Editing Plasma bombardment mortar

{{Era|HCW|Post}}
{{Seealso|plasma mortar}}
[[File:HR-Corvette in-atmosphere.jpg|thumb|300px|Carnax Nu-pattern plasma bombardment mortars]]
{{Quote|Corvette over the starport pounded the hell out of the place.|Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]], after a corvette bombarded the [[New Alexandria Starport]]<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level, "[[Exodus]]"</ref>}}
The '''plasma bombardment mortar''' is a ship-to-surface [[plasma]] weapon system designed by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="wf60">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 60-61</ref> These plasma mortars mark and bombard surface targets,
such as infrastructure and infantry.<ref name="Guide">''[[Halo: Reach Official Strategy Guide|Halo: Reach Legendary Edition Guide]]'', p. 440</ref>

The Covenant maintained several plasma mortar [[design pattern]]s. The {{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}} is fitted with forty Carnax Et-pattern plasma bombardment mortars. Within the [[Covenant fleet]], the gunners aboard these [[destroyer]]s were trained to operate the mortars by obeying their orders without question or mercy, even if those orders resulted in the incidental loss of faithful Covenant warriors in the target area.<ref name="wf60"/> The {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}} was armed with sixteen Fet-pattern plasma mortars.<ref>''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 64</ref> The {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} was armed with sixteen plasma bombardment mortars of the Carnax Nu pattern.<ref name="Guide"/><ref>''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 77</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
<references/>

{{Covenant Weapons}}

[[Category:Covenant naval weapons]]
[[Category:Starship weapons]]
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-{{Status|Canon}}
+{{Era|HCW|Post}}
-{{disambig header|the plasma mortars mounted on Covenant starships|the ground-based plasma mortars|Plasma mortar}}
+{{Seealso|plasma mortar}}
-[[File:HTMCC-HR CorvetteMortars.png|thumb|300px|A ''Ceudar''-pattern corvette using its ''Carnax Nu''-pattern plasma bombardment mortars to besiege [[SWORD Base]] during the [[Battle of Sword Base]].{{Ref/Level|HR|ONI: Sword Base}}]]
+[[File:HR-Corvette in-atmosphere.jpg|thumb|300px|Carnax Nu-pattern plasma bombardment mortars]]
-{{Quote|Corvette over the starport pounded the hell out of the place.|Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]], after a corvette bombarded the [[New Alexandria Starport]]{{Ref/Level|HR|Exodus}}}}
+{{Quote|Corvette over the starport pounded the hell out of the place.|Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]], after a corvette bombarded the [[New Alexandria Starport]]<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level, "[[Exodus]]"</ref>}}
-The '''plasma bombardment mortar''' is a ship-to-surface [[plasma]] weapon system employed by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Book|Id=wf60|HWF|Page=60-61}} Bombardment mortars are a powerful [[orbital bombardment]] system capable of launching an indiscriminate and unrelenting barrage of plasma mortar shells down on an enemy territory and surface targets{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=261}}, such as infrastructure and infantry.{{Ref/Book|Id=Guide|Halo: Reach Official Strategy Guide|Detail=Legendary Edition|Page=440}} Within the [[Covenant fleet]], the mortar gunners aboard [[destroyer]]s were trained to obey their orders without question or mercy, even if those orders resulted in the incidental loss of faithful Covenant warriors in the target area.{{Ref/Reuse|wf60}}
+The '''plasma bombardment mortar''' is a ship-to-surface [[plasma]] weapon system designed by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="wf60">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 60-61</ref> These plasma mortars mark and bombard surface targets,
+such as infrastructure and infantry.<ref name="Guide">''[[Halo: Reach Official Strategy Guide|Halo: Reach Legendary Edition Guide]]'', p. 440</ref>
-==Known types==
+The Covenant maintained several plasma mortar [[design pattern]]s. The {{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}} is fitted with forty Carnax Et-pattern plasma bombardment mortars. Within the [[Covenant fleet]], the gunners aboard these [[destroyer]]s were trained to operate the mortars by obeying their orders without question or mercy, even if those orders resulted in the incidental loss of faithful Covenant warriors in the target area.<ref name="wf60"/> The {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}} was armed with sixteen Fet-pattern plasma mortars.<ref>''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 64</ref> The {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} was armed with sixteen plasma bombardment mortars of the Carnax Nu pattern.<ref name="Guide"/><ref>''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 77</ref>
-The Covenant maintained several plasma mortar [[design pattern]]s.
-;''Carnax Et''-pattern plasma bombardment mortar
-*{{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}} - 40x ''Carnax Et''-pattern plasma bombardment mortars{{Ref/Book|Id=WF60|HWF|Page=60-61}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22CPV|Enc22|Page=266-267}}
-*{{Pattern|Wik|light destroyer}} - 40x ''Carnax Et''-pattern plasma bombardment mortars{{Ref/Reuse|WF60}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22CPV}}
-;''Carnax Nu''-pattern plasma bombardment mortar
-*{{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}} - 16x ''Carnax Nu''-pattern plasma bombardment mortars{{Ref/Reuse|Guide}}{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=76-77}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=268-269}}
-;''Fet''-pattern plasma bombardment mortar
-*{{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}} - 16x ''Fet''-pattern plasma bombardment mortars{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=64-65}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=264-265}}
 ==List of appearances==
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 ==Sources==
-{{Ref/Sources}}
+<references/>
-{{Covenant heavy weapons}}
+{{Covenant Weapons}}
 [[Category:Covenant naval weapons]]
 [[Category:Starship weapons]]