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'''Converging beam cannons''' are a kind of weapon system employed aboard [[Forerunner]] warships. | '''Converging beam cannons''' are a kind of weapon system employed aboard [[Forerunner]] warships. | ||
==Overview== | |||
===Operation=== | |||
Converging beam cannons are [[directed-energy weapon]]s that fire lances of exotic energy{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=377}} upon enemy vessels and provide a path for follow-on [[antimatter]] streams, which destroy everything they touch.{{Ref/Reuse|WF80}} The energy fires can be curved toward targets using delicate strands of invisible force and tracing pathways{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}, usually wielded by a [[Warrior-Servant]] operator.{{Ref/Book|Id=WF80|HWF|Page=80-81}} The weapon's energy can be varied, though more powerful beams have a less smooth motion as even Forerunner science was unable to contain the destructive energy of the weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | |||
===Usage=== | |||
Twenty-eight of these weapons are part of the armament of the {{Class|Sojourner|dreadnought}}{{Ref/Reuse|WF80}}, while the ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' employed 25,000 these such weapons.{{Ref/Book|Id=WF86|HWF|Page=86-87}} The [[Guardian Custode]] each carry six converging beam cannons, which were considered more than adequete to defeat fleets of primitive [[capital ship]]s, but did little when facing [[Forerunner fleet|Forerunner ships]] controlled by the [[Flood]].{{Ref/Book|Id=WF88|HWF|Page=88-89}} | |||
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[[Category:Forerunner weapons]] | [[Category:Forerunner naval weapons]] |