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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{disambig header|the nuclear weapon|the Storm rifle|Fury (Storm rifle)}}
{{Weapon
{{Weapon infobox
|image=[[File:HReach-FuryMFDDTacNuke.png|250px]]
|image=[[File:HReach-FuryMFDDTacNuke.png|250px]]
|name=Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon
|name=Fury Tactical Nuclear Weapon
|manufacturer=[[Misriah Armory]]
|manufacturer=[[Misriah Armory|Misriah Armories]]
|model=
|model=
|type=[[Medium Fusion Destructive Device]]
|type=Tactical nuclear warhead
|cost=
|cost=
|length=30.5 centimeters (12 inches)
|size=30.5 centimeters (12 inches)
|damage=Medium
|magazine=
|magazine=
|maxammo=
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|ammotype=Fissile Material  
|ammotype=Fissile Material  
|operation=
|operation=
|rate-title=Yield
|rate of fire=
|rate=Around 1 megaton
|accuracy=
|accuracy=
|optics=
|range=1.2 km blast radius
|range=1.3 km blast radius
|era=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|service=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|counterpart=
|counterwep=
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
}}
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The '''Fury tactical nuclear weapon''' is a [[nuclear weapon]] used by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. Designated as a [[Medium Fusion Destructive Device]], it has a yield of slightly less than a megaton<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''chapter 3''</ref> and was manufactured by [[Misriah Armory]].<ref name="bwu">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_082710 Bungie Weekly Update 08.27.10]</ref>
The '''Fury tactical nuclear weapon''', designated as '''Medium Fusion Destructive Device''', or '''MFDD''' and nicknamed '''Tac-Nuke''' by UNSC personnel, is a [[nuclear weapon]] used by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. It has a yield of 63 terajoules, approximately 15 kilotons TNT equivalent,<ref>[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=63+terajoules+in+tons+TNT '''WolframAlpha''': ''63 terajoules in tons TNT'']</ref> and was manufactured by [[Misriah Armory|Misriah Armories]].<ref name="bwu">[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_082710 Bungie Weekly Update 08.27.10]</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
The Fury tactical nuclear weapon is a battlefield nuclear weapon used by the UNSC, and has been described as the closest equivalent in the UNSC arsenal to "a nuclear [[grenade]]". It is the size and shape of an over-inflated football. Its yield has been stated to be slightly less than one megaton. The nuclear blast has been described as extremely clean,<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 20''</ref> and in a planet with an atmosphere, left a crater sixty meters deep and 400 meters wide. Its heat flash could incinerate everything within two kilometers of the nuke,<ref name="HO7">'''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''', ''Chapter 7''</ref> while the conflagration zone fell just short of eight kilometers.<ref name="HO8">'''Halo: Oblivion''', ''Chapter 8''</ref> The Fury is relatively effective at destroying anything from a Covenant base to a [[Covenant cruiser]], although the Fury would have to be inserted into the ship prior to detonation.
The Fury tactical nuclear weapon is a battlefield nuclear weapon used by the UNSC, and has been described as the closest equivalent in the UNSC arsenal to "a nuclear [[grenade]]". It is the size and shape of an over inflated football. Its yield has been stated to be slightly less than one megaton, and the nuclear blast has been described as extremely clean and has a radius of about 1.3 km.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 20''</ref> The Fury is relatively effective at destroying anything from a Covenant base to a [[Covenant cruiser]], although the Fury would have to be inserted into the ship prior to detonation.


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
===Human-Covenant War===
===Past use===
{{Main|Operation: SILENT STORM}}
An MFDD was used by [[Noble Team]] to destroy a [[CCS-class battlecruiser]] during the [[Battle of Fumirole]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''': ''[[Deliver Hope]]'' trailer</ref>
In [[2526]] during the [[Battle of Seoba]], a one-megaton Fury in the engineering compartment acted as the [[self-destruct]] device for the [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}}. Activated by [[Linda-058]], the explosion destroyed both the prowler and the Covenant ship attempting to capture it.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''chapter 15''</ref>


Later, during the attack on the Covenant world of [[Zhoist]], the Spartans and the [[21st Space Assault Battalion|Black Daggers]] working with them armed themselves with one Fury per team along with their other nuclear ordnance. After reaching a Covenant [[space elevator]], Lieutenant [[Small Bear]] planted [[Blue Team]]'s Fury near the elevator on a forty minute timer on [[John-117]]'s command.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''chapter 25''</ref> Blue Team and some of Third Platoon managed to reach a transit tube in time at the elevator's terminus in the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]]. When the Fury detonated, the shockwave traveled up the [[gravity lift]] tens of thousands of kilometers to the Ring, though it was much reduced in power when it arrived.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''pages 347-353''</ref> [[Green Team]] also planted a Fury by the space elevator they used and the detonation of both destroyed two of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]] on Zhoist.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''Epilogue''</ref>
===Fall of Reach===
 
During the [[Battle of Netherop]], the {{UNSCShip|Night Watch}}'s self-destruct Fury was activated by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Amalea Petrov]] after it had crash-landed on [[Netherop]]. Though the UNSC forces were able to reach safety, two [[Castoffs]] that got too close to the ship were vaporized.{{Ref/Reuse|HO8}} Another warhead would be used for later detonating the ONI salvage ship {{UNSCShip|Phyllis Wheatley}}.<ref name="Oblivion">'''Halo: Oblivion'''</ref>
 
An MFDD was used by [[Noble Team]] to destroy the {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} ''[[Sanctity of Purification]]'' during the [[Battle of Fumirole]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The attack was carried out by [[Thom-A293]], who infiltrated the warship's internal hangar bay where he deployed the weapon, completely destroying the vessel and all hands aboard at the cost of his own life.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''': ''[[Deliver Hope]]'' trailer</ref>
 
====Fall of Reach====
{{Main|Fall of Reach}}
{{Main|Fall of Reach}}
During the attack on [[Reach]], [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Joshua-029]], operating as [[Red Team#Fall of Reach splinter arrangement|Alpha]] [[Red Team]], destroyed [[Unidentified cruiser (Particular Justice)|a Covenant cruiser]] by capturing a trio of [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] and throwing a Fury into its [[gravity lift]]. This tactic used the Covenant cruiser's own shield to buffer most of the [[electromagnetic pulse]] given off by the warhead and essentially prevented damage to the nearby [[orbital defense generator|generators]] powering Reach's [[orbital defense platform|orbital MAC guns]]. Another reason for this tactic was that the Fury's explosion rebounded upon itself inside the cruiser, absolutely gutting the vessel and protecting the three Spartans flying away. Kelly-087 remarked that "It'll also turn that ship into the biggest [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|fragmentation grenade]] in history".<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 25''</ref>
During the attack on [[Reach]], [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]] [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Joshua-029]], operating as [[2nd Shock Troops Battalion#Subordinate_Units|Alpha]] [[Red Team]], destroyed [[unidentified cruiser (Particular Justice)|a Covenant cruiser]] by capturing a trio of [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] and throwing a Fury into its [[gravity lift]]. This tactic used the Covenant cruiser's own shield to buffer most of the [[electromagnetic pulse]] given off by the warhead and essentially prevented damage to the nearby [[orbital defense generator|generators]] powering Reach's [[orbital defense platform|orbital MAC guns]]. Another reason for this tactic was that the Fury's explosion rebounded upon itself inside the cruiser, absolutely gutting the vessel and protecting the three Spartans flying away. Kelly-087 remarked that "It'll also turn that ship into the biggest [[m9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|fragmentation grenade]] in history".<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 25''</ref>


By destroying the Covenant cruiser, they halted an initial invasion force in the area, killing over ten thousand Covenant troops, though Joshua was killed during the operation.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 31''</ref>
By destroying the Covenant cruiser, they halted an initial invasion force in the area, killing over ten thousand Covenant troops.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 31''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The first visual appearance of the Fury MFDD in the ''[[Deliver Hope]]'' trailer was designed by Bungie's veteran concept artist [[Isaac Hannaford]].{{Ref/Reuse|bwu}} The concept art of the Fury shows framework attached to the underside of the device, while the prop in the trailer has this framework removed. This was for the purpose of making the prop easier to carry around during acting.{{Ref/Reuse|bwu}}
*The concept art of the MFDD shows framework attached to the underside of the device, while the prop in the trailer has this framework removed. This was for the purpose of making the prop easier to carry around during acting.<ref name="bwu"/>
*In Greek and Roman mythology, a [[wikipedia:Erinyes|Fury]], also called an Erinyes, is a winged [[wikipedia:Chthonic|chthonic]] deity of vengeance.
*The MFDD was designed by Bungie's veteran concept artist [[Isaac Hannaford]].<ref name="bwu"/>
*In a [[Halo: Reach radio conversations#Glacier|radio conversation]] heard on the map [[Glacier]], one of the two [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents involved suggests killing [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] with a MFDD to prevent her from interfering with their secret op, and to erase any recognizable remains.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery widths="160">
File:DeliverHope - MFDD Concept.jpg|A concept art of the Fury MFDD.
File:DeliverHope - MFDD Concept.jpg|A concept art of the MFDD.
File:MFDD.png|The armed Fury nuke lying on its side in ''Deliver Hope''.
File:MFDD.png|The armed MFDD lying on its side in ''Deliver Hope''.
File:MFDD_touchpad.jpg|Medium Fusion Destructive Device interface touch screen.
File:MFDD_touchpad.jpg|Medium Fusion Destructive Device interface touch screen.
File:MFDD_armed_screen.jpg|Medium Fusion Destructive Device interface armed.
File:MFDD_armed_screen.jpg|Medium Fusion Destructive Device interface armed.
File:CCS Shield Collapsing.jpg|The effect of a Fury on a Covenant ''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser.
File:CCS Shield Collapsing.jpg|The effect of an MFDD on a Covenant ''CCS''-class Battlecruiser.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Remember Reach]]''
**''[[Deliver Hope]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''
*''[[Deliver Hope]]''
*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
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