Editing Paegaas Workshop Spiker

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<center>''Were you looking for the [[Type-51 carbine]], also known as the Covenant Carbine?''</center>
{{Weapon Infobox
|name=Type-25 Spiker
|image=[[File:HaloReach-SpikeRifle-Side.png|300px]]
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|rate=Fully automatic (480 RPM)
|velocity=76.2 m/s (250 f/s)
|range=40 meters (131 ft)
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{{Quote|Recoil isn't as bad as you might expect, but not because of any sophisticated dampening system – it's because the damn things weigh so much.|Anonymous [[UNSC]] Serviceman}}

The '''Type-25 Carbine''',<ref name="bnet">[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGBruteSpiker '''Bungie.net''': ''The Spiker'']</ref> more commonly known as the '''Spiker '''or '''Spike Rifle''', is a common [[Jiralhanae]] firearm used during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="waypoint"/>

==Design details==
[[File:Halo spiker wireframe.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A blueprint of the Spiker in ''Halo 3''.]]
[[File:ReachSchematic - Spiker.png|thumb|left|150px|A blueprint of the Spiker in ''Halo: Reach''.]]
The Type-25 Carbine is an automatic projectile weapon designed and used by the Jiralhanae. The Carbine fires long, sharp projectiles made of superheated metal, which give the weapon its common label of "Spike Rifle" or "Spiker." Two large blades made of [[tungsten carbide]],<ref name="bnet"/> an extremely strong and durable material, are mounted under the barrel of the weapon, allowing it to be used as an effective melee weapon in close quarters. The Spiker's ammunition is fed into the weapon via a small drum magazine with a 40-round capacity. The drum magazine is located on the underside of the weapon, behind the blades and in front of the trigger.

The Type-25 Carbine is noted to perform admirably in a wide variety of environments; it is a widely held belief that the weapon could sit unattended for several weeks in an active latrine and still operate as issued without maintenance. The Spiker's barrel is 25.4 centimeters (10 inches) long.

The Spiker was used by Jiralhanae forces during the initial skirmishes on Harvest in [[2525]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 345''</ref>, and would remain a staple weapon of the Jiralhanae throughout the Human-Covenant War. The weapon is based on the Jiralhanae's native pre-[[Covenant]] technology, and is thus far less advanced than the weaponry used by other members of the Covenant; however, its effectiveness has allowed it to compete quite well with other small arms used by the Covenant. The Type-25 Spiker was detested by the [[Sangheili]] due to its primitive origins, but the weapon was allowed to be serviced in low numbers.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 190''</ref>

===Advantages===
The Brute Spiker has similar penetration and lethal range to the UNSC M7 SMG, but there are a few key differences. Unlike SMG, there is little recoil, and therefore almost zero “rise” when using them in their default, fully-automatic setting. This actually makes them a little more efficient and accurate than the SMG in combat situations, since there is no need to adjust aim to compensate for recoil. The Spiker performs well against energy shields due to its high velocity and kinetic impact, although the rounds are usually deflected or disintegrated by the energy shield before inflicting damage to any underlying structure. The Spiker can usually kill a heavily armored or shielded target within a single magazine, this killing ability is doubled if the spiker is dual-wielded. Its spikes do terrible damage to human flesh, and can tear through armor with ease, creating devastating wounds that are extremely painful and hard to remove.<ref>http://www.Halo3.com</ref> Its dual blades are very deadly against shielded and unshielded infantry, and can be used to either slash or stab an enemy with fatal effects. A [[SPARTAN-II]] or Jiralhanae can dual-wield Spikers, doubling their firepower. It is a common Jiralhanae tactic when using Spikers against UNSC Infantry to strafe whilst firing, sending a wall of spikes to catch multiple hostile targets at a time, before charging into melee combat and utilizing the blades mounted on the weapon to deadly effect.

===Disadvantages===
The Spiker, like the SMG, is most effective at close range. While short bursts can increase accuracy, it is ineffective at medium and long range. The Spiker's rounds lose speed and altitude as they travel, reducing their accuracy over longer distances. The Spiker is considered very heavy in the hands of normal human infantry, and can be quite difficult to carry around and use. The spikes have a very large spread when fired in full-auto; the spread is larger than that of any other weapon in both the UNSC and Covenant's arsenal. The Spiker also has a slower muzzle velocity than other weapons making it practically useless at a range above 300 meters.

==Changes==
===Changes from ''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 3: ODST'' to ''Halo: Reach''===
In ''Halo: Reach'', the Spiker performs almost exactly like its previous iterations. Most changes are cosmetic.
*Weapon damage has been decreased: 18 shots are required to kill a fully shielded Spartan instead of 13.
*Brutes wield the Spiker with two hands.
*The Spiker has orange lights instead of blue lights.
*The Spiker features some kind of firing bolt mechanism.
*The barrel of the Spiker glows red-hot after continuous fire.
*The bayonets are scratched and dented. The blades on the bottom of the weapon's grip is more pronounced.

==UNSC Remarks==
*“Even though the Spike Rifles are really heavy, I still wish there was some way to retrofit a full stock onto 'em.”
*“Recoil isn't as bad as you might expect, but not because of any sophisticated dampening system – it's because the damn things weigh so much.”
*“I saw the [[Brutes|Baby Kong]] go dry so I moved in with my shotty, well that's the last time I'll be doing that, huh? Damn cleaver-bayonet-thing went right through the shotty and cut my arm off just above the elbow. Only reason I'm still here is because of, well you know, because of [[John-117|him]]."
*“Every action requires exaggerated movement; cycling the bolt, seating a magazine, charging the chamber. Even squeezing the trigger takes quite a bit of effort. And it isn’t all that surprising considering the disparity in size of our two species.”
*“[[Brutes|Bravo Kilos]] sure have a thing for sticking blades on their equipment, don’t they? I bet their mess kits have three knives.”
*“The projectiles fired from this weapon seem to be made out of the same material as the [[Spike Grenade]]’s casing. Wounds caused by this weapon are horrifying.”
*“Spike Rifles always have a weird sorta burnt hair smell about them. And you know you’re heading towards a firefight where they’re bein’ used if it smells like a barbecue gone wrong.”

==Trivia==
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*In some reports when dual-wielding Spikers in ''Halo 3'', if enough rounds are shot into a player, a glitch can happen where the player explodes like a Spike Grenade. This replicates the explosion from a Needler.
*In ''Halo 3: ODST'', during the level [[Mombasa Streets]], there are signs of multiple skirmishes throughout the city, with Spiker rounds commonly embedded in walls and in the bodies of dead [[NMPD|police officers]].
*It has been quoted in the ''Halo 3 Guide Book'' that the Spiker may have a rapid rate of fire, but the projectiles themselves are quite slow to reach their target.
*In ''Halo 3'', the Spiker does about 60% more damage than the M7/Caseless Submachine Gun and 20% more damage than the [[MA5C Assault Rifle]]; on [[Heroic]] difficulty, it takes 20 Spiker rounds, 24 assault rifle rounds, or 32 SMG rounds to kill a human Marine. This makes the Spiker the most powerful full-auto projectile weapon in the game, but this is balanced out by the slightly reduced rate of fire and the fact that the projectiles are not hitscan.
*The projectiles decrease in altitude the further they are shot, similar to the [[Needler]].
*Despite popular belief, the Spiker's bayonets do, in fact, provide a small increase in melee damage in ''Halo 3''. The Spiker's melee damage is seventy-two points. if the player melees while dual wielding with a spiker the damage increase will remain for that hit. All non-Brute weapon melee attacks in ''[[Halo 3]]'' with the exception to the Sword, Hammer, and assassinations inflict seventy points damage out of a player's 115 total health. It is 70 to the shield, and then the remaining 45 to the player's own health.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13233 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 02/08/08'']</ref>
*In ''Halo 3'''s campaign mode, if a [[Phantom]] is shot down and a Heavy Grunt survives, it will often have a Spiker as its weapon, and in which case will not shoot at you.  This is the only time in which an Unggoy can hold a Spiker.
*Brutes use it as a pistol but it is referred to as a rifle, as the retired soldiers in the video "Enemy Weapon" called it a "spike rifle." However [[Sergeant Johnson]] called it a "heavy pistol" in ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''.
* The projectiles fired by the Type-25 are 1 foot (30cm) in length and are longer than the weapon's magazine. They may be made in a way that when they are heated, forced forward, and released, they expand and lengthen to 1 foot (30cm).
*The Type-25 Carbine resembles Human weapons more than other Covenant weapons, though its powered characteristics imply that it is an electronically-augmented percussive projectile weapon.
*Oddly in ''Halo 3'', while other solid projectiles are deflected, the spikes from a Spiker will lodge themselves into a Jackal's energy shield, but will not hurt the Jackal.
*Unlike the [[Plasma Rifle]], the muzzle flash only comes from one location, while it appears to have 2 barrels.
*On Bungie.net's weapon listing section, as well as in the Halo: Reach in-game help, the Spiker is incorrectly labeled as holding 48 spikes per magazine.
*The orange lights on the Spiker's sides glow brighter as the weapon heats up. 
*The Spiker will not glow red with bottomless clip activated.   
*Unlike most other weapons in ''Halo: Reach'', the spiker does not have multiple [[melee]] animations. The only melee animation it has is the swiping with the two bayonet blades.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Brutespiker1.jpg|A Spiker on display at the [[Museum of Humanity]] in ''[[Believe]]''.
File:H3-T25SpikeRifles-Replicas.jpg|A pair of Spike Rifle replicas created by [[Weta Workshop]] for ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''.
File:H3-T25SpikeRifleSide-Replica.jpg|A side view of a Spike Rifle replica for ''Halo: Landfall''.
File:Spiker round.JPG|The Spiker round sticking in a Marine.
File:HU-John-11.jpg|John-117 using a Spiker in ''[[Halo: Uprising]]''.
File:Reloading dual wielded Spikers.jpg|The Spiker's empty cylindrical magazine being released in the ''[[Halo 3 Beta]]''.
File:H3-SpikeRifle-Side.png|An in-game profile view of the Spiker in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
File:Halo3-BruteSpikeRifles-Views.png|Views of a pair of Spike Rifles in ''Halo 3''.
File:Type-25 "Spiker" Carbine.jpg|The Spiker as it appears in ''Halo 3''.
File:Halo-3-20070912071823338.jpg|First-person view of a player dual-wielding Spikers in ''Halo 3'' multiplayer.
File:Halo-3-20070923110011263.jpg|First-person view of a player single-wielding a Spiker in the ''Halo 3'' campaign.
File:Spikers.jpg|A Spartan dual-wielding the Type-25 Spiker.
File:Covenant Weapon Holder.jpg|Four Spikers sitting in a [[Covenant supply case]].
File:1211740294 Spiker Header.jpg|A Spiker shot in mid-flight.
File:Friendly Fire Spiker.jpg|An [[Unggoy]] [[Unggoy Minor|Minor]] is impaled and killed by spikes from a Spiker.
File:BruteCaptain.png|A [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] with a Spiker.
File:55274710-Full.jpg|A [[Jiralhanae Captain Major]] with a Spiker in ''Halo 3''.
File:FloodFaces-large.jpg|A [[Flood combat form#Jiralhanae form|Jiralhanae combat form]] and a [[Flood combat form#Human form|human combat form]] wielding Spikers.
File:V502A 05.jpg|A Jiralhanae with a Spiker in ''[[The Life]]''.
File:H3ODST Firefight SecurityZone2.jpg|An [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] using a Spiker in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.
File:HaloLegends-GruntswithPlasmaRifles.png|Jiralhanae firing Spikers at [[Blue Team]] in ''[[Halo Legends]]'': ''[[The Package]]''.
File:Hqdefault.jpg|A Jiralhanae executing a [[Sangheili]] with a Spiker in ''[[The Return]]''.
File:HReach - Minor Jiralhanae.png|A [[Jiralhanae Minor]] wielding a Spiker in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:T25spiker_ref.jpg|A turnaround reference of the Spiker in ''Halo: Reach''.
File:Lydus Spiker.png|[[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Lydus]] using a Spiker during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
File:HO-Spiker.jpg|First-person view of the Spiker in ''Halo Online''.
File:Atrioxthrone.png|A Banished Jiralhanae with a Spiker in ''[[Hunting Party]]''.
File:Paul-gerrard-spiker.jpg|Concept art of the Banished Spiker for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
File:HW2-Spikerpew.png|A Banished Spiker shoots a [[Pod infector]] in ''Halo Wars 2''.
File:HW2-SpikedInfectionform.jpg|The heated spikes of the Spiker buried in a Pod infector.
File:HW2-DroppedSpiker.png|A Banished Jiralhanae drops his Spiker.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Starry Night]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Believe]]'' 
**''[[Diorama]]'' 
**''[[Enemy Weapon]]'' 
*''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
**''[[Halo: Combat]]''
**''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' 
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[The Life]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[The Package]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss]]''
**''[[The Return]]'' motion comic
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''
*''[[Halo: New Blood]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]''
**''[[Breaking Strain]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Into the Fire]]''
*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''
**''[[Hunting Party]]''
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]''
*''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]''
{{Col-end}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Jiralhanae weapons]]
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+<center>''Were you looking for the [[Type-51 carbine]], also known as the Covenant Carbine?''</center>
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 {{Quote|Recoil isn't as bad as you might expect, but not because of any sophisticated dampening system – it's because the damn things weigh so much.|Anonymous [[UNSC]] Serviceman}}
-The '''Paegaas Workshop Bladed Spiker'''{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=295}} {{Type|25|Carbine|C}}{{Ref/Site|Id=bnet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGBruteSpiker|Site=Bungie.net|Page=The Spiker|D=30|M=06|Y=2019|LocalArchive=Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present/Spiker}}, more commonly known as the '''Spiker''', '''Spike Rifle'''<ref name="believe">''[[Believe]]'': [[Enemy Weapon]]</ref> or '''hatchet gun''',{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} is a common [[Jiralhanae]] firearm that fires [[Spike weaponry|spike projectile]]; it was used during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}
-==Overview==
+The '''Type-25 Carbine''',<ref name="bnet">[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGBruteSpiker '''Bungie.net''': ''The Spiker'']</ref> more commonly known as the '''Spiker '''or '''Spike Rifle''', is a common [[Jiralhanae]] firearm used during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="waypoint"/>
+==Design details==
 [[File:Halo spiker wireframe.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A blueprint of the Spiker in ''Halo 3''.]]
 [[File:ReachSchematic - Spiker.png|thumb|left|150px|A blueprint of the Spiker in ''Halo: Reach''.]]
-The Type-25 Carbine is an automatic projectile weapon designed and used by the Jiralhanae, and has seen very little iteration since it was first designed and implemented during pre-Covenant conflicts on [[Doisac]]{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} though it has seen augmentation to some degree by Covenant technology.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} The Paegaas Workshop variant was created by the [[Paegaas Workshop|eponymous]] [[clan workshop]] and manufactured on a large scale by the [[Sacred Promissory]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} In the Covenant arsenal, it is one of the weapons most resembling those developed and employed by humanity, firing a solid metal projectile as opposed to plasma . The Carbine fires long, sharp projectiles made of superheated tungsten alloy,{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Note|Id=metal|On the Halo Waypoint article for the Spiker, the blades are noted as being created from the same metal as that of the weapon's ammunition, making both made of tungsten alloy.}} which give the weapon its common label of "Spike Rifle" or "Spiker".
+The Type-25 Carbine is an automatic projectile weapon designed and used by the Jiralhanae. The Carbine fires long, sharp projectiles made of superheated metal, which give the weapon its common label of "Spike Rifle" or "Spiker." Two large blades made of [[tungsten carbide]],<ref name="bnet"/> an extremely strong and durable material, are mounted under the barrel of the weapon, allowing it to be used as an effective melee weapon in close quarters. The Spiker's ammunition is fed into the weapon via a small drum magazine with a 40-round capacity. The drum magazine is located on the underside of the weapon, behind the blades and in front of the trigger.
-Although the most common spike rifle variant employed during the Covenant, the Paegaas design is not the only one; the [[Banished]] are known to use the [[Grenflekt Workshop Spiker|Grenflekt]] variant of the spiker developed by [[Mistrach'an Armory]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=476}}
-===Ammunition===
-[[File:Landfall Spike Impale.png|thumb|200px|A Marine is pinned to a wall by a spike impact, which pierced and went all the way through his arm and embedded in the wall behind, requiring the spike to be cut in half to allow the Marine the ability to move again.{{Ref/Reuse|LOS}}]]
-The spike ammunition is coated with a pyrophoric compound unique to Doisac,{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} though the weapon's origins on the Brute homeworld obfuscate any further attempts to ascertain the composition of the weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} When fired, the coating burns with a white-hot intensity once exposed to atmospheric oxygen,{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} rendering the spikes superheated and semi-molten.{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} The spikes thus glow with a yellow-white light for a short time after impact, before they cool. Even Jiralhanae do not attempt to handle spike rounds without protective gloves.{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}}
-These projectiles decrease in altitude the further they are shot, similar to the [[Type-33 needler|Needler]]. The are capable of piercing armor and flesh, in some cases even capable of pinning a target against an object behind them.<ref name="LOS">''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]''</ref> When fired directly at a surface, the spikes will embed themselves in most substances including concrete and metal, crumpling on impact. However, when fired at an angle, they are capable of ricocheting.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} The spikes are large enough that they can be pulled out of the target's body with seemingly minimal fragmentation.{{Ref/Reuse|LOS}} Spikes fired by the weapon are adept at penetrating [[energy shielding]], and are also capable of being blocked by an [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=BS19|HBC|Chapter=18}}
-The Spiker's ammunition is fed into the weapon via a small drum magazine with a 40-round capacity,{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} though this is not standard across all version of the weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} The drum magazine is located on the underside of the weapon, behind the blades and in front of the trigger. These magazines are sealed and disposable, additionally holding a power supply for the weapon alongside the ammunition.{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} Like all Jiralhanae weaponry, the Spiker has no safety and once the magazine is loaded, the weapon is ready to fire.{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} The spikes, once-fired, are longer than the magazine, implying the firing process possibly stretches the projectile in some manner.
+The Type-25 Carbine is noted to perform admirably in a wide variety of environments; it is a widely held belief that the weapon could sit unattended for several weeks in an active latrine and still operate as issued without maintenance. The Spiker's barrel is 25.4 centimeters (10 inches) long.
-When employed, the Spiker is noted to have a distinct smell of burnt hair, with a telltale sign of their use in a firefight being the smell of "barbeque gone wrong".{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
+The Spiker was used by Jiralhanae forces during the initial skirmishes on Harvest in [[2525]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 345''</ref>, and would remain a staple weapon of the Jiralhanae throughout the Human-Covenant War. The weapon is based on the Jiralhanae's native pre-[[Covenant]] technology, and is thus far less advanced than the weaponry used by other members of the Covenant; however, its effectiveness has allowed it to compete quite well with other small arms used by the Covenant. The Type-25 Spiker was detested by the [[Sangheili]] due to its primitive origins, but the weapon was allowed to be serviced in low numbers.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 190''</ref>
-===Blades===
+===Advantages===
-Two large blades made of tungsten alloy,{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} an extremely strong and durable material, are mounted under the barrel of the weapon, allowing it to be used as an effective melee weapon in close quarters. When used by Jiralhanae, these blades are intended for puncturing and dismembering{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} and are capable of clean severing a human arm.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} These blades are, however, also effective as a psychological tool against anyone unfortunate enough to go against them.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}
+The Brute Spiker has similar penetration and lethal range to the UNSC M7 SMG, but there are a few key differences. Unlike SMG, there is little recoil, and therefore almost zero “rise” when using them in their default, fully-automatic setting. This actually makes them a little more efficient and accurate than the SMG in combat situations, since there is no need to adjust aim to compensate for recoil. The Spiker performs well against energy shields due to its high velocity and kinetic impact, although the rounds are usually deflected or disintegrated by the energy shield before inflicting damage to any underlying structure. The Spiker can usually kill a heavily armored or shielded target within a single magazine, this killing ability is doubled if the spiker is dual-wielded. Its spikes do terrible damage to human flesh, and can tear through armor with ease, creating devastating wounds that are extremely painful and hard to remove.<ref>http://www.Halo3.com</ref> Its dual blades are very deadly against shielded and unshielded infantry, and can be used to either slash or stab an enemy with fatal effects. A [[SPARTAN-II]] or Jiralhanae can dual-wield Spikers, doubling their firepower. It is a common Jiralhanae tactic when using Spikers against UNSC Infantry to strafe whilst firing, sending a wall of spikes to catch multiple hostile targets at a time, before charging into melee combat and utilizing the blades mounted on the weapon to deadly effect.
-===Ergonomics===
+===Disadvantages===
-The Spiker was engineered by the Jiralhanae as a weapon intended to be held in one hand by a standard Jiralhanae soldier, though its size and weight mean it must be carried in two hands for use by human infantry.{{Ref/Reuse|believe}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3}}{{Ref/Reuse|odst}} The weapon's weight also has the effect of reducing its recoil, such that it has almost zero "rise".{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} Despite this, a [[SPARTAN-II]] and [[Sangheili]] is capable of dual-wielding Spikers with the help of [[powered exoskeleton]] .{{Ref/Reuse|h3}} The Spiker has a simple key ring trigger, though the pull weight can be an issue for un-augmented personnel.{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} The Type-25 Carbine is noted to perform admirably in a wide variety of environments; it is a widely held belief that the weapon could sit unattended for several weeks in an active latrine and still operate as issued without maintenance. The Spiker's barrel is 25.4 centimeters (10 inches) long.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} The Spiker has a low muzzle velocity, but is incredibly accurate and retains its power nonetheless.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} The weapon has several lights around the weapon that can be powered on, and have been observed in blue and orange colouration.
+The Spiker, like the SMG, is most effective at close range. While short bursts can increase accuracy, it is ineffective at medium and long range. The Spiker's rounds lose speed and altitude as they travel, reducing their accuracy over longer distances. The Spiker is considered very heavy in the hands of normal human infantry, and can be quite difficult to carry around and use. The spikes have a very large spread when fired in full-auto; the spread is larger than that of any other weapon in both the UNSC and Covenant's arsenal. The Spiker also has a slower muzzle velocity than other weapons making it practically useless at a range above 300 meters.
-==Operational History==
+==Changes==
-[[File:Landfall Spike Injury.png|200px|thumb|A spike round stuck in [[S. Hartley]] during the [[Battle of Sector Six]].{{Ref/Reuse|LOS}}]]
+===Changes from ''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 3: ODST'' to ''Halo: Reach''===
-The Spiker was first encountered by UNSC forces when used by Jiralhanae forces during the initial skirmishes on Harvest in [[2525]],<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', p. 345</ref> and would remain a staple weapon of the Jiralhanae and the Covenant's shock troops{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=ordnance&cid=28445|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo: Reach ordnance - Spiker|D=30|M=01|Y=2021}} throughout the Human-Covenant War. The Type-25 Spiker was detested by the [[Sangheili]] due to its primitive origins, but the weapon was allowed to be serviced in low numbers<ref>''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'', Chapter 15</ref> and even augmented with Covenant technology.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
+In ''Halo: Reach'', the Spiker performs almost exactly like its previous iterations. Most changes are cosmetic.
+*Weapon damage has been decreased: 18 shots are required to kill a fully shielded Spartan instead of 13.
+*Brutes wield the Spiker with two hands.
+*The Spiker has orange lights instead of blue lights.
+*The Spiker features some kind of firing bolt mechanism.
+*The barrel of the Spiker glows red-hot after continuous fire.
+*The bayonets are scratched and dented. The blades on the bottom of the weapon's grip is more pronounced.
-Despite this, however, it would be rarely employed by front-line Covenant infantry during the war - only rising to prominence in late [[2552]] following the return of Jiralhanae as front line troops.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} The weapon would be employed by Jiralhanae forces during the [[Siege of New Alexandria]] and [[Battle of Asźod]] during the [[Fall of Reach]],<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Exodus]]</ref><ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level [[New Alexandria]]</ref><ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]</ref> before later being employed during the [[Battle of Earth]] by the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] and [[Truth's fleet|Jiralhanae reinforcements]] sent by the [[Prophet of Truth]] to [[Mombasa]].<ref name="odst">''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''</ref>{{Ref/Film|Id=Oct20|Film=Halo Waypoint|Story=Ten Twenty|StoryLinkText=Ten Twenty}} Following the outbreak of the [[Great Schism]], the Spiker would be employed by Jiralhanae serving the Prophet of Truth on Delta Halo {{Ref/Reuse|BS19}} and aboard the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''{{Ref/Comic|HU}} and in his fleet during the later stages of the Battle for Earth and [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref name="h3">''[[Halo 3]]''</ref> Following the base's re-activation, the UNSC tested captured Spikers at [[Outpost C9]] on Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} The Spiker would be one of many subjects of the report [[Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present]].{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
+==UNSC Remarks==
+*“Even though the Spike Rifles are really heavy, I still wish there was some way to retrofit a full stock onto 'em.”
+*“Recoil isn't as bad as you might expect, but not because of any sophisticated dampening system – it's because the damn things weigh so much.”
+*“I saw the [[Brutes|Baby Kong]] go dry so I moved in with my shotty, well that's the last time I'll be doing that, huh? Damn cleaver-bayonet-thing went right through the shotty and cut my arm off just above the elbow. Only reason I'm still here is because of, well you know, because of [[John-117|him]]."
+*“Every action requires exaggerated movement; cycling the bolt, seating a magazine, charging the chamber. Even squeezing the trigger takes quite a bit of effort. And it isn’t all that surprising considering the disparity in size of our two species.”
+*“[[Brutes|Bravo Kilos]] sure have a thing for sticking blades on their equipment, don’t they? I bet their mess kits have three knives.”
+*“The projectiles fired from this weapon seem to be made out of the same material as the [[Spike Grenade]]’s casing. Wounds caused by this weapon are horrifying.”
+*“Spike Rifles always have a weird sorta burnt hair smell about them. And you know you’re heading towards a firefight where they’re bein’ used if it smells like a barbecue gone wrong.”
-Spikers have seen proliferation in the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]], with the weapons being widely employed by various Jiralhanae splinter factions including the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]],<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]''</ref> [[Children of Oth Sonin]]{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=1}} and the [[Banished]], the latter of whom seem to have their own variant of the weapon.
+==Trivia==
-By [[2610]], a Spiker was held in the [[Museum of Humanity]], and would be picked up by [[Roland Huffman]] - a veteran of the war.{{Ref/Reuse|believe}}
-== Changes from ''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 3: ODST'' to ''Halo: Reach''==
-* Weapon damage has been decreased: 18 shots are required to kill a fully shielded Spartan instead of 13.
-* Brutes wield the Spiker with two hands.
-* The Spiker has orange lights instead of blue lights.
-* The Spiker features some kind of firing bolt mechanism.
-* The barrel of the Spiker glows red-hot after continuous fire.
-* The bayonets are scratched and dented. The blades on the bottom of the weapon's grip is more pronounced.
-== UNSC Remarks ==
-* ''“Even though the Spike Rifles are really heavy, I still wish there was some way to retrofit a full stock onto 'em.”''{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
-* ''“Recoil isn't as bad as you might expect, but not because of any sophisticated dampening system – it's because the damn things weigh so much.”''{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
-* ''“I saw the [[Jiralhanae|Baby Kong]] go dry so I moved in with my shotty, well that's the last time I'll be doing that, huh? Damn cleaver-bayonet-thing went right through the shotty and cut my arm off just above the elbow. Only reason I'm still here is because of, well you know, because of [[John-117|him]]."''{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
-* ''“Every action requires exaggerated movement; cycling the bolt, seating a magazine, charging the chamber. Even squeezing the trigger takes quite a bit of effort. And it isn’t all that surprising considering the disparity in size of our two species.”''{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
-* ''“[[Jiralhanae|Bravo Kilos]] sure have a thing for sticking blades on their equipment, don’t they? I bet their mess kits have three knives.”''{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
-* ''“The projectiles fired from this weapon seem to be made out of the same material as the [[Spike Grenade]]’s casing. Wounds caused by this weapon are horrifying.”''{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
-* ''“Spike Rifles always have a weird sorta burnt hair smell about them. And you know you’re heading towards a firefight where they’re bein’ used if it smells like a barbecue gone wrong.”''{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
-== Trivia ==
 {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gameplay=yes}}
-* In ''Halo 3'', the Spiker does about 60% more damage than the M7/Caseless Submachine Gun and 20% more damage than the [[MA5C assault rifle|MA5C Assault Rifle]]; on [[Heroic]] difficulty, it takes 20 Spiker rounds, 24 assault rifle rounds, or 32 SMG rounds to kill a human Marine. This makes the Spiker the most powerful full-auto projectile weapon in the game, but this is balanced out by the slightly reduced rate of fire and the fact that the projectiles are not hitscan.
+*In some reports when dual-wielding Spikers in ''Halo 3'', if enough rounds are shot into a player, a glitch can happen where the player explodes like a Spike Grenade. This replicates the explosion from a Needler.
-* Despite popular belief, the Spiker's bayonets do, in fact, provide a small increase in melee damage in ''Halo 3''. The Spiker's melee damage is 72 points. if the player melees while dual wielding with a spiker the damage increase will remain for that hit. All non-Brute weapon melee attacks in ''[[Halo 3]]'' with the exception to the Sword, Hammer, and assassinations inflict 70 points of damage out of a player's 115 total health (made up of 70 to the shield, and then the remaining 45 to the player's own health).<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13233 ''Bungie.net'' - Bungie Weekly Update: 02/08/08]</ref>
+*In ''Halo 3: ODST'', during the level [[Mombasa Streets]], there are signs of multiple skirmishes throughout the city, with Spiker rounds commonly embedded in walls and in the bodies of dead [[NMPD|police officers]].
-* In ''Halo 3''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign mode, if a [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantom]] is shot down and a Heavy Grunt survives, it will often have a Spiker as its weapon, and in which case will not shoot at you.  This is the only time in which an Unggoy can hold a Spiker.
+*It has been quoted in the ''Halo 3 Guide Book'' that the Spiker may have a rapid rate of fire, but the projectiles themselves are quite slow to reach their target.
-* According to Halo community, the Type-25 Spiker's UNSC counterpart seems to be the MA5B ICWS or the M7 Caseless Submachine Gun and the Type-25 Spiker's Sangheili counterpart seems to be the [[Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle|Type-25 DER]].
+*In ''Halo 3'', the Spiker does about 60% more damage than the M7/Caseless Submachine Gun and 20% more damage than the [[MA5C Assault Rifle]]; on [[Heroic]] difficulty, it takes 20 Spiker rounds, 24 assault rifle rounds, or 32 SMG rounds to kill a human Marine. This makes the Spiker the most powerful full-auto projectile weapon in the game, but this is balanced out by the slightly reduced rate of fire and the fact that the projectiles are not hitscan.
+*The projectiles decrease in altitude the further they are shot, similar to the [[Needler]].
+*Despite popular belief, the Spiker's bayonets do, in fact, provide a small increase in melee damage in ''Halo 3''. The Spiker's melee damage is seventy-two points. if the player melees while dual wielding with a spiker the damage increase will remain for that hit. All non-Brute weapon melee attacks in ''[[Halo 3]]'' with the exception to the Sword, Hammer, and assassinations inflict seventy points damage out of a player's 115 total health. It is 70 to the shield, and then the remaining 45 to the player's own health.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13233 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 02/08/08'']</ref>
+*In ''Halo 3'''s campaign mode, if a [[Phantom]] is shot down and a Heavy Grunt survives, it will often have a Spiker as its weapon, and in which case will not shoot at you.  This is the only time in which an Unggoy can hold a Spiker.
+*Brutes use it as a pistol but it is referred to as a rifle, as the retired soldiers in the video "Enemy Weapon" called it a "spike rifle." However [[Sergeant Johnson]] called it a "heavy pistol" in ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''.
+* The projectiles fired by the Type-25 are 1 foot (30cm) in length and are longer than the weapon's magazine. They may be made in a way that when they are heated, forced forward, and released, they expand and lengthen to 1 foot (30cm).
+*The Type-25 Carbine resembles Human weapons more than other Covenant weapons, though its powered characteristics imply that it is an electronically-augmented percussive projectile weapon.
+*Oddly in ''Halo 3'', while other solid projectiles are deflected, the spikes from a Spiker will lodge themselves into a Jackal's energy shield, but will not hurt the Jackal.
+*Unlike the [[Plasma Rifle]], the muzzle flash only comes from one location, while it appears to have 2 barrels.
+*On Bungie.net's weapon listing section, as well as in the Halo: Reach in-game help, the Spiker is incorrectly labeled as holding 48 spikes per magazine.
+*The orange lights on the Spiker's sides glow brighter as the weapon heats up.
+*The Spiker will not glow red with bottomless clip activated.
+*Unlike most other weapons in ''Halo: Reach'', the spiker does not have multiple [[melee]] animations. The only melee animation it has is the swiping with the two bayonet blades.
-== Gallery ==
+==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-File:EnemyWeapon_Spiker.jpg|A Spiker on display at the [[Museum of Humanity]] in ''[[Believe]]''.
+File:Brutespiker1.jpg|A Spiker on display at the [[Museum of Humanity]] in ''[[Believe]]''.
-File:H3-T25SpikeRifles-Replicas.jpg|A pair of Spiker replicas created by [[Weta Workshop]] for ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''.
+File:H3-T25SpikeRifles-Replicas.jpg|A pair of Spike Rifle replicas created by [[Weta Workshop]] for ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''.
-File:Landfall BruteSpiker Prop Photo 1.jpg|A side view of the Paegaas Workshop Spiker replica for ''Halo: Landfall''.
+File:H3-T25SpikeRifleSide-Replica.jpg|A side view of a Spike Rifle replica for ''Halo: Landfall''.
-File:Landfall BruteSpiker Prop Photo 2.jpg|A side view of the Paegaas Workshop Spiker replica for ''Halo: Landfall''.
+File:Spiker round.JPG|The Spiker round sticking in a Marine.
 File:HU-John-11.jpg|John-117 using a Spiker in ''[[Halo: Uprising]]''.
-File:H3 Beta_Spiker_Reload.jpg|The Spiker's empty cylindrical magazine being released in the ''[[Halo 3 Beta]]''.
+File:Reloading dual wielded Spikers.jpg|The Spiker's empty cylindrical magazine being released in the ''[[Halo 3 Beta]]''.
 File:H3-SpikeRifle-Side.png|An in-game profile view of the Spiker in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
-File:Halo3-BruteSpikeRifles-Views.png|Views of a pair of Spikers in ''Halo 3''.
+File:Halo3-BruteSpikeRifles-Views.png|Views of a pair of Spike Rifles in ''Halo 3''.
-File:HTMCC-H3 BruteMinors&Spikers 1.png|Two [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Minor|Minors]] wielding the Spiker in ''Halo 3''.
+File:Type-25 "Spiker" Carbine.jpg|The Spiker as it appears in ''Halo 3''.
-File:H3_Epitaph_Spiker_DualWield.jpg|First-person view of a player dual-wielding Spikers in ''Halo 3'' multiplayer.
+File:Halo-3-20070912071823338.jpg|First-person view of a player dual-wielding Spikers in ''Halo 3'' multiplayer.
-File:H3_TheStorm_Spiker_FP.jpg|First-person view of a player single-wielding a Spiker in the ''Halo 3'' campaign.
+File:Halo-3-20070923110011263.jpg|First-person view of a player single-wielding a Spiker in the ''Halo 3'' campaign.
-File:H3_SpartanSpikers_Render.jpg|A Spartan dual-wielding the Paegaas Workshop Spiker.
+File:Spikers.jpg|A Spartan dual-wielding the Type-25 Spiker.
-File:H3_Spiker_Crate.jpg|Four Spikers sitting in a [[Covenant supply case]].
+File:Covenant Weapon Holder.jpg|Four Spikers sitting in a [[Covenant supply case]].
-File:H3 Spiker shot mid-flight.jpg|A Spiker shot in mid-flight.
+File:1211740294 Spiker Header.jpg|A Spiker shot in mid-flight.
-File:H3_Spiked_Unggoy.jpg|An [[Unggoy]] [[Unggoy Minor|Minor]] is impaled and killed by spikes from a Spiker.
+File:Friendly Fire Spiker.jpg|An [[Unggoy]] [[Unggoy Minor|Minor]] is impaled and killed by spikes from a Spiker.
-File:H3_BruteCaptain.png|A Jiralhanae Captain with a Spiker.
+File:BruteCaptain.png|A [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] with a Spiker.
-File:H3 Brute captain with Spiker.jpg|A [[Jiralhanae Captain Major]] with a Spiker in ''Halo 3''.
+File:55274710-Full.jpg|A [[Jiralhanae Captain Major]] with a Spiker in ''Halo 3''.
-File:H3_CombatForm_Spikers.jpg|A [[Flood combat form#Jiralhanae form|Jiralhanae combat form]] and a [[Flood combat form#Human form|human combat form]] wielding Spikers.
+File:FloodFaces-large.jpg|A [[Flood combat form#Jiralhanae form|Jiralhanae combat form]] and a [[Flood combat form#Human form|human combat form]] wielding Spikers.
 File:V502A 05.jpg|A Jiralhanae with a Spiker in ''[[The Life]]''.
-File:HTMCC-H3ODST Spiker&PlasmaRifle.png|A Jiralhanae Minor firing a Spiker in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.
+File:H3ODST Firefight SecurityZone2.jpg|An [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] using a Spiker in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.
-File:H3ODST Firefight SecurityZone2.jpg|An [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] using a Spiker in ''Halo 3: ODST''.
+File:HaloLegends-GruntswithPlasmaRifles.png|Jiralhanae firing Spikers at [[Blue Team]] in ''[[Halo Legends]]'': ''[[The Package]]''.
-File:HaloLegends-GruntswithPlasmaRifles.png|Jiralhanae firing Spikers at [[Blue Team]] in ''[[Halo Legends]]'': ''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]''.
+File:Hqdefault.jpg|A Jiralhanae executing a [[Sangheili]] with a Spiker in ''[[The Return]]''.
-File:TheReturn_Execution.jpg|A Jiralhanae executing a [[Sangheili]] with a Spiker in ''[[The Return]]''.
+File:HReach - Minor Jiralhanae.png|A [[Jiralhanae Minor]] wielding a Spiker in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
-File:HTMCC-HR BruteMinor&Spiker 1.png|A Jiralhanae Minor wielding the Spiker in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
+File:T25spiker_ref.jpg|A turnaround reference of the Spiker in ''Halo: Reach''.
-File:HTMCC-HR BruteCap&Spiker.png|A Jiralhanae Captain wielding the Spiker in ''Halo: Reach''.
-File:HTMCC-HR BruteMinor&Spiker 2.png|Two Jiralhanae Minors wielding Spikers in ''Halo: Reach''.
-File:HR_Spiker_Turnaround.jpg|A turnaround reference of the Spiker in ''Halo: Reach''.
 File:Lydus Spiker.png|[[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Lydus]] using a Spiker during the [[Battle of Ealen IV]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
 File:HO-Spiker.jpg|First-person view of the Spiker in ''Halo Online''.
 File:Atrioxthrone.png|A Banished Jiralhanae with a Spiker in ''[[Hunting Party]]''.
-File:Hroa 5 jovus1.png|[[Jovus]] dual wielding Spikers in ''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]''.
+File:Paul-gerrard-spiker.jpg|Concept art of the Banished Spiker for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
+File:HW2-Spikerpew.png|A Banished Spiker shoots a [[Pod infector]] in ''Halo Wars 2''.
+File:HW2-SpikedInfectionform.jpg|The heated spikes of the Spiker buried in a Pod infector.
+File:HW2-DroppedSpiker.png|A Banished Jiralhanae drops his Spiker.
 </gallery>
-== List of appearances ==
+==List of appearances==
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 *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
 *''[[Halo Legends]]''
-**''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]''
+**''[[The Package]]''
 *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
 **''[[Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss]]''
-**''[[The Return]]'' {{C|Motion comic}}
+**''[[The Return]]'' motion comic
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 *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''
 **''[[Hunting Party]]''
+*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
 *''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' {{Mo}}
 *''[[Halo: Retribution]]''
 *''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]''
-*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
-*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C|Hieroglyphic only}} <!--Can be seen depicted on the metal vanes protruding from Escharum's armor.-->
-*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''
-**''[[Transcendence]]''
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-==Notes==
+==Sources==
-{{Ref/Notes}}
+<references/>
-== Sources ==
-{{Ref/Sources}}
-{{Covenant rifles}}
+{{Covenant Weapons}}
 [[Category:Jiralhanae weapons]]
 [[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]]
 [[Category:Small arms]]
-[[Category:Spike weapons]]