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| {{Weapon infobox | | {{Weapon Infobox |
| |image=[[File:Jackal Energy Cutlass.png|300px]] | | | image=[[File:Jackal_Energy_Cutlass.png|250px]] |
| |name=Energy cutlass | | | name=Energy Cutlass |
| |manufacturer= | | | manufacturer= |
| |model= | | | model= |
| |type=Melee weapon | | | type=Melee |
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| |length={{Convert|61|cm|in|disp=flip}}<ref name="enc319">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 329''</ref> | | | size= |
| |ammotype=[[Subanese crystal]]{{Ref/Reuse|EN}} | | | ammotype= |
| |ammotype-title=Blade composition
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| |accuracy= | | | range=Melee |
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| | | service=[[Human-Covenant War]] |
| |range=Close-quarters | | | affiliation=[[Covenant Empire]] |
| |service=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |
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| | The '''energy cutlass''' is a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[melee]] weapon, primarily used by the [[Kig-yar]]. |
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| An '''energy cutlass''', or '''painglass saber''',{{Ref/Book|Id=EN|Enc22|Page=307}} is a [[Covenant]] [[melee]] weapon primarily used by the [[Kig-Yar]] for light skirmishes in close-quarter situations. It is an energized cutlass forged using a modified energy projector with a [[Subanese crystal]] shard that has been chemically treated and sharpened into a blade.{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}{{Ref/Novel|CH|Chapter=6}}
| | The weapon consists of a shard of pink, glass-like crystal. They are used primarily to dispatch enemies in close-quarters fights, especially when boarding an enemy ship.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 125''</ref> They are similar to the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[combat knife]]. These blades house a complex chemical mixture within them that causes the knife to explode into shards when embedded into a soft target, similar to a [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]] round. |
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| This bladed weapon is composed from a crystal shard from [[Suban]] and a complex arrangement of chemicals, [[plasma]], and alloys. Just like the shattering of a fired [[Needler]] round, the blade of a painglass saber can be made to explode when it is embedded in soft flesh{{Ref/Reuse|enc319}}, making it a terrifying and cruel weapon. Before detonation, the blade will begin to pulse with a rosy red color.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 130''</ref>
| | The [[Unggoy]] also use them, as seen during the fighting on the [[Tiara]] during the [[First Battle of Harvest]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 366''</ref> |
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| ==Overview==
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| Referred to as ''[[Kig-Yar language|chiss-teh]]'' by the Kig-Yar,{{Ref/Reuse|EN}} these crystal blades are utilized by Kig-Yar soldiers as well as [[piracy|pirates]], as they make ideal weapons for [[Naval boarding|boarding]] actions on hostile ships or in melee engagements in confined spaces.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 125''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|enc319}} Both [[Avery Junior Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]] survived [[Skirmish on Minor Transgression|an encounter]] with these deadly arms upon making first contact with the Kig-Yar of ''[[Minor Transgression]]'' in [[2525]]. Despite being pierced in his left thigh by a cutlass, Nolan Byrne managed to pull the blade out and even kill his alien attacker with its own weapon.{{Ref/Novel|CH|Chapter=8}}
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| The [[Unggoy]] also use them, as seen during the fighting on the [[Tiara]] during the [[First Battle of Harvest]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 366''</ref> Energy cutlasses were used by several Kig-Yar during the [[Battle of Ariel]] in [[2552#January|January 2552]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''', ''[[Halo: Helljumper Issue 2|Issue #2]]''</ref> | |
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:Helljumper - Energy cutlass.png|An energy cutlass being used to kill [[Campbell (ODST)|Campbell]].
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| File:HLW cutlass1.png|A [[Kig-Yar Storm]] wielding a painglass saber on [[Sephune III]] .
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| File:HLW machete.png|
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| File:HLW cutlass2.png|
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Helljumper]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Helljumper]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''
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| == Sources == | | == Sources == |
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| {{Covenant sidearms}} | | {{Covenant Weapons}} |
| {{Melee Weapons}} | | {{Melee Weapons}} |
| | | [[Category:Melee Weapons]] |
| [[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]] | | [[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]] |
| [[Category:Needle weaponry]]
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