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| {{Status|Canon}}
| | '''Chemical Light Sticks''' are plastic tubes containing two isolated elements that when combined, are capable of producing light through chemoluminescence. They are currently used by the [[UNSC]]. When lit, they glow a sickly yellow color, and are used primarily to mark areas or as emergency lighting.<ref name="FS">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' pg. 117</ref> |
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| '''Chemical light sticks''', also known as '''"chemlights"''', are plastic tubes containing two isolated elements that when combined, are capable of producing light through chemoluminescence.<ref name="CF100">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/sweet-centennial '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder #100: Sweet Centennial'']</ref> | |
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| ==Background==
| | These chemical light sticks were used by [[Spartan]] [[Red Team]] to provide lighting in [[CASTLE Base]] on [[Reach]],<ref name="FS"/> and later during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] on the captured [[Spirit]] dropship.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' pg. 295</ref> |
| They are currently used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. When lit, they glow a sickly yellow color, and are used primarily to mark areas or as emergency lighting.<ref name="FS">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', Chapter 12</ref> The UNSC also utilizes [[glow rod]]s for similar purposes.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'''</ref>
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| Chemical light sticks were used by [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[Red Team]] to provide lighting in [[CASTLE Base]] on [[Reach]],{{Ref/Reuse|FS}} and later during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] on the captured [[Taaku Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit dropship]].<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 32</ref>
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| Chemical light sticks were also used by [[Recon Team Bravo]] during a night operation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[Nightfall]]''</ref>
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| [[Major]] [[Elijah Vaughan]] of the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODST]] kept spare chemical light sticks on his person for situations where other methods of signaling were unusable or unsafe.{{Ref/Reuse|CF100}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:Chemlights.png| Major Vaughan's spare chemlights.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| **''[[Nightfall]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''
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| **''[[Undefeated]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| [[Category:Lighting]] | |
