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| [[File:H3_HighGround_SAM.png|300px|thumb|A SAM launcher in Outpost C9.{{Ref/Reuse|HG}}]] | | [[Image:BigAssMortarGun.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Pictures of the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher.]] |
| '''Surface-to-air missile launchers''', colloquially known as '''SAM sites''',{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12516|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Humpday Challenge: Double Trouble|Quote=After clawing our way back to a 5-5 tie, Frankie and I spawned by the Mongoose near the SAM Site.|D=14|M=10|Y=2014}} are a kind of [[Anti-aircraft weapon|anti-aircraft]] emplacement employed by the [[United Nations Space Command]].
| | [[Image:H3 map.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Diagram of the original ''[[High Ground (Level)|High Ground]]'' concept model with the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher and its firing area marked in red.]] |
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| ==Overview==
| | The '''Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher'''<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12516 Bungie Humpday Challenge 5/31/2007]</ref>, abbreviated to the '''SAM Site''' and colloquially known as the scenery on the map Highground, is a [[UNSC]] weapons emplacement. It appears in ''Halo 3'''s singleplayer and multiplayer, though only as a background object with no combat capability. |
| The surface-to-air missile launchers in UNSC service are large multiple-launch-system emplacements, firing missiles at enemy aircraft. There are two major known variants of launcher, with broadly similar designs; | |
| ===War-era launcher===
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| This SAM launcher used by [[human]]ity during the [[Battle for Earth]]. It can load three [[Advanced Short-Range Ground-to-Air Missile 10X|ASGRAM 10X]] missiles for firing, with racks of four additional ASRGAM 10Xs often seen accompanying it. Such weapons were in use by the UNSC in [[Voi]] and [[Outpost C9]] during the [[Battle of Earth]].{{Ref/Level|H3|The Storm}}{{Ref/Level|H3|Floodgate}}{{Ref/Map|Id=HG|H3|High ground}}
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| File:H3_TheStorm_SAM.png|A SAM launcher and some ASRGAM missiles during the [[Battle of Voi]].
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| ===Post-war launcher=== | | ==Background== |
| Multiple of these kinds of launcher were used by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to defend their [[Oasis (map)|black site]] surrounding the site of a recovered dormant [[Lifeworker terraforming vessel]]. Unlike the prior variant, they contain three blocks of four missiles.{{Ref/Map|HINF|Oasis}}
| | The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher is a large multiple-launch-system emplacement, firing the [[ASRGAM 10X]] missile. It is featured in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[multiplayer]] level ''[[High Ground (Level)|High Ground]]'' and the [[Campaign]] level ''[[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]]'' And in ''[[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''. It was thought by some players to be a large mortar device that can fire on upcoming attackers. This was proven false by [[Bungie]] which stated it was unusable and is only scenery. Workers at Bungie had tried to have the SAM missile site AI-controlled, so that when player(s) are charging up [[High Ground]], there would be a risk of being killed by the launcher. Bungie had its AI capabilities removed, mainly because there was too much firepower coming down on the attackers.<ref>[[Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!]]</ref> |
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| File:HINF Oasis SAMLauncher Screenshot 1.png|One of the SAM sites at the terraforming vessel black site.
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| File:HINF Oasis SAMLauncher Screenshot 2.png|Multiple SAM sites at the terraforming vessel black site.
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| File:HINF SAMrack.png|A rack of missiles for the launcher.
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| ==In-game information== | | ==Appearances== |
| ===''Halo 3''===
| | *''[[Halo 3]]'', ''High Ground'' - far back of the defensive base, next to a UNSC [[Mongoose]] ATV and the garage. |
| The Surface-to-Air Missile launcher is present in ''[[Halo 3]]'' on the [[Campaign]] levels [[The Storm]] and [[Floodgate]], as well on the [[multiplayer]] level [[High Ground]]. It is unusable and serves only as scenery.
| | *''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[The Storm]]'' - close by the [[Covenant Artillery|Covenant AA Gun]]. Why it is never used is uncertain. |
| | *''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Floodgate]]'' - same Missile Launcher as the one in ''The Storm'', but it has been destroyed and is burning. |
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| ===''Halo Infinite''=== | | ==Trivia== |
| SAM launchers are present in a scenery role on the ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' map [[Oasis]]. They are also placeable scenery objects in [[Forge/Halo Infinite|Forge]] mode.
| | The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher must be effective because right outside the [[Crows Nest]] in the beginning of [[Tsavo Highway]] there are several downed [[phantom]] dropships. |
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| ==Production notes==
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| For High Ground, Bungie had tried to have the SAM site AI-controlled, so that when players are charging up the map, there would be a risk of being killed by the launcher. Bungie had its AI capabilities removed, mainly because there was too much firepower coming down on the attackers.{{Ref/Marketing|H3|Ad=Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:H3 Alpha HighGround.jpg|The SAM site on [[High Ground (level)|High Ground]] in the ''Halo 3'' alpha.
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| File:H3 HighGround_BigAssMortarGun.jpg|Diagram of the original High Ground concept model with the SAM launcher and its firing area marked in red.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo Infinite]]''
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| **''[[Season 03: Echoes Within]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| | | [[Category:Weapons]] |
| {{UNSC ordnance}}
| | [[Category:UNSC]] |
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