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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=Extremely high, 1.1 gigajoules | |||
|magazine=one shot | |||
|maxammo=unlimited | |||
|damage per hit= | |||
|magazine= | |||
|maxammo= | |||
|fire= | |fire= | ||
|ammotype=15 cm | |ammotype=15 cm metal projectiles | ||
|operation=[[Wikipedia:Coilgun|Electromagnetic linear motor]] | |operation=[[Wikipedia:Coilgun|Electromagnetic linear motor]] | ||
|rate=20 rounds a minute | |rate of fire=20 rounds a minute | ||
|velocity=High | |velocity=High | ||
| | |accuracy=High | ||
|range= | |range= | ||
| | |era= | ||
|counterpart= | |||
|counterwep=[[Plasma Turret]] | |||
|affiliation=United Nations Space Command | |affiliation=United Nations Space Command | ||
|mpguide= | |||
}} | }} | ||
The ''' | The '''15cm Mark/2488 1.1GJ MAC''', also known as the '''Onager''' and often referred to as a "'''[[mass driver]]'''", is a stationary [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="stats">'''[[Bungie.net]]''' ''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. 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 an Onager on top of one of the planet's [[ | During the [[Fall of Reach]], a group of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] installed an Onager on top of one of the planet's [[Aszod ship breaking yards|ship-breaking facilities]] in [[Aszod]] to protect the drydocked {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. [[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 was killed by a [[Sangheili Zealot]], 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 its ventral energy projector.<ref name="reach"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The Onager | *The Onager named after a [[Wikipedia:Onager (siege weapon)|medieval siege weapon]], which in turn takes its name from a [[Wikipedia:Onager|horse subspecies]]. | ||
*On the ''Bungie.net'' weapons statistics page, the description for the Onager is simply "I need a weapon", a reference to a line by [[John-117]] in the opening cinematic of the level ''[[Cairo Station]]'' in ''[[Halo 2]]''. | *On the ''Bungie.net'' weapons statistics page, the description for the Onager is simply "I need a weapon", a reference to a line by [[John-117]] in the opening cinematic of the level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]'' in ''[[Halo 2]]''. | ||
*"S-239" is painted on the Onager's frame. This is a reference to | *"S-239" is painted on the Onager's frame. This is a reference to Emile-A239, who is killed while operating the weapon. | ||
*the Onager Mass Driver is powerful enough to destroy a banshee and two phantoms all lined up behind each other, proving how powerful this weapon is, easily the most powerful, player controlled weapons in all the Halo games. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery widths="160"> | ||
File:HaloReach - Mass Driver Cannon.jpg|A first-person view of the Onager. | File:HaloReach - Mass Driver Cannon.jpg|A first-person view of the Onager. | ||
File:HaloReach - MACrusher.jpg|The Onager, manned by SPARTAN-B312, firing a round at the incoming Covenant CCS-class Battlecruiser. | |||
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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[[Category:Human Weapons]] | |||
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