Editing Armory Infinitum

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'''Armory Infinitum''' is a series of [[Wikipedia:Flash fiction|flash fiction]] hosted on [[Halo Waypoint]]'s [[Canon Fodder]]. Each entry depicts a weapon—usually a [[Legendary variant weapons|Legendary variant weapon]]—from ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.

== List of entries ==
*'''Issue 136: New Year, New Lore''': [[Duelist Energy Sword]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CF136|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-new-year-new-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - New Year, New Lore|D=23|M=01|Y=2023}}
*'''Issue 137: Didact's Domain''': [[Scatterbound Heatwave]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CF137|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-didacts-domain|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Didact's Domain|D=03|M=02|Y=2023}}
*'''Issue 139: Echoes With-Dinh''': [[M392 DMR|M392 Bandit]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CF139|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-echoes-with-dinh|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Echoes With-Dinh|D=24|M=03|Y=2023}}
*'''Issue 141: Didact's Delight''': [[Backdraft Cindershot]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CF141|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-didact-delights|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Didact's Delight|D=18|M=05|Y=2023}}
*'''Issue 144: Vis-à-Vale''': [[Arcane Sentinel Beam]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CF144|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-vis-a-vale|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Vis-à-Vale|D=3|M=10|Y=2023}}
*'''Issue 147: Fly Me to the Blood-Moon''': [[Purging Shock Rifle]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CF147|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-fly-me-to-the-blood-moon|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Fly Me to the Blood-Moon|D=12|M=1|Y=2024}}

== Transcripts ==
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=== Arcane Sentinel Beam ===
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[[File:HINF ThavSebarim2.jpg|900px]]

“[[Kaidon]] [[Thav 'Sebarim|‘Sebarim]],” a voice called, and a red-armored [[Sangheili]] [[Sangheili Enforcer|enforcer]] approached. “I bring ill news.”

Thav ‘Sebarim, clad in the dark maroon armor that identified him as a [[Bloodstar]], a special warfare unit that had been appropriated from the [[Covenant]] into the ranks of the [[Banished]] military schema, watched as a trio of [['Ahtulai Workshop Banshee|Banshees]] passed overhead and disappeared into low white clouds on their scouting run.

In his hands, 'Sebarim carried [[Arcane Sentinel Beam|a sentinel beam]] that had been found during one of his excursions to [[Installation 07|the ring]]’s substructures—the vast, metal underworld that lay below the natural edifice of the ring’s verdant surface. This [[Directed-energy weapon|directed energy weapon]] was much like [[Sentinel beam|the ones]] integrated into [[Aggressor Sentinel|standard sentinel units]], but the enforcer had been awed by the effectiveness of its use—how it so quickly disintegrated its targets, as if they had been totally cleansed from existence.

“What is the problem?” ‘Sebarim asked.

The enforcer straightened, decades of discipline from [[Covenant military]] service had long ago become second nature to him, though he allowed his eyes to wander to the group of half-a-dozen [[human]] captives held by 'Sebarim's [[Jiralhanae]] entourage.

“The [[Unidentified Banished human inspector|Inspector]] informs me that the [[Redoubt of Sundering]] is full,” he spoke. “There is no more room for the spoils of today’s hunt.”

“Ah,” ‘Sebarim gestured to the enforcer to come closer. “We have been gluttonously spoiled with [[Prisoner of war|prisoners]] since [[Tremonius]] [[Battle of the Mortal Reverie|claimed their ruined frigate]].”

The enforcer dipped his head in agreement. The attack on the [[UNSC Mortal Reverie]] had scattered the survivors to the winds, but the checkpoints and fortifications set up by the Banished had effectively transformed this area of the ring into the perfect hunting ground.

Humans were tenacious when faced with limited options. Some simply chose to hide and had to be flushed out from their cowardly retreat, others attempted to form larger groups to [[Rubicon Protocol|conduct attacks on various targets of value]]. The only other option that remained for them was to leap into the abyss at the sundered edge of the ring.

“What do you intend to do?” asked the enforcer.

“Release them, of course,” ‘Sebarim said, and the Bloodstar warrior’s grip on his weapon tightened.
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=== Backdraft Cindershot ===
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'''[[Ur-Didact|D]]''': [[Ferrarius Assembler Vats|Ferrarius [legatio]]] grow ever more eager in their designs as the [[Ecumene Council|ecumene council]]’s formal declaration of [[Human-Forerunner wars|war]] with the [[Ancient humanity|humans]] becomes increasingly inevitable. Edifying Apparatus’s proposition for expansion of the [[Armiger|armiger constructs]]’ neural framework certainly has interesting potential for [conscensis] operations.

'''[[Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished|B]]''': Of particular note from their [ostentus] was [[Cindershot|a splinter-munitions launcher]] that proved to be effective. Its release of hyper-charged splinter core packets culminates in an impressive detonation, but its additional capabilities are sure to be utilized well by your armigers at range...

'''D''': You are tempting my intrigue, [praeceptor].

'''B''': The splinter core can be directed by the wielder in order to decide where its area of [interitus] is best placed. A launcher with such capabilities will be useful given what is known of the construction method of human vessel interiors.

'''D''': I would greatly desire to appraise this weapon myself.

'''B''': Worry not, old [discipulus]. I have already requisitioned [[Backdraft Cindershot|a specialized variant]] for your personal use...''
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=== Duelist Energy Sword ===
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“I know why you have come.”

[[Okro 'Vagaduun|Okro ‘Vagaduun]]’s grip tightened on the hilt of his [[Energy sword (fiction)|blade]] as he and his opponent circled each other.

He had no desire to kill his old master, for [[Toha 'Sumai|Toha ‘Sumai]] was one of the most respected swordsmen and duelists of [[Sanghelios]], but he understood what [[Atriox]] sought to teach him. To join the Banished was to sever one’s ties to the past. To reject honor, the very core of a Sangheili’s being, for payment would come in sport and spoils—not sentiment.

To join the Banished was to have loyalty to none but Atriox. It was for this reason alone that Toha ‘Sumai must die.

Okro ‘Vagaduun wished to say that he regretted what must be done—that he held fondness for his aged mentor, and that he would take up [[Duelist Energy Sword|the enhanced energy sword]] that was to be his bounty and do great things...

But he said nothing as he ignited his own blade and ran his old master through.
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=== M392 Bandit ===
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The first voice to speak came from a human armed with confidence, or perhaps brazen foolishness—it was often hard to tell the difference.

“It looks like we've got a problem, boys...”

He was flanked by three [[Kig-Yar]] [[Kig-Yar Raider|raider]], a mix of Ruuhtian and Ibie’shian clad in telling red-gray colors.

“Know how we settle problem on [[Karava]],” one of the Kig-Yar squawked.

“You give Banished bad information,” another chimed in. “We give Banished your head.”

The human and his Jackal companions grinned in their own ways as they focused on the target of their ire: [[Zef 'Trahl|a Sangheili informant]] who finally had nowhere else to run.

But before they could make their next move, the Elite erupted into raucous laughter, using the split-second distraction of the group exchanging slightly puzzled looks to fling himself into cover and unsling the weapon he carried on his back.

Three opening shots sounded from an [[M392 Bandit]], each one finding its mark on the heads and necks of the Kig-Yar before a fourth sent the Banished cadre's human leader to the ground clutching his knee. Their saurian target studied the rifle approvingly for a moment before slinging it over his back once more and approaching the grimacing survivor, pressing his hoof onto the wound to keep him both still and uncomfortable.

“You will live, human,” he spoke, arranging his mandibles into an unmistakably wide grin. “At least, until you deliver the message to your superiors that Zef ‘Trahl will not be so easily slain.”
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=== Purging Shock Rifle ===
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'''[[Sicatt Workshop|SICATT WORSHOP]] // [[Alchemy Corps|ALCHEMY CORPS]]'''<br/>
'''[[Ghost of Barolon|GHOST OF BAROLON]]'''<br/>
'''>>PERSONAL LOG // [[Vulcus|VULCUS]]'''

As the Banished looks to extend its reach beyond the shadowed corners of [[Milky Way|the galaxy]] we have remained hidden in, Atriox has expressed his desire to bring [[Voltaic weaponry|new kinds of weaponry]] to bear—the kind that was spoken of in the old stories across the three [[Natural satellite|moons]]. It was for this purpose that Sicatt Workshop was born, and thus far rudimentary efforts to harness directed-energy electrolasers recovered from old vaults on [[Doisac]] have delivered... satisfactory results.

But I see this as just a template. A foundation.

The manufacturers deliver me [[Sicatt Workshop shock rifle|a weapon that fires three bursts]]—I say, [[Purging Shock Rifle|why not five]]? Voltaic application devices are still experimental in nature, let us see how much power they can truly offer as we explore the truth of their limits. The [[Gray Guards]] are already eager to test this new firepower on the field as [[Escharum]] seeks to convene the [[Legionmaster]]s for [[Battle for Zeta Halo|a new operation]]. I want these weapons to match precision and power to take down the shields of a human strike fighter.

In time, perhaps we can even mount such a weapon onto [[Banished dreadnought|our ships]]... overload enemy systems to aid in ramming and [[naval boarding|boarding]] maneuvers...

Let it never be said that a Jiralhanae lacks the ambition to explore what can be achieved through our minds as well as our might.
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=== Scatterbound Heatwave ===
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The [[Scatterbound Heatwave|heatwave]] shuddered and whirred as it reloaded, before kicking back into [[Salient-Lance]]'s grip. The first shot took two of them out, energized shards of [[hardlight]] ricocheted off the alloyed bulkhead and tracked their targets with remarkable accuracy, disintegrating them. He fired the weapon twice more as he heard more of [[Flood|them]] coming.

By the [[Mantle]], there were so many of them...

The wounded [[Scutarii]] struggled to shift the immense support beam that had crushed his leg as his armor’s ancilla attempted to dull his mind to the pain. He wished he had better cover.

He wished they had simply destroyed the vessel from the comforting distance of their dragoon.

And, as they turned the corner, prompting Salient-Lance to switch the heatwave to its horizontal firing mode, he wished he wasn’t the last one left.
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