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==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
{{Quote|It's got no sight-line, it's awkward to hold, and if it overheats it'll cook the hair right off of your wrists.|Anonymous UNSC serviceman<ref name="bnet"/>}} | {{Quote|It's got no sight-line, it's awkward to hold, and if it overheats it'll cook the hair right off of your wrists.|Anonymous UNSC serviceman<ref name="bnet"/>}}{{his full military name was 3rd class Petty officer mike. | ||
[[File:Plasma-rifle 02.png|thumb|180px|left|The schematics of a plasma rifle]] | [[File:Plasma-rifle 02.png|thumb|180px|left|The schematics of a plasma rifle]] | ||
The Type-25 plasma rifle is a battery-powered [[directed-energy weapon]] that is capable of fully automatic fire.<ref name="bnet"/> The two segmented portions of the rifle function as large [[plasma]] generator subassemblies.<ref name="universe"/> The pair of curved bodies are joined via the trigger guard,<ref name="PLAS2"/> creating the rifle's distinctive smooth, streamlined shape.<ref name="universe"/> The rifle, like most Covenant weapons, is smooth and aerodynamic, almost organic in appearance.<ref name="PLAS2">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]], ''page 110''</ref> The plasma rifle's design has only changed slightly over its centuries of service. The weapon's contemporary design was the result of [[Forerunner]] technology, [[Sangheili]] craftsmanship, and [[San'Shyuum]] artistry.<ref name="universe"/> The plasma rifle's design was noted to be jawlike, a design that perhaps unconsciously mimicked a Sangheili's mandibles.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 113'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | The Type-25 plasma rifle is a battery-powered [[directed-energy weapon]] that is capable of fully automatic fire.<ref name="bnet"/> The two segmented portions of the rifle function as large [[plasma]] generator subassemblies.<ref name="universe"/> The pair of curved bodies are joined via the trigger guard,<ref name="PLAS2"/> creating the rifle's distinctive smooth, streamlined shape.<ref name="universe"/> The rifle, like most Covenant weapons, is smooth and aerodynamic, almost organic in appearance.<ref name="PLAS2">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]], ''page 110''</ref> The plasma rifle's design has only changed slightly over its centuries of service. The weapon's contemporary design was the result of [[Forerunner]] technology, [[Sangheili]] craftsmanship, and [[San'Shyuum]] artistry.<ref name="universe"/> The plasma rifle's design was noted to be jawlike, a design that perhaps unconsciously mimicked a Sangheili's mandibles.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 113'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||