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| |name=Gravity wrench | | {{era|H1}} |
| |image=[[File:HCE GravityWrench Render.png|300px]]
| | [[Image:Gravity Wrench.png|thumb|The [[Master Chief]] charging the weapon.]] |
| |manufacturer= | | The '''Gravity Wrench''' was a deleted [[Covenant]] [[weapon]] intended for an early version of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''. It may have provided a basis for the [[Gravity Hammer]]. It may have also inspired the spartan laser as the weapon must charge and then fires a strong beam. In addition, it appears to be weld like a [[flamethrower]], or other [[Support Weapons]]. It also may have been intended by the Covenant to be used as a maintenance device, although Bungie stated that it did more damage than repairs. |
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| The '''gravity wrench''' is a nickname given by [[human]]ity to a type of [[Forerunner]] weapon-tool, believed to have been designed and constructed by the [[rate]] of [[Miner]]s.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFLore|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-cutting-room-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Cutting Room Lore|D=26|M=7|Y=2022}} | |
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| ==Overview==
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| The gravity wrench is designed to be carried under-arm in a manner akin to the [[Type-25 Brute Shot]]. It consists of two large prongs which extent outward as they generate a compressed gravitic field via the use of either scaled down or archaic [[torsion driver]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
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| The origins of the gravity wrench remain obscure, as it bears little resemblance to the sleeker constructs encountered by the [[United Nations Space Command]] in the 26th century. Some theories presented by UNSC researchers suggest it may be a much older tool of Miner origin, and/or employed in an era predating even the [[Kradal conflicts]]. The method of operation used by the wrench has drawn some comparison to the gravitic generators grafted onto the [[Fist of Rukt]] - though the [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammers]] of the [[Jiralhanae]] have a much more military intended use than the gravity wrench.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
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| ==Production notes==
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| The gravity wrench is one of [[Cut Halo: Combat Evolved weapons|many weapons]] designed for, and cut, during the [[Development of Halo: Combat Evolved|production]] of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=Evolution|dydfehQBaGE|ForumsExtremeDotCom|Evolution of Halo Part 2: Pre-Xbox 1999 Version to 2000 Demo}} It was one of several pieces of cut content recovered and restored via the [[Digsite]] project, and was later canonised in a [[Canon Fodder]] article.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}} Due to the weapon's model being created in [[1999 (real world)|1999]], it is considerably lower in polygon detail than the weapons in release ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. This is partially due to limitations of the era, and also due to the weapon's intent to be used in a third-person shooter; because of this the weapon was never intended to be particularly close to the camera on screen, and thus did not to be too detailed.
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| For Digsite, the weapon was subject to some small efforts at remastering by project contributor Ludus, who did some adjustments to the base model to add more geometry detail, bringing the weapon's triangle count up tenfold from the original 252 to 2,532 - as to ensure it doesn't look out of place among the other high-detail weapons in ''Combat Evolved''. The changes made primarily affect the rounded edges, which have been given more definition to help them from appearing too low-resolution. A few details present on the original texture have now been given geometry detail for shadowing purposes - though the changes have only added in features already present in the original texture as to not detract from the original design.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/cutting-room-corps|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cutting Room Corps|D=27|M=07|Y=2022}} The original Macworld third-person model will be retained in the Digsite release as the third-person viewmodel, while the updated model will be used for first-person views.
| | [[Category:Weapons]] |
| | | [[Category:Deleted Material]] |
| ==Gallery==
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| ===Original 1999 model===
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| File:PXH GravityWrench Screenshot 1.png|The player holding the Gravity Wrench.
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| File:PXH GravityWrenchTank.jpg|A cyborg holding the wrench.
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| File:PXH GravityWrench 2.jpg|Another screenshot of the cyborg holding the wrench.
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| File:HCE_OrionSpartanTeam_Screenshot.jpg|An [[ORION armor|Orion]]-clad cyborg (left) wielding the remastered gravity wrench.
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| ===Updated 2022 model===
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| File:HCE_GravityWrench_Updates_Render.jpg|A comparison of the original Macworld 1999 model (top) and the updated Digsite model.
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| File:HCE_GravityWrench_Render.png|A full look at the updated model.
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| </gallery>
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Forerunner|weapons}}
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| [[Category:Forerunner weapons]] | |
