from impacts and automatically seal small hull breaches.<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''' - ''pg. 19''</ref> Titanium-A armor plating can be layered with [[tungsten]] for a radiation absorption rating of 5 and presumably grant greater protection against [[plasma]] weaponry.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 475''</ref> Unlike the Covenant's [[nanolaminate hull plating]], Titanium-A plating is not effective during direct collisions with other vessels. After a direct collision with [[Unidentified CPV-class heavy destroyer|a ''CPV''-class heavy destroyer]], the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} was heavily damaged, while the destroyer was seemingly unharmed.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Repairs]]''</ref> When the destroyer {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} collided with a [[Covenant stealth ship]], the ''Iroquois'' lost all two meters of Titanium-A plating, although it did succeed to disabling the Covenant vessel.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 176-177''</ref> | ||