Editing Plasma weaponry

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[[File:HTMCC-HR PlasmaWeaponry.png|350px|thumb|A [[Sangheili]] [[Sangheili Officer|Officer]] firing a [[Nakata'vho-pattern plasma repeater|plasma repeater]] and an [[Unggoy]] [[Unggoy Major|Major]] firing an [[Eos'Mak-pattern plasma pistol|plasma pistol]] in [[Visegrád]].]]

==Defense against plasma weaponry==

Complete armor protection against plasma is generally difficult to accomplish due to plasma's high damage ratio. The [[M52B body armor|armor]] used by the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] and [[UNSC Army]] usually provides good protection from plasma, but only to a certain extent. A series of hits from a plasma weapon will literally melt or burn the armor, rendering it useless. Likewise, the [[Spartan]]s' [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]] will eventually give way to the plasma. Newer versions of the MJOLNIR armor boast [[Energy shielding#Human energy shielding|energy shields]], which provide additional protection from plasma, although shielding systems can be completely depleted by sustained plasma fire, or a single, overcharged bolt.

The armor of neither Covenant nor UNSC warships provides significant protection against plasma, which will melt through the hulls of both. The flame caused by a Seraph  fighters’ plasma charge have a temperature of approximately 3,000 degrees Celsius,<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 17''</ref> while [[titanium]], a key component of UNSC ship armor, has a melting point of 1668 degrees Celsius.{{Ref/Note|There is a difference between baseline titanium and [[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A]], an augmented form of titanium, used in UNSC starship armor. This along with the fact that Titanium-A armor is sometimes layered with [[tungsten]] (which has a melting point of 3,422 °C) means that the melting point of their starship armor is higher than that of conventional titanium.}} In all encounters with Covenant ships, plasma-based weaponry has melted through and disabled UNSC ships in a matter of seconds.

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**[[Bolroci Workshop Shade]]

*[[XM4600 Zeus plasma munition howitzer]]

*[[Energy sword (fiction)|Energy sword]]

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*[[Plasma pistol]]

*[[Plasma rifle]]

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**{{Pattern|Kewu R'shi'k|plasma rifle}}

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*[[Veporokk Workshop Ravager]]

*{{Pattern|Elutuzem|stalker rifle}}

*{{Pattern|Anskum|plasma grenade}}

Frank O'Connor, Bungie's former head of public relations, stated in 2006 that the plasma used by the Covenant is not plasma as current science knows it, but something "far more dangerous, arcane, and destructive."{{Ref/Site|URL=http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive25.pl?read=743326|Site=halo.bungie.org|Page=Re: Could Covenant Plasma weapons be disrupted?|D=26|M=3|Y=2023}} This claim has not been elaborated on in later sources and some actually indicate otherwise, with ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' specifically making a note that the Covenant used conventional plasma in imitation of Forerunner particle weaponry.{{Ref/Book|H4EVG|Page=103}}