Editing Physical restraints

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[[File:Shackled Vadam.png|thumb|[[Thel 'Vadam]] held in energy shackles.]]

[[File:Gravity trap.png|thumb|[[Ellen Anders]] held in a [[containment field device]].]]

Humans have traditionally used a multitude of restraints such as handcuffs and rope to keep individuals at bay. The [[neural-inhibitor collar]] is a [[UNSC]] device used to paralyze dangerous prisoners, and its practice has been used by [[Insurrectionist]]s to subdue [[SPARTAN-II]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 36''</ref> [[Buckmesh]] is a particularly strong material used to contain prisoners of gangster [[Thin Kinkle]], yet not strong enough on its own to stop a [[Spartan-I]].<ref>'''[[I Love Bees]]''', ''[[Axon]]'', [[Media:Beg_for_death.ogg|beg_for_death]]</ref> [[Microfilament cuffs]] are another particularly durable restraint used by the UNSC to detain individuals.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 377''</ref>

The [[Covenant]] has been known to use items such as shackles and contained beams of energy to hold prisoners. When [[Thel 'Vadam]] was tortured as punishment for letting [[Installation 04]] come to destruction, he was kept restrained in a pair of hovering shackles apparently made of energy. A stasis beam device in the [[Sanctum of the Hierarchs]] was used to contain [[343 Guilty Spark]], which floated motionlessly on its side when in the field.

The [[Forerunner]]s had a variety of ways of restraining individuals. These included [[confinement field]]s, which could incapacitate individuals but also block the movement of entire starships.<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''page 193''</ref> [[Constraint field]]s were a type of less restrictive energy field, which held the captive immobilized in a small bubble.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 303-305''</ref> A Forerunner [[Stasis field|stationary field projector]] was used by the Covenant to hold Professor [[Ellen Anders]] prisoner at the [[Apex Site]]. While limiting overall movement, the device allowed Anders some ability to wiggle within the confines of the field.<ref>'''Halo Wars'''</ref> Meanwhile, Forerunner weapons-grade stasis bubbles could maintain an individual in a completely unconscious and immobile state for years.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 73''</ref> [[AI suppressor]]s were Forerunner software used to deactivate [[ancilla]]s. They could effectively be used to restrain Forerunners who wore [[Forerunner personal armor|personal armor]], as the suppressor could lock the armor down and thus completely immobilize the wearer.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 194''</ref>