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The weapon possesses an angular design and metallic casing. It appears to be held together, at least partly, by energy fields as indicated by its self-assembly process and floating sights. Orange highlights can be seen while the weapon is self-assembling and throughout the casing once assembly is complete; these highlights grow brighter when the weapon is fired. The sight through the scope is tinted orange and has two zoom levels, 5x and 10x. The rifle emits a highly visible orange beam when aiming, allowing opponents to trace the user's location.<ref name="Binary GP"/>
The weapon possesses an angular design and metallic casing. It appears to be held together, at least partly, by energy fields as indicated by its self-assembly process and floating sights. Orange highlights can be seen while the weapon is self-assembling and throughout the casing once assembly is complete; these highlights grow brighter when the weapon is fired. The sight through the scope is tinted orange and has two zoom levels, 5x and 10x. The rifle emits a highly visible orange beam when aiming, allowing opponents to trace the user's location.<ref name="Binary GP"/>


== Weapon Capabilities ==
== Gameplay ==
=== Pros ===
The Binary Rifle is capable of destroying most light armored vehicles with one or two direct shots. An excellent anti-personnel weapon, it can instantly kill all forms of infantry with one shot, regardless of [[energy shield]]s and hit location. However, the line of fire created by the scope's laser sight can be seen by every player, thus giving away the location of the user. Additionally, the Binary Rifle has a slow rate of fire (roughly four seconds between shots) and a long reload time (roughly five seconds), leaving the user vulnerable. It holds a low ammunition capacity with a total of three in a magazine total (four with the [[Ammo Upgrade]]).
* Capable of destroying most vehicles (except [[Scorpion]]s and [[Wraith]]s) with one or two direct shots.
* Can instantly kill all forms of infantry (Spartans, Prometheans, Elites, etc.) with one shot (possibly two on [[Legendary]]), even with full [[Energy shielding|energy shielding]] and regardless of hit location.
* High projectile speed; rarely misses within crosshairs.


=== Cons ===
==Trivia==
* The line of fire created by the scopes laser sight can be seen by everyone; giving away the location of the user.
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* Long reload time (roughly five seconds); leaving the user vulnerable.
*The [[Lightrifle]] was originally conceptualized as the Binary Rifle in the preliminary phase of development.<ref name="twoconcept">[[:File:H4-Concept-BinaryLightRifles.jpg|Concept art of the Binary Rifle. The concept weapon at the bottom later becomes the Lightrifle.]]</ref>
* Slow rate of fire (roughly four seconds between shots).
* Low ammunition and clip capacity. Two shots per clip with three clips total (four with the Ammo Upgrade).


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
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File:H4-Concept-BinaryLightRifles.jpg|Concept art of the Binary Rifle. Note the bottom part that is to be the Lightrifle.
File:H4-Concept-BinaryLightRifles.jpg|Concept art of the Binary Rifle. The concept weapon at the bottom later becomes the Lightrifle.
File:H4-Z750BinarySniperRifle-AltRender.png|Profile picture of the Binary Rifle.
File:BinaryRifle-HUD.png|HUD Icon of the Binary Rifle.
File:BinaryRifle-HUD.png|HUD Icon of the Binary Rifle.
File:H4-Z750BinarySniperRifle-AltRender.png|Alternate render of the Binary Rifle.
File:H4-MP-Z750BinaryRifle-Vaporized.jpg|The Binary Rifle's disintegrative effects on an infantry.
File:H4-SpartanOps-3.jpg|A Promethean Knight wielding the binary rifle.
File:H4-Z750BinarySniperRifle-HUD1.jpg|First-person view of the Binary Rifle through John's HUD.
File:H4-SpartanOps-BinarySniperRifle.jpg|A [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IV]] wielding the binary rifle against a [[Promethean Crawler]] in ''Spartan Ops''.
File:H4-BinarySniperRifle-FirstPerson.jpg|First-person view of the Binary Rifle.
File:H4-MP-BinaryRifle-AmmoPack.jpg|The ammo pack for the Binary Rifle.
File:H4-BinarySniperRifle-Scope.jpg|First person view through the rifle's scope.
File:H4-MP-BinaryRifle-Beam.jpg|The Binary Rifle's disintegrative beam when fired.
File:H4-MP-BinaryRifle-LaserSights.jpg|The Binary Rifle's targeting laser sights.
File:H4-MP-Z750BinaryRifle-Vaporized.jpg|The Binary Rifle's disintegrative effects on biological tissue.
File:H4-MP-Z750BinarySniperRifle-HUD.jpg|"Bouncing" the Binary Rifle's beams.
File:H4-MP-Z750BinarySniperRifle-Scope.jpg|The Binary Rifle's scope when zoomed.
File:H4-BinarySniperRifle-FirstPerson.jpg|First-person view of the binary rifle.
File:H4-BinarySniperRifle-Scope.jpg|The scope zoom function of the binary rifle.
File:H4-Z750BinarySniperRifle-HUD1.jpg|Another first-person view of the Binary Rifle being used.
File:H4-Z750BinarySniperRifle-HUD2.jpg|The Binary Rifle being used on Requiem.
File:H4-BinarySniperRifle-ScopeZoom.jpg|The Binary Rifle's scope zoom function in use on Requiem.
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Revision as of 20:56, March 10, 2013

Template:Weapon Infobox The Z-750 Special Application Sniper Rifle[1], commonly known as the binary rifle, is a Forerunner energy channel weapon.[2]

Overview

The binary rifle is a weapon used by Forerunner Promethean Knight units and certain types of Crawler units encountered on Requiem. The rifle uses two core-mounted particle accelerators to accelerate its projectiles to high speed, killing targets with one shot.[3]

Design details

The weapon possesses an angular design and metallic casing. It appears to be held together, at least partly, by energy fields as indicated by its self-assembly process and floating sights. Orange highlights can be seen while the weapon is self-assembling and throughout the casing once assembly is complete; these highlights grow brighter when the weapon is fired. The sight through the scope is tinted orange and has two zoom levels, 5x and 10x. The rifle emits a highly visible orange beam when aiming, allowing opponents to trace the user's location.[2]

Gameplay

The Binary Rifle is capable of destroying most light armored vehicles with one or two direct shots. An excellent anti-personnel weapon, it can instantly kill all forms of infantry with one shot, regardless of energy shields and hit location. However, the line of fire created by the scope's laser sight can be seen by every player, thus giving away the location of the user. Additionally, the Binary Rifle has a slow rate of fire (roughly four seconds between shots) and a long reload time (roughly five seconds), leaving the user vulnerable. It holds a low ammunition capacity with a total of three in a magazine total (four with the Ammo Upgrade).

Trivia

  • The Lightrifle was originally conceptualized as the Binary Rifle in the preliminary phase of development.[4]

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources