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{{Weapon | {{Weapon Infobox | ||
|image=[[File: | |image=[[File:Onager.jpg|300px]] | ||
|name= | |name=Onager | ||
|manufacturer= | |manufacturer= | ||
|model=Mk/2488 | |model=Mk/2488 | ||
|type=Magnetic Accelerator Cannon | |type=[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] | ||
|cost= | |cost= | ||
| | |size= | ||
|damage per hit=High | |||
|damage per hit= | |||
|magazine= | |magazine= | ||
|maxammo= | |maxammo= | ||
|fire= | |fire= | ||
|ammotype=15 cm | |ammotype=15 cm metal projectiles | ||
|operation=[[Wikipedia:Coilgun|Electromagnetic linear motor]] | |operation=[[Wikipedia:Coilgun|Electromagnetic linear motor]] | ||
|rate= | |rate of fire= | ||
|velocity=High | |velocity=High | ||
| | |accuracy=High | ||
|range= | |range= | ||
| | |era= | ||
|affiliation=United Nations Space Command | |counterpart= | ||
|counterwep= | |||
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |||
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}} | }} | ||
The ''' | The '''15cm Mark/2488 1.1GJ MAC''', also known as the '''Onager''' or often just referred to as a "'''[[mass driver]]'''", was a [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="stats">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''Game Stats''</ref> | ||
==Design details== | ==Design details== | ||
The Onager is capable of firing a 15 | The Onager is capable of firing a 15 cm round with up to 1.1 gigajoules of kinetic energy.<ref name="stats"/> It has five linearly arranged magnetic coils, each of which needs to charge individually before each shot. Additionally, the weapon needs to cool off after every shot, and does so by opening a radial vent on the upper portion of the barrel. The weapon is operated from a small booth on the left side of the cannon.<ref name="reach"/> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
During the [[Fall of Reach]], a group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] installed | During the [[Fall of Reach]], a group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] installed the Onager cannon on top of one of Reach's [[Aszod ship breaking yards|industrial facilities]] in [[Aszod]] to protect the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} while drydocked. [[Emile-A239]] manned the mass driver to fend off incoming Covenant [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] and [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]] before the ''Autumn'' could take off.<ref name="reach">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> However, the SPARTAN-III was killed by two Sangheili warriors, prompting [[SPARTAN-B312]] to commandeer the cannon and successfully delay the Covenant assault on the ''Autumn'' by crippling an incoming [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] with a shot to the ventral energy projector.<ref name="reach"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The | *This weapon is only seen once throughout the course of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', featured on the level [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|''The Pillar of Autumn'']]. | ||
* | *It's named after a [[Wikipedia:Onager (siege weapon)|medieval siege weapon]], which in turn takes its name from a [[Wikipedia:Onager|horse subspecies]]. | ||
*"S-239" | *For the [[Bungie.net]] weapons statistics, the description for the Onager is simply "I need a weapon", a reference to the line delivered by [[John-117|Master Chief Petty Officer John-117]] in the opening cinematic of the level [[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''. | ||
*The Onager has "S-239" painted on it's hull. The service tag of [[Emile-A239|Emile]]. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery widths="160"> | ||
File:HaloReach - Mass Driver Cannon.jpg|First-person view of the Onager in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. | |||
File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|The Onager, manned by [[SPARTAN-B312]], firing a round at the incoming Covenant CCS-class Battlecruiser. | |||
File:HaloReach - Mass Driver Cannon.jpg| | |||
File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|The Onager, manned by SPARTAN-B312, firing a round at the incoming Covenant | |||
File:Onager_charging.jpg|An Onager's electromagnetic coils charging before it fires. | File:Onager_charging.jpg|An Onager's electromagnetic coils charging before it fires. | ||
File:Onager_controls.jpg|The control booth of an Onager cannon. | File:Onager_controls.jpg|The control booth of an Onager cannon. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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