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> 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 name="wf60"/> The Covenant maintained several plasma mortar [[design pattern]]s. 

==Known types==

*''Carnax Et''-pattern - Used on the {{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}} .
*''Carnax Nu''-pattern - Used on the {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}.<ref name="Guide"/><ref>''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 77</ref>
*''Fet''-pattern - Used on the {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}.<ref>''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 64</ref> 

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

==Sources==
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-{{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> 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 name="wf60"/> The Covenant maintained several plasma mortar [[design pattern]]s.
 ==Known types==
-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
+*''Carnax Et''-pattern - Used on the {{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}} .
-*{{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}}
+*''Carnax Nu''-pattern - Used on the {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}}.<ref name="Guide"/><ref>''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 77</ref>
+*''Fet''-pattern - Used on the {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}.<ref>''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 64</ref>
-;''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==