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{{Seealso|Z-4190 bubble shield}}
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[[File:Drop Shield.jpg|thumb|250px|A deployed Drop Shield protecting its user from an artillery round.]]
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The '''Drop Shield''' is a sophisticated [[United Nations Space Command]] personal defense device, and essentially a more advanced version of the [[Bubble Shield]] employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]]'s [[Beta-5 Division|Beta-5 strike teams]].<ref name="manual">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''game manual''</ref>
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The '''Drop Shield''' is a sophisticated [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] personal defense device, and essentially a more advanced version of the [[Z-4190 bubble shield]] employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]]'s [[Beta-5 Division|Beta-5 strike teams]].<ref name="manual">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''game manual''</ref>


== Description ==
==Description==
When activated, the Drop Shield generates a blue-tinted spherical protective [[energy shielding|energy shield]], and also provides a [[Health|regenerative effect]] to those within it. The regeneration is a side effect not fully understood by the UNSC, and was still under investigation by [[2552]].
When activated, the Drop Shield generates a blue-tinted spherical protective [[energy shielding|energy shield]], and also provides a [[Health|regenerative effect]] to those within it. Curiously, the regeneration is a side effect not fully understood by the UNSC, and was still under investigation by [[2552]]. Unlike the Bubble Shield, the Drop Shield will expire if it takes too much damage.<ref name="manual"/> The shield is enabled by a small device attached to the user's back. Once activated, the shield stays in place and seems to operate without a visible emitter of any kind. Like the Bubble Shield, the Drop Shield resembles a [[Wikipedia:Geodesic dome|geodesic dome]], made of tessellating hexagons.
 
Unlike the Bubble Shield, the Drop Shield will expire if it takes too much damage.{{Ref/Reuse|manual}} The shield is enabled by a small device attached to the user's back. Once activated, the shield stays in place and seems to operate without a visible emitter of any kind. Like the Bubble Shield, the Drop Shield resembles a [[Wikipedia:Geodesic dome|geodesic dome]], made of tessellating hexagons.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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*The Drop Shield provides one of the [[Armor Abilities]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
*The Drop Shield provides one of the [[Armor abilities|Armor Abilities]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
*The Drop Shield is remarkably similar to the device used by [[John-117]] in the [[Starry Night]] trailer for ''[[Halo 3]]''. The shield's coloration closer to the Drop Shield, and like the Drop Shield, the shield is disabled when it takes damage. In addition, the device that generates the shield bears a closer resemblance to the Drop Shield than the Bubble Shield.
*The Drop Shield is remarkably similar to the device used by [[John-117]] in the [[Starry Night]] trailer for ''[[Halo 3]]''. The shield's coloration is closer to that of the Drop Shield, and like the Drop Shield, is disabled when it takes damage. In addition, the device that generates the shield bears a closer resemblance to the Drop Shield than the Bubble Shield.
*The Drop Shield's health regeneration also scales with the health recharge of the player, so the faster the player's base health regeneration is, the faster the Drop Shield regenerates it. If the health recharge rate is set to 0%, then the shield will not heal the player at all.
*The Drop Shield counteracts the effects of a [[Killball]], much like the Bubble Shield from ''Halo 3''.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Drop Shield.jpg|A deployed Drop Shield protecting its user from an artillery round in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:Reach E310 Firefight Beachhead06.jpg|Three SPARTAN-IIIs in a Drop Shield.
File:G5-DropShields.jpeg|Drop shields in ''Gears 5''.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC technology]]
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[[Category:Shield technology]]
[[Category:Armor abilities]]

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