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'''Rations''' are canned or pre-packaged food for military personnel that is accessible and easy to prepare on the battlefield. Utilised by both the [[UNSC]] and the [[Covenant]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]], soldiers of both cultures generally regarded their ration packs as foul-tasting and awful. | '''Rations''' are canned or pre-packaged food for military personnel that is accessible and easy to prepare on the battlefield. Utilised by both the [[UNSC]] and the [[Covenant]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]], soldiers of both cultures generally regarded their ration packs as foul-tasting and awful.<ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 71''</ref><ref name="flood69"/> | ||
==UNSC rations== | |||
{{main|Meal, Ready-to-Eat}} | {{main|Meal, Ready-to-Eat}} | ||
Rations allow military personnel to eat in dire situations, such as being in a crashed [[Pelican]] or surviving through enemy patrols. Each [[UNSC Marine]] was equipped with a ration pack. | Rations allow military personnel to eat in dire situations, such as being in a crashed [[Pelican]] or surviving through enemy patrols. Each [[UNSC Marine]] was equipped with a ration pack.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Mona Lisa]]", ''page 243''</ref> An example of a ration pack is [[Meal, Ready-to-Eat]]. | ||
Other issued rations are small, gray, cylindrical tins containing set ration meals. There were five of them in the armory on ''[[ | Other issued rations are small, gray, cylindrical tins containing set ration meals. There were five of them in the armory on ''[[Cairo Station]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Armory]]''</ref> During the [[Battle of Mombasa]], Marines stored rations in their outposts before abandoning them.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Outskirts]]''</ref> During the [[Battle of Installation 05]], rations were found among the stolen UNSC properties in the [[Jiralhanae]] armory.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level [[Uprising]]''</ref> Other examples include special forces emergency bars<ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 71''</ref> | ||
Rations can also be used in disaster relief situations. For example, during the [[First Battle of Harvest]], ration packs were distributed to the colonists of [[Harvest]] after the planet's entire surviving population evacuated to the capital city, [[Utgard]]. | Rations can also be used in disaster relief situations. For example, during the [[First Battle of Harvest]], ration packs were distributed to the colonists of [[Harvest]] after the planet's entire surviving population evacuated to the capital city, [[Utgard]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 290''</ref> | ||
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*[[Beans]] with [[Rice]] and [[Bacon]] X10@2/3C | *[[Beans]] with [[Rice]] and [[Bacon]] X10@2/3C | ||
*[[Pork Ribs]]/Boneless/in BBQ X10@2R | *[[Pork Ribs]]/Boneless/in BBQ X10@2R | ||
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*Beef Stew Lumpy Gravy X9@1 1/4C | *Beef Stew Lumpy Gravy X9@1 1/4C | ||
==Covenant rations== | |||
The [[Covenant]] also used food rations. | The [[Covenant]] also used food rations.<ref name="flood69">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 69''</ref> Acts of cowardice in a battlefield could lead to the rations of an individual being temporarily revoked as a punishment.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 159''</ref> [[Melissa McKay|First Lieutenant Melissa McKay]] described Covenant rations as a tube of bubbling paste, that "smelled like old socks wrapped in rotting cheese".<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 210''</ref> | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo 2]]'' | *''[[Halo 2]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Food and | [[Category:Food and Drink]] | ||
[[Category:Military technology]] | [[Category:Military technology]] | ||
