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| [[File:PhasePulseAnniversary.png|thumb|350px|A phase pulse generator on [[Installation 04]].]] | | [[Image:pulse_generator.jpg|thumb|A Phase Pulse Generator on [[Installation 04]].]] [[Image:TLJ Phase Pulse Generator.PNG|thumb|A Phase Pulse Generator found on [[Installation 04 (II)]].]] |
| '''Phase pulse generators''' are a primary component of the firing mechanisms of the [[Halo Array]]. They amplify the firing signal of an installation, allowing it to destroy all life across large areas of the galaxy. They are usually located within the vicinity of the [[Control Room]] of the installation, and the generator chambers are usually only accessible by air or via ducts used by the [[Sentinels]].<ref name="tb">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', [[campaign]] level ''[[Two Betrayals (Level)|Two Betrayals]]''</ref> They can be overloaded through close-range [[electromagnetic pulse]] discharges.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 268''</ref> | | '''Phase Pulse Generators''' are devices built by the [[Forerunner]] into their [[Halo]] installations. Halo's main weapon is powered by three phase pulse generators. They amplify Halo's signal, and allow it to fire deep into space. The power levels are enormous. How they produce such prodigious amounts of energy is unknown. The generators could possibly emit a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray_burst gamma ray burst]. |
| | They are susceptible to close range EMP discharges, and destabilize if they come in contact with an EMP pulse. |
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| ==Installation 04==
| | They are usually located within the vicinity of the [[Control Room]] of the Installation, and the Generator Chambers are usually only accessible by air or via ducts used by the [[Sentinels]]. |
| As mentioned above, the generators were located close to the Control Room, in platforms accessible via air.{{Ref/Reuse|tb}}
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| [[Cortana]] had the [[Master Chief Petty Officer|Master Chief]] [[John-117]] disable these while on [[Installation 04]], in order to delay the Installation's activation so they would have time to destroy it, and to prevent [[04-343 Guilty Spark]] from "finding another way of activating Halo." They accomplished this by turning the shield generators from the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V armor]] he was wearing into a crude yet effective EMP bomb, that once activated knocked out the Master Chief's shielding for a short time. | | [[Cortana]] had the [[Master Chief]] disable these while on [[Installation 04]], in order to delay the Installation's activation so they would have time to destroy it, and to prevent 343 Guilty Spark from "Finding another way of activating Halo." |
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| ==Installation 05==
| | Two of the pulse generators of the second [[Installation 04 (II)|Installation 04]] can be found on the last level of [[Halo 3]], called [[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]] |
| It is not known where [[Installation 05]]'s phase pulse generators are, though they are likely to be located in the vicinity of the control room similar to the generators of Installation 04. During the fight between the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Tartarus]], 343 Guilty Spark states that the "primary generators are coming online", implying that the installation's firing system is similar to that of Installation 04.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref>
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| ==Installation 08==
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| Two of the pulse generators of [[Installation 08]] were encountered by John-117 during the [[Raid on Installation 08]]. They were similar in overall shape to those of the original installation, aside minor differences such as more barriers placed in the perimeter, preventing the player from destroying them.<ref name="h3">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref>
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:HCE - Halo pulse generator.png|Concept art of the pulse generator for ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
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| File:HCE pulse generator.jpg|The phase pulse generator's room in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
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| File:HCE-PhasePulseGenerator-Detail.jpg|Closeup of a phase pulse generator in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
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| File:HCEA-PhasePulseGenerator-HD.jpg|A phase pulse generator in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''.
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| File:Dark Corridor.jpg|Corridor just outside a pulse generator on Installation 08 in ''Halo 3''.
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| File:Phase pulse generator.jpg|A phase pulse generator on Installation 08 in ''Halo 3''.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{mo}}
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| *''[[Halo 3]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' {{mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Forerunner|array}}
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| [[Category:Forerunner technology]] | |
