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[[File:CCS_weapons.png|thumb|300px|A {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} firing its pulse laser turrets.]]

The '''pulse laser turret''' is a light ship-to-ship weapon system used by both the [[Covenant]] and [[UNSC]]. These [[laser]] weapons are known to have been mounted on most Covenant ships and starfighters, and are mostly used for point defense but also for ship-to-ship combat.{{Citation needed}}

==Design details==

===Specifications===

The pulse laser turret is one of the Covenant's primary weapon systems, often classified as a point-defense weapon and compared to the UNSC's [[point-defense gun]]s. These pulse weapons are affixed to most Covenant ships, including [[Kig-Yar privateer ship]]s such as the ''[[Minor Transgression]]'', and starfighters such as the [[Type-31 Seraph|Type-31 ''"Seraph"''-class]]. Covenant pulse lasers are typically considered superior to their [[UNSC]] counterparts, due to the Covenant's superior power storage systems and [[Gravitics|gravitic]]-lensing focal arrays.<ref name="WFG">''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]'', Glossary - p.91</ref>

The pulse laser turret fires by means of laser, using [[hydrogen fluoride]] as fuel.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 163''</ref> Before the weapon fires, it must first charge; during the charge, a sphere of light energy forms around the charging weapon. After finishing charging, the weapon expels a cyan/purple beam of energy. A section of the ship's shielding system must be dropped to allow the pulse weapons to fire completely.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''chapter 14''</ref>

A certain type of pulse laser turret can fire kilowatts of infrared light which  could easily destroy circuits on human cargo ships.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''chapter 1''</ref> Damages dealt by the pulse laser turrets are known to be serious threats to most, if not all UNSC ships; a pulse laser salvo is capable of melting through Paris-class frigate UNSC Commonwealth’s 60&nbsp;cm of [[Titanium-A armor]] hull in a single shot.<ref name="melt">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', '' chapter 12''</ref> In this instance, the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} received severe damage in sections three and four, armor down to twenty-five percent and hull breach in section three .{{Ref/Reuse|melt}} As such, it is believed that UNSC ships with thicker armor would have to take multiple pulse laser salvos to show the same results.

==Known types==

*''Eriu''-pattern - Used on the [[Hekar Taa-pattern Blockade Runner|''Hekar Taa''-pattern Blockade Runner]].

*''Ferriel''-pattern - Used on the ''Kerel''-pattern [[CAS-class assault carrier]].

*''Gon''-pattern - Used on the ''Sinaris-pattern'' [[CPV-class heavy destroyer]] and the ''Ket''-pattern [[CCS-class battlecruiser]]s.

*''Pallio''-pattern - Used on the ''Mjern''-pattern [[DSC-class support ship]].

*''Phot''-pattern - Used on the [[SDV-class heavy corvette]].

*''Phot Et''-pattern - Used on the ''Varric''-pattern [[ORS-class heavy cruiser]], and the ''Mutan Et''-pattern [[DAS-class storm cutter]].

*''Pok''-pattern - Used on the [[CRS-class light cruiser]].

*''[[XEV9-Matos Nonlinear Pulse Cannon]]''

*''[[G81 Condor]]'s pulse laser turret''

File:CCS Legends.jpg|A ''CCS''-class battlecruiser firing its ventral pulse laser turrets and dorsal [[plasma turret]]s.

File:CirciniusIV attacked1.jpg|An {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} fires a pulse laser at a [[space elevator]] at the [[Corbulo Academy]], triggering its collapse.