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| |image=[[File:Jackal Energy Cutlass.png|300px]] | | {{Melee Weapons}} |
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| | An '''Energy Cutlass''' is a [[Kig-Yar]] [[melee]] [[weapon]]. It is the shape of a shard of glass and is pink in color. The Jackals use them primarily to dispatch enemies in close-quarters fights, especially when boarding an enemy ship. They are similar to the [[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 Needler round. These blades may be relics from an earlier time for the Kig-Yar or simply outdated Covenant weaponry that has since been removed or replaced. It is also possible that the Master Chief never runs into an energy cutlass during the time of the Halo trilogy as they are never seen in game. <ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]</ref> |
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| |length={{Convert|61|cm|in|disp=flip}}<ref name="enc319">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 329''</ref>
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| |ammotype=[[Subanese crystal]]{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}
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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}} | |
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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>
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| ==Overview== | | == Trivia == |
| 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}}
| | * It is speculated that the energy cutlass is actually a round from the [[Needler]], or at least made from the same material. |
| | * The Energy Cutlass was first mentioned in [[Halo: Contact Harvest]]. |
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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>
| | == References == |
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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==
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''
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| == Sources ==
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| {{Melee Weapons}}
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| [[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]] | | [[Category:Weapons]] |
| [[Category:Needle weaponry]] | | [[Category:The Covenant]] |
