Editing Voltaic weaponry

'''Voltaic weaponry''',{{Ref/Note|The name "voltaic weaponry" was derived from the name "voltaic application devices", which was used in the ''Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)'' and the ''[[Armory Infinitum]]''{{'}}s shock rifle entry from [[Halo Waypoint]]'s [[Canon Fodder]]. "Shock weapon" has only been used as [[Weapon types#Shock|a gameplay terminology]].}} formally known as '''voltaic application devices''',{{Ref/Site|Id=CF|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-fly-me-to-the-blood-moon|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Fly Me to the Blood-Moon|D=27|M=11|Y=2023|LocalArchive=Armory Infinitum#Purging Shock Rifle}} refers to [[:Category:Directed-energy weapons|directed-energy weapons]] of [[Jiralhanae]] origin that weaponize [[Wikipedia:Electricity|electricity]].

Voltaic weapons represent some of the only remaining technology used during the Jiralhanae's rich technological age prior to [[Great Immolation|the nuclear global war]] that left their homeworld [[Doisac]] in devastation.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p477|Enc22|Page=477}} Such weapons had been spoken of in stories commonly passed down to the Jiralhanae living on Doisac's three [[Natural satellite|moon]]s: [[Warial]], [[Teash]], and [[Soirapt]]. [[Banished]] Warmaster [[Atriox]] intended to research and revive these old technologies to once again weaponize them; as such, [[Sicatt Workshop]] was formed.{{Ref/Reuse|CF}} By [[2559]], Sicatt Workshop has designed a number of voltaic weapons, including the [[Sicatt Workshop Disruptor|Disruptor]] and the [[Sicatt Workshop dynamo grenade|dynamo grenade]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p477}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p483|Enc22|Page=483}} The latest invention was the [[Sicatt Workshop|shock rifle]], which was designed by technicians onboard ''[[Ghost of Barolon]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p477}} [[Vulcus]], a technician and a member of Sicatt Workshop's [[Alchemy Corps]], saw the technology as a template could be applied as weapons aboard Banished warships to overload enemy systems to aid in ramming and boarding maneuvers.{{Ref/Reuse|CF}} By early [[2560]], during the [[Battle of Suban]], the ''Ghost of Barolon'' was armed with an experimental volt piercer.{{Ref/Site|Id=Season5intel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/reckoning-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Halo Infinite|Page=Reckoning Intel|D=20|M=11|Y=2023|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel#Season 5}} All three types of voltaic weapons were manufactured at the [[Armory of Reckoning]] during [[Battle for Zeta Halo|the Banished's occupation]] of [[Installation 07]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p477}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p483}} The Banished used [[Fusion coil#Shock coil|a special variant of fusion coils]] to store energy for voltaic weapons.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=440}}

Although voltaic weapons utilize a variety of delivery systems, they share a commonality in discharging high-output electric current. The [[Sicatt Workshop Disruptor|volt caster]] fires small active dynamo munitions that attach to infantry and vehicles, where it can discharge high-output current to an attached target.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p477}} In contrast, the [[Sicatt Workshop shock rifle|volt piercer]] fires a burst of three [[Wikipedia:Electrolaser|electrolaser]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|CF}} When these projectiles are applied in great enough number and proximity, they can detonate to cause an extraordinary amount of heavy shock damage capable of shutting down vehicles or equipment, akin to the effects of an [[electromagnetic pulse]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p477}} Victims of the weapons—infantry or vehicles—are violently shocked and left rigid in the surging currents, leaving them immobilized and vulnerable to subsequent attacks.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p483}}

 

There was one notable instance of a voltaic weapon that does not pertain to the conventional weapons employed by the Banished: during the Battle for Zeta Halo, [[John-117]] incorporated voltaic technology to his [[Grappleshot]], allowing the grapple to electrocute its targets.{{Ref/Game|HINF|campaign|Detail=[[Equipment]] upgrade menu - [[Grappleshot]] - Voltaic}}

File:HINF VoltaicWeaponry.png|The shock rifle and Disruptor being used by a Jiralhanae Sniper and Unggoy Ultras, respectively.

File:HINF UnggoyUltra Disruptor.png|An [[Unggoy Ultra]] firing Disruptor next to a fusion coil for voltaic weaponry.

File:HINF BruteSniperZapped.png|A Jiralhanae immobilized by multiple dynamos from a Disruptor.

File:HINF Dynamo grenade effect 1.png|An Unggoy and a Jiralhanae immobilized by a dynamo grenade.