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| |manufacturer=*[[Forerunner]] | | | type=Equipment |
| *[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
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| The '''bubble shield''' {{ZClass|4190|Temporal Protective Enfolder/Stationary Shield|TPE/SS}},{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} is a piece of deployable equipment. It is [[Forerunner]] in origin, but the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] manufactured a number of the devices based on discovery of those formerly used by [[Warrior-Servant]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
| | '''The Bubble Shield''' is a UNSC anti-artillery and personal defense device. |
| | == Summary == |
| | [[Image:Bubble Shield Logo.jpg|150px|thumb|The logo|left]] |
| | The '''Bubble Shield''' is a [[Human]] developed battlefield technology. The device projects a transparent, slightly yellow tinted defensive bubble dome that protects against bullets, lasers, flames, and other projectiles used primarily by the Marine forces of the [[UNSC]] and [[The Covenant]]. Covenant loyalists have been known to secure human weapons and equipment for their own ends, the bubble shield being one of the most common. The shield itself is similar to a [[Wikipedia:Geodesic dome|Geodesic dome]], made of tessellating hexagons. The bubble shield projects a defensive field around the user that, when deployed blocks all projectiles, plasma, explosions, and other forms of attack. Vehicles and players however, are still able to pass through it. After a significant amount of time has passed or the shield has taken enough damage, it will fade. |
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| ==Overview== | | ==Development== |
| [[File:Bubble Shield.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Late-war deployable shield modules created a gold, dome-like protective area for approximately 20 seconds when activated.]]
| | Despite being UNSC technology, UNSC Marines rarely deploy it during the campaign, while Brutes deploy it often. At least one or two brutes in a covenant battle squad always have a bubble shield on hand. Brutes generally activate their bubble shields immediately following aerial insertion and when in large numbers. |
| ===Design details===
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| "Dissipative"-style bubble shields are a technology originally of [[Forerunner]] origin. They were used by the [[Warrior-Servant]]s and various forms of [[Sentinel]] for protection, and later reverse-engineered by both the [[Covenant]] and [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to form crude copies for use as battlefield deployable equipment.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
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| The bubble shield design used by humanity and the Covenant consists of an emitter capable of projecting a translucent, slightly white/gold tinted protective sphere sphere of interlocking hexagonal force enfolder elements around the user.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} The shield itself is similar to a [[Wikipedia:Geodesic dome|geodesic dome]], made of tessellating hexagons. The shield protects against bullets, explosions, [[laser]]s, [[plasma]], flames, [[grenade]]s, and other projectiles. Vehicles and personnel, however, are still able to pass through it. After approximately 20 seconds have passed since activation, the shield will collapse and the generator self-destructs. Heavier stationary weaponry, such as the {{Pattern|Shuku|sentry turret}}, are capable of overpowering or firing through the shield.{{Ref/Map|H3|Snowbound}}{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=345|Detail=Although the Automated Plasma Turret caption pictures a {{Pattern|Zo'op|Weevil}}, the descriptive text refers to the Snowbound sentry guns.}}
| | Just one harmless comment. |
| | Halo 3 kicks ass. |
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| ===Development history=== | | ==General== |
| <!--The EVG states that humans made theirs based on captured Covenant examples. Waypoint states the opposite. This is the only way this can make sense.-->
| | Originally during Halo 3's development the bubble shield was intended to be the function of the X button, however the developers were not satisfied with the shield in general. It was only until the developers saw the Starry Night commercial that sold them on the idea of the bubble shield. Since that time the shield became a piece of equipment that the player would pick up over the course of gameplay. This also lead to the creation of the other pieces of equipment like the grav lift, power drainer, and the trip mine. |
| The bubble shield has a storied developmental history among the Covenant and the UNSC. The original designs for the bubble shield are based on Forerunner technology, used by the [[Warrior-Servant]]s and some forms of [[Aggressor Sentinel|Aggressor]] and [[Protector Sentinel (Trove)|Protector Sentinel]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} These devices were crudely reverse-engineered by the Covenant, with examples themselves captured by the UNSC and used as the basis for the development of a bubble shield of [[human]] make during the later years of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=47}} During the [[Fall of Reach]], many of the ONI prototypes for the deployable bubble shield were captured by Covenant forces and were crudely copied for use by loyalist [[Jiralhanae]] forces in the war's final months - particularly the [[Battle for Earth]] and [[Battle of Installation 00]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
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| ONI research into bubble shield technology also resulted in the development of a [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]-compatible [[Armor abilities|reusable armour ability]] known as the [[drop shield]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11DropShield|Enc11|Page=355}} Manufacture of ONI-approved bubble shield devices continued until [[2555]], at which point they were discontinued and development efforts were refocused toward MJOLNIR-compatible emitters.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
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| ==Operational history==
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| Bubble shields were used by the [[Warrior-Servant]] forces of the Forerunner [[Ecumene]] to provide temporary battlefield fortifications, with similar systems employed as the standard energy shielding mechanisms of various Sentinel classes.
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| During the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[human]]ity were able to leverage bubble shield technology stolen from Covenant derivatives of the Forerunner originals in a number of forms. One such device was used by [[Blue Team]] during [[Operation: WARM BLANKET]] in [[2544]], to safely secure their boarding of the Covenant carrier ''[[Resplendent Fervor]]''.{{Ref/Film|HLeg|Episode=The Package (animated short)|The Package}} Another such system was later featured in a number of the [[Project HRUNTING|HRUNTING]]/[[Project YGGDRASIL|YGGDRASIL]] development program prototypes including the [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I ADS|Mark I ADS]] and select [[Reactive Cyclops|refit packages]] for the [[HRUNTING Mark III (S) Cyclops|Mark III [S] Cyclops]].{{Ref/Film|HLeg|Episode=Prototype}}{{Ref/Game|HW2|[[Reactive Cyclops]] Blitz unit}} Forms of bubble shield technology continued to be developed and used by UNSC forces through the late-war, with ONI developing the drop shield armour ability package based on the same operating principles, later used during the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11DropShield}} Many of these designs were stolen from Reach by Covenant forces, and further developed and used by the Brute loyalist troops during the final weeks of the war.{{Ref/Game|H3|Bubble Shield in-game equipment}}{{Ref/Game|H3ODST|Bubble Shield in-game equipment}} Due to their size, mass, and relatively short power cell duration, along with low rates of production, Bubble Shields saw very limited use during the last stages of the Human-Covenant War.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
| | ===Is Quisnam Protero Damno" Multiplayer ViDoc=== |
| | A player deployed this version while running from [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle|Battle Rifle]] fire. The shield successfully absorbed all projectiles and grenade explosions fired. It appeared to be a large sphere-shaped object. It could roll around while activated. It appeared much larger than its first appearance in the Starry Night commercial. This version of the Bubble Shield is seen used in the Alpha-stage Halo 3 footage for multiplayer. The Bubble Grenade rolls down a hill as the Spartan-II concealed in the sphere back-pedals away from an enemy. Information later released by Bungie, however, stated that the sphere would rest on the ground and the Spartan II would need to stand still to enjoy its effects. |
| | [[Image:1179249572.jpg|right|thumb|355px|This player is protected from a Spartan Laser beam by a Bubble Shield]] |
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| During [[UNSC Tactical Simulator|simulations]] of the [[Battle of Installation 03]] and [[Battle of New Phoenix]] a [[Unidentified Spartan-IV|Spartan-IV]] utilized a [[armor abilities|version]] capable of allowing the user to fire weapons at targets while remaining inside the shield.{{Ref/Game|HSS|Bubble Shield in-game equipment}} By 2555, production of ONI produced bubble shields was halted in favour of focus on MJOLNIR energy shielding,{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} though the existing prototypes continued to see use as late as [[2558#January|January 21, 2558]], in which [[SPARTAN-G059]] deployed a bubble shield against [[Avu Med 'Telcam]] to block his {{Pattern|Vostu|carbine}}'s rounds during her [[Assassination of Avu Med 'Telcam|assassination mission]].{{Ref/Comic|HTFS|Story=Knight takes Bishop}}
| | ===Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta=== |
| | The bubble shield appears and functions differently from both of its previous appearances. This version is similar to the Starry Night appearance. In the Halo 3 Beta the Bubble Shield is stationary and does not roll as it did in the ViDoc. The shield itself has remained the same otherwise. The Bubble Shield generator looks significantly different in the beta version than it does in both the commercial and the ViDoc. The generator has four legs and can be destroyed from within the shield, collapsing it prematurely. |
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| As of [[2559]], bubble shield technology has been leveraged by the forces of both {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} and the [[Banished]] during their [[Second Ark Conflict|war for]] control of the Ark.{{Ref/Game|HW2|Reactive Blitz units}}
| | ==Halo 3 Multiplayer== |
| | The Bubble Shield has changed since its appearance in the public multiplayer beta. The most noticeable being the shield effect itself. The shield now produces a yellow glow, making it more visible at longer distances. This was probably done since during the BETA, the shield was almost invisible and made players attack themselves. The shield generator itself, now produces a blueish glow once activated. The time in which the shield stays activated is about two seconds shorter. Another change is the fact that the bubble shield generator was a ball that rolled and moved, but the final form of the generator is on a stand and is not movable. |
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| ==In-game information==
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| ===''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 3: ODST''===
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| [[File:Bubbleshield gx1-1.jpg|200px|thumb|Comparison between deployed and undeployed bubble shield.]]
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| In the [[campaign]] of ''[[Halo 3]]'', [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] deploy bubble shields often. At least one or two Brutes in a Covenant [[pack]] always have a bubble shield on hand. Brutes generally activate their bubble shields immediately when taking fire or when feeling threatened. Unlike the [[multiplayer]] "[[shield door]]s", vehicles are able to pass through the bubble shield. Damaging the shield generator itself in the bubble's enclosure will cause it to explode, and the shield will collapse upon detonation. Upon reaching its energy limit, bubble shields will make a high-pitched sound prior to overloading and exploding. In ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'' the bubble shield can be used repeatedly with a duration of 8 seconds and a cooldown of 24 seconds.
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| | Throughout all these physical changes, the shield itself has stayed the same with the hexagon patterns and transparency. Some of the other characteristics that have changed is the fact that a Spike grenade no longer sticks to it. During the BETA, the Spike grenade was able to stick to the bubble but now it just bounces off. |
| * Enemies can enter the shield freely.
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| * The bubble shield only lasts about 20 seconds. In combat, however, this is more than enough time to regroup and recover.
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| * If either the player or an enemy throws a grenade inside the bubble shield, it stays inside and will more than likely kill almost everyone in the shield at that time. This strategy is most effective with [[Type-2 spike grenade|spike grenades]], as the spikes will bounce around and shred anything inside the shield.
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| * The generator is very delicate, and if shot from the inside, it will quickly explode and destroy the bubble shield.
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| * Vehicles can also enter bubble shields. Therefore, you can run somebody over while they are still in the bubble shield.
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| * The bubble shield can be affected by other equipment if thrown within the shield's proximity. For example, if an opponent throws in a [[portable gravity lift]] near the generator, the gravity lift can raise the shield generator up, leaving anyone previously inside the shield defenseless. Additionally, effects from equipments can also be limited in the shield; if a [[regenerator]] is thrown inside the bubble shield, only those within the shield are affected. Likewise, if a [[power drain]] is thrown inside an active bubble shield, the disabling effects of the power drain are contained within the bubble shield.
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| * The bubble shield can be knocked away by throwing a power drain or [[radar jammer]] at the generator, causing both objects to roll, and leaving anybody previously inside the shield exposed.
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| == Trivia == | | ==Trivia== |
| {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gameplay=yes}}
| | [[Image:ONI Bubble Shield Unarmed.jpg|thumb|right|75px| The Bubble Shield before being activated.]] |
| * An early form of the bubble shield was used in the [[Starry Night|original teaser trailer]] for Halo 3. It is shown being used by [[John-117]] to protect him from an incoming [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]] mortar. In the teaser trailer, the bubble shield looked like a type of grenade, leading to rumors that it would be one of the new grenade types. | | *[[Frankie]] has said that the shield is [[ONI]] tech.<ref>http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=765343</ref>. |
| * The bubble shield is capable of negating the effects of a [[Kill Ball]], allowing players to go inside the ball. | | *This shield resembles the description of the [[Onyx]] [[Sentinel]] shields in the [[Eric Nylund]] novel [[Ghosts of Onyx]]. |
| * When deployed on an Elephant, the bubble shield does not work as intended- high-powered weapons such as the Spartan Laser will shoot right through, killing the user inside. However, five or more bubble shields will protect players inside its dome. | | *With no Damage modifiers, a melee with most weapons will destroy the shield generator. |
| * In ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'', only Elite Majors are issued with bubble shields, while the player can equip it as default on certain missions.
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| == Gallery == | | ==Sources== |
| <gallery> | | <references/> |
| File:BubbleShield StarryNight.jpg|An early model of the bubble shield in the ''[[Starry Night]]'' trailer.
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| File:Avatars Halo Halo3 Shield.jpg|The bubble shield activating in the ''Starry Night'' trailer.
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| File:1179249572.jpg|The bubble shield is capable of blocking practically all forms of attack throughout its duration, including [[M6 Spartan Laser|Spartan Laser]] shots. Note the clear color from the ''[[Halo 3 Beta]]''.
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| File:Bubbleshieldhud.svg|The bubble shield's HUD icon.
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| File:H3-BubbleShield.png|View of the bubble shield in ''Halo 3''.
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| File:BubbleShield-2views.jpeg|Active and inactive states of the bubble shield.
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| File:Brute activates a bubble shield.jpg|A Brute activates a bubble shield.
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| File:HSS-Gameplay-Shielded.jpg|The bubble shield being used in ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''.
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| File:TelcamBS.png|SPARTAN-G059 deploys a bubble shield over Avu Med 'Telcam in ''[[Knight takes Bishop]]''.
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| File:HW2 Blitz Reactive Cyclops.png|A [[Cyclops]] with a bubble shield in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
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| File:HW2 Blitz Reactive Marines.png|Marines with a bubble shield.
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| File:HW2 Alice's Blitz Bubble Shield.png|Alice-130 with a bubble shield.
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| HW2_Reflective_Shields_Banished.png|Unique bubbles shields employed by the Banished.
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| </gallery>
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| == List of appearances ==
| | {{Equipment List}} |
| *''[[Starry Night]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo 3]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[Prototype]]''
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| **''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]''
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| **''[[Odd One Out]]'' {{C|non-canon appearance}}
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| *''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''
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| **''[[Knight Takes Bishop]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{mo}}
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