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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|Forerunner|Post}} |
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| | [[File:Particle_cannon_-_right.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A particle cannon on [[Requiem]].]] |
| |image=[[File:H4-Z8060ParticleCannon-ScanRender.png|300px]]
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| |manufacturer=[[Forerunner]]<ref name="Reclaimer">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer]]''</ref>
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| |type=[[Particle cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | |
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| |service=*[[Human-Forerunner War]]<ref name="Silentium">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''pages 278-279''</ref>
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| *[[Forerunner-Flood War]]{{Ref/Reuse|Silentium}}
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| *[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
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| |affiliation=Forerunners{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
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| *[[Promethean]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
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| |length={{Convert|489.7|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 105''</ref>
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| |width={{Convert|320.5|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}
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| |height={{Convert|277.5|m|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}
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| |ammotype=Ionized particles{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}
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| |feed=Unlimited{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}
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| |rate=Single beam{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
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| The '''Particle Cannon''' {{ZClass|8060|High-Impact Particle Weapon|HIPW}}<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 105''</ref> is a heavy [[Forerunner]] [[directed energy weapon|directed energy]] [[particle cannon]] used for anti-air defense.{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
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| == Description ==
| | '''Particle cannons''' are heavy [[directed energy weapon]]s used by the [[Forerunner]] [[Promethean]]s as anti-air defenses.<ref name="RC">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref> |
| Z-8060 particle cannons are enormous floating weapons platforms. They are spherical, surrounded by three curving "arms" spaced at equidistant points around the main gun assembly. The cannons project a hyper-dense beam of negatively charged ions to disintegrate any target in range.{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}} They are slow to turn, however, and are vulnerable to ground-based attacks. A well-placed hit from a small [[MAC]] in the central beam port will destroy the device.{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}}
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| Interestingly, this particle cannon bears a great resemblance to a certain Forerunner [[unidentified Forerunner machine|portal-generating machine]], albeit with its "arms" protruding outwards instead of upwards.<ref name="opc">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref><ref name="opd">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation D: Adamantine Shield]]''</ref><ref name="ope">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation E: Brother's Keeper]]''</ref>
| | ==Description== |
| | Forerunner particle cannons are enormous floating weapons platforms. They are spherical in shape, surrounded by three curving "arms" spaced at equidistant points around the main gun assembly. Particle cannons project a beam of energy similar to a [[Sentinel beam]] to disintegrate any target in range. They are slow to turn, however, and are vulnerable to ground-based attacks. A well-placed hit from a small [[MAC]] in the central beam port will destroy the device.<ref name="RC"/> |
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| == History == | | ==History== |
| A number of these weapons were encountered on [[Requiem]] in use by the [[Promethean]]s as anti-air defenses; one of the cannons obliterated a squad of [[Pelicans]] in a single hit. Two cannons were destroyed by the [[Mark 2547 heavy railgun]] weapon mounted atop a [[M510 Mammoth]] siegework platform deployed to the surface by the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, with [[John-117|Master Chief John-117]] providing targeting for the Mammoth. These cannons were controlled from a central core via an AI, before it was deactivated by [[Cortana]]; causing the remaining two to fire on each other.{{Ref/Reuse|Reclaimer}} | | A number of these weapons were encountered on [[Requiem]] in use by the [[Promethean]]s as anti-air defenses; one of the cannons obliterated a squad of [[Pelicans]] in a single hit. Two cannons were destroyed by a [[Mammoth]] siegework platform deployed to the surface by the ''[[UNSC Infinity]],'' with the [[Master Chief]] providing targeting for the Mammoth. These cannons were controlled from a central core via an AI, before it was deactivated by [[Cortana]]; causing the remaining two to fire on each other.<ref name="RC"/> |
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| The ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' was equipped with a series of these guns for point-defense purposes. During the [[New Phoenix Incident]], four of these guns protected the [[Composer]] from harm against the ''Infinity'' and [[Battle Group Dakota]], destroying at least one of the ships in the battle group. After John destroyed the guns by targeting their power sources with an [[F-41 Broadsword]], the ''Infinity'' was able to move in close enough to blow a hole in the hull of ''Mantle's Approach'' for John with the ship's primary MAC guns.<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref>
| | A larger variant was used as a ship-to-ship weapon on the Forerunner flagship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]''. Unlike their planetside counterpart, this version is powered by an external energy core. [[John-117]] used this vulnerability to neutralize the ''Mantle'''s point-defense capacity with his [[F-41 Broadsword]], allowing the {{UNSCship|Infinity}} to attack the ship.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight|Midnight]]''</ref> |
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| == Trivia == | | ==Trivia== |
| The particle cannon's overall design bears a great deal of resemblance to the description of an [[Onyx Sentinel]]. | | The particle cannon's overall design bears a great deal of resemblance to that of the [[Onyx Sentinel]]. |
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| == Gallery == | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:H4-Concept-ParticleCannon.jpg|Concept art of a Forerunner anti-air particle cannon in ''Halo 4''. | | File:H4-Concept-ParticleCannon.jpg|Concept art of a Forerunner anti-air particle cannon in ''Halo 4''. |
| File:H4-Concept-Mantle-MegaCannon.jpg|Concept art of the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s point-defense particle cannons in ''Halo 4''. | | File:H4-Concept-Mantle-MegaCannon.jpg|Concept art of the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'''s point-defense particle cannons in ''Halo 4''. |
| File:H4-ParticleCannon.jpg|A particle cannon on Requiem. | | File:H4-ParticleCannon.jpg|Panoramic view of a particle cannon. |
| File:Particle_cannon_-_right.jpg|A view of a particle cannon on Requiem.
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| File:Particle_cannon_-_left.jpg|Another view of a particle cannon. | | File:Particle_cannon_-_left.jpg|Another view of a particle cannon. |
| File:H4-M510Mammoth-RocketTurret.jpg|An [[M510 Mammoth]] encountering a Particle Cannon.
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| File:H4 Particle Cannon firing.jpg|A Particle cannon firing on a [[Papa Foxtrot 766|Pelican]].
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| == List of appearances == | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Trial of Reckoning]]'' {{Mo}}
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| == Sources == | | ==Sources== |
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| | [[Category:Forerunner weapons]] |
| {{Forerunner}} | | {{Forerunner}} |
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| [[Category:Directed-energy weapons]]
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| [[Category:Forerunner naval weapons]]
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