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| '''Emergency thrusters''' are standard equipment on [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] vessels, serving as emergency one-use [[maneuver drive]]s. They are often the reason a UNSC ship is able to escape a confrontation unscathed. These thrusters are used only in dire situations; for instance, to dodge enemy fire where the [[Fusion drive|standard propulsion systems]] would not be able to do so. They consist of strategically placed tanks on the ship's outer hull, containing [[trihydride tetrazine]] and [[Wikipedia:Hydrogen peroxide|hydrogen peroxide]]. These substances, when mixed, produce significant explosive force to blast the ship onto a new course.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach<!--|Page=149-->}} However, the thruster is expended in the process and must be replaced in a ship dock before it can be used again. The real-world term for this reaction would be a hypergolic propellant, which is used in some of today's modern spacecraft. | | '''Emergency Thrusters''' are standard equipment on [[UNSC]] vessels. They are often the reason for a UNSC ship to escape a confrontation unscathed. These thrusters are used only in dire situations. For instance, to dodge enemy fire where the standard propulsion systems would not be able to do so. They consist of strategically placed tanks on the ship's outer hull, containing [[Trihydride tetrazene|Trihydride tetrazine]] and [[Hydrogen peroxide]]. These substances, when mixed, produce significant explosive force to blast the ship onto a new course. <ref>Halo: The Fall of Reach page 149</ref> However, the thruster is expended in the process and must be replaced in a ship dock before it can be used again. The real-world term for this reaction would be a hyperbolic propellant, which is used in some of today's modern spacecraft. |
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| The {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} had six of these devices on it. Two of them were used during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the first during the performance of the "[[Keyes Loop]]" in order to cause several [[Plasma turret|Plasma Torpedoes]] to hit a [[Covenant destroyer|Covenant Destroyer]], the second time to blast the ''Iroquois'' out of the gravity well of [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. The ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' also had several of these, though "the portside emergency thrusters were missing".{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach<!--|Page=271-->}} However, this is a discrepancy, because they are later used twice.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach<!--|Page=292-->}}{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach<!--|Page=320-->}} | | The ''[[Iroquois|UNSC Iroquois]]'' had six of these devices on it. Two of them were used during [[The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the first during the performance of the "[[Keyes Loop]]" in order to cause several [[Plasma Torpedo|plasma torpedoes]] to hit a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant Destroyer|Destroyer]], the second time to blast the ''Iroquois'' out of the gravity well of [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. The Pillar of Autumn also had several of these, though "The portside emergency thrusters were missing". <ref>Halo: The Fall of Reach page 271</ref> However, this is a discrepancy, because they are later used twice. <ref>Halo: The Fall of Reach page 292</ref><ref>Halo: The Fall of Reach page 320</ref> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | == References == |
| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
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| == Sources==
| | [[Category:UNSC]] |
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