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{{Title|''Shuku''-pattern sentry turret}}
{{Title|''Shuku''-pattern sentry turret}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Disambig header|Covenant automated turret featured in ''Halo 3''|other types of automated turret employed by various factions|Automated turret}}
{{Weapon infobox
{{Weapon infobox
|image=[[File:H3-SnowboundPlasmaTurret.png|300px]]
|image=[[File:H3-SnowboundPlasmaTurret.png|300px]]
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|height= {{Convert|78|in|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
|ammotype= Superheated plasma{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|ammotype= Superheated plasma{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|capacity=
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|operation= Sensor-governed{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|operation= Sensor-governed{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|rate= Automatic{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|rate= Automatic{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|velocity=
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|service=[[Human-Covenant War]] <br> [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|service=[[Human-Covenant War]] <br> [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
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The '''''Shuku''-pattern sentry turret'''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} (UNSC [[Type classification system|Type-designation]]: '''Automated Plasma Turret''', '''APT'''){{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=330-331|Detail=See [[#Production notes|production notes]]}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=345|Detail=See [[#Production notes|production notes]]}} is an automated stationary weapon built by the [[Covenant]] for the protection of sectors of interest.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Among UNSC personnel, they are sometimes nicknamed "'''Plasma Wall'''s".{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
The '''''Shuku''-pattern sentry turret''' is an automated stationary weapon built by the [[Covenant]] for the protection of sectors of interest.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


==Overview==
==Overview==
===Design details===
===Design details===
The turret rests on an anti-gravity field emitted from a large tripod. The [[actuator plug]] that drives the weapon functions is considered semi-intelligent, obeying its directives with absolute precision.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDidact|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-didact-delights|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Didact's Delight|D=18|M=05|Y=2023}} ''Shuku''-pattern turrets are usually placed alongside {{Pattern|A'uo'i|sensor emplacement}} for target acquisition.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=301}}
The turret rests on an anti-gravity field emitted from a large tripod. The actuator that drives the weapon functions is considered semi-intelligent, obeying its directives with absolute precision. Shuku-pattern turrets are usually placed alongside A'uo'i-pattern sensor emplacements for target acquisition.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=267}}


===Usage===
===Usage===
''Shuku''-pattern turrets were once employed by the [[Covenant]] to guard important outposts. Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] and fall of the [[Covenant]], many turrets remain active at their sectors, ready to engage trespassers that do not transmit the corresponding authorization codes, now impossible to acquire with the fall of ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
''Shuku''-pattern turrets were once employed by the [[Covenant]] to guard important outposts. Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] and fall of the [[Covenant]], many turrets remain active at their sectors, ready to engage trespassers that do not transmit the corresponding authorization codes, now impossible to acquire with the fall of [[High Charity]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


''Shuku'' turrets are extremely powerful, capable of completely bypassing [[energy shielding]] (including augments such as overshielding) to attack a target directly. This functionality means that they are generally only used at sites where other forms of protection may lack sufficient lethality.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
==Operatioanl history==
 
''Shuku''-pattern turrets were deployed in a perimeter surrounding a [[Snowbound|Covenant outpost]] on an unknown world.{{Ref/Map|H3|Snowbound}}
==Operational history==
''Shuku''-pattern turrets were deployed in a perimeter surrounding a [[Snowbound|Covenant outpost]] on [[Strilun IV]].{{Ref/Map|H3|Snowbound}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} As of [[2552]], mechanical details of the turret, such as its [[plasma]] ammunition, remain unknown to the [[United Nations Space Command]] - pending [[Treaty of 2552|treaty]] negotiations with the [[Sangheili]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}
 
==In-game information==
===''Halo 3''===
Sentry turrets are exclusively found on the multiplayer map [[Snowbound]] in ''[[Halo 3]]''. They surround the map's perimeter facing away from the bases in the middle, serving as [[The Guardians]] for the map; if a player attempts to leave the playable area of the map, they shoot them with rapid-fire plasma shots which can kill quickly. They can shoot through [[Bubble Shield (gameplay)|Bubble Shields]], [[Overshield]]s and [[Invincibility]] equipment easily though, as with the [[Shrine defender]] towers on [[Sandtrap]]/[[Sandbox]], can be overloaded and rendered nonfunctional [[Overload glitch (Halo 3)|via a glitch]].
 
==Production notes==
In the original [[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)|2009]] and [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011 editions]] of the ''Halo Encyclopedia'', a text panel discussing the ''Shuku'' sentry turret can be found in the section on Covenant turrets. The text in the section discusses the ''Shuku'', referencing in-game effects from its ''[[Halo 3]]'' incarnation such as its ability to shoot through bubble shields, overshields, and invincibility power-ups; however, the image provided to represent the turret is erroneously a {{Pattern|Zo'op|Weevil}} artillery piece from ''[[Halo 2]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H3 Snowbound Turret Concept.jpg|''Halo 3'' concept art.
File:H3 Snowbound Turret Concept.jpg|''Halo 3'' concept art.
File:Snowbound Turret.jpg|A ''Shuku''-pattern sentry turret on Snowbound.
File:Snowbound Turret.jpg|A Shuku-pattern sentry turret on Snowbound.
File:H3 Turret and Sensor Array.jpg|A group of sentry turrets on Snowbound.
File:Snowbound Detector.jpg|A A'uo'i-pattern sensor used in tandem with the  turret, on Snowbound.
File:H3-SnowboundDetector.png|An in-game preview of the A'uo'i-pattern sensor on Snowbound in ''Halo 3''.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{Covenant heavy weapons}}
[[Category:Covenant weapons]]
[[Category:Covenant weapons]]
[[Category:Plasma weapons]]
[[Category:Plasma weapons]]

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