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[[File:H4-Blamite-NeedlerShard.png|thumb|300px|right|A blamite needle shard fired from a T-33 Needler.]]
{{Title|''Kemuksuru''}}
[[File:H4-Blamite-NeedlerShard.png|thumb|300px|A kemuksuru needle shard fired from a {{Pattern|Nahle'hax|needler}}.]]


'''Subanese crystal''', colloquially known as '''Blamite''', is a crystalline, high-explosive material used in the ammunition of [[Type-31 needle rifle]]s, [[Type-33 Needler]]s, [[Type-56 Needler]]s, and [[heavy needle cannon]]s.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=bungiepodcasttime '''Bungie.net''': ''The Bungie Podcast: 1/27/2010''] (Sage Merrill at 36:40: ''"It is the equivalent on the Covenant side of the DMR. It is their sort of medium-range, repression rifle. As with all the blamite weapons, it does supercombine."'') ([https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bungie-podcast/id260716482 '''audio podcast'''])</ref> The crystals are mined from veins found throughout the interior of [[Suban]], one of [[Sanghelios]]' two [[natural satellite]]s.<ref name="mine">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 128''</ref><ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/needler '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Needler'']</ref>
'''''Kemuksuru''''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=BftBM|Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon}} colloquially known as '''Subanese crystal''' or '''Blamite''', is a crystalline, high-explosive material used in various [[needle-based weaponry]], including in the ammunition of {{Pattern|Gadulo|needle rifle}}s, [[Type-33 Needler]]s, [[Type-56D needler]]s, [[Posu'gelka-pattern needler]]s, and [[needle cannon]]s.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=bungiepodcasttime '''Bungie.net''': ''The Bungie Podcast: 1/27/2010''] (Sage Merrill at 36:40: ''"It is the equivalent on the Covenant side of the DMR. It is their sort of medium-range, repression rifle. As with all the blamite weapons, it does supercombine."'') ([https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bungie-podcast/id260716482 '''audio podcast'''])</ref> The crystals are mined from veins found throughout the interior of [[Suban]], one of [[Sanghelios]]' two [[natural satellite]]s.<ref name="mine">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 128''</ref><ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/needler '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Needler'']</ref>


==Characteristics==
==Overview==
Blamite is one of the few unique ammunition types in Covenant arsenal. When used as ammunition, blamite is capable of two types of damage to a target; ''penetration'', damage caused by the needles impacting flesh and entering it; and the usually-resulting ''supercombine'', the combined explosion of multiple (usually [[seven]]) needles wedged in the body. A crystalline projectile can cause fatal damage to its victim—a single shard can cause internal bleeding or strike a vital organ, with untreated wounds resulting in death. The resulting detonation of the shard upon penetration also spreads micro-shrapnel throughout the victim. Depending on the impact area and angle, several crystalline shards can cause amputation of limbs, and impacts to the chest are in most cases fatal; the supercombine properties can easily crack ribs, damage the lungs or heart, and cause severe flesh damage that can be very difficult and often impossible to repair. If enough rounds impact and detonate simultaneously, the unfortunate target can quite literally be blown apart.
===Characteristics===
[[File:HINF Prism.png|thumb|right|300px|The [[Banished]]-controlled [[Mines of Shua'ree]].]]
''Kemuksuru'' is one of the few unique ammunition types in Covenant arsenal. When used as ammunition, ''kemuksuru'' is capable of two types of damage to a target; ''penetration'', damage caused by the needles impacting flesh and entering it; and the usually-resulting ''supercombine'', the combined explosion of multiple needles wedged in the body. A crystalline projectile can cause fatal damage to its victim—a single shard can cause internal bleeding or strike a vital organ, with untreated wounds resulting in death. The resulting detonation of the shard upon penetration also spreads micro-shrapnel throughout the victim. Depending on the impact area and angle, several crystalline shards can cause amputation of limbs, and impacts to the chest are in most cases fatal; the supercombine properties can easily crack ribs, damage the lungs or heart, and cause severe flesh damage that can be very difficult and often impossible to repair. If enough rounds impact and detonate simultaneously, the unfortunate target can quite literally be blown apart.


While used exclusively in needle rifles and Needlers, the needles behave differently in both weapons when fired. Needles fired from a Needler appear to have some sort of "identify-friend/foe" function, as they will home in on hostile targets, but not allies of the wielder. Needles fired from a needle rifle lack this function, behaving more like traditional projectiles, but are much faster and require fewer embedded rounds to cause a lethal supercombine. The [[energy cutlass]], a melee weapon used predominantly by [[Kig-Yar]], uses a blamite shard as the blade. When thrust into a soft target, the blade will explode violently similar to a Needler shard.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 130''</ref> The Lance of Suban, a variant of [[Type-1 energy sword]], is infused with blamite, giving the blade the same bright pink color commonly associated with the crystal. These energy swords are only wielded by [[Sangheili]] native to [[Suban]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAoW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/art-of-wort|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Art of Wort|D=23|M=6|Y=2021}}
While used in both needle rifles and Needlers, the ''kemuksuru'' needles behave differently in these weapons when fired. Needles fired from a Needler appear to have some sort of "identify-friend/foe" function, as they will home in on hostile targets, but not allies of the wielder. Needles fired from a needle rifle lack this function, behaving more like traditional projectiles, but are much faster and require fewer embedded rounds to cause a lethal supercombine. The [[energy cutlass]], a melee weapon used predominantly by [[Kig-Yar]], uses a ''kemuksuru'' shard as the blade. When thrust into a soft target, the blade will explode violently similar to a Needler shard.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 130''</ref> The Lance of Suban, a variant of [[Type-1 energy sword]], is infused with ''kemuksuru'', giving the blade the same bright pink color commonly associated with the crystal. These energy swords are only wielded by [[Sangheili]] native to [[Suban]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAoW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/art-of-wort|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Art of Wort|D=23|M=6|Y=2021}}


==History==
==History==
Blamite was used by the [[Sangheili]] in their early weapon designs, prior to the establishment of the [[Covenant]] in [[852 BCE]]. [[Suban]] is the only known location of blamite veins, and some believed that the [[moon]] is the only world where the crystals exist. Although the crystals had been studied and documented for thousands of years by the Covenant, the properties of blamite remain perplexing to all. However, it is believed that the [[San'Shyuum]] may have covertly created highly specialized publications on blamite and its properties, but any such documents would have likely been destroyed alongside [[High Charity]] and its vast records complexes in [[2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} Due to the vast size of the Covenant Empire, hundreds of carefully curated storage facilities were employed across dozens of systems to serve as local waystations for [[Covenant fleet]]s seeking to restock their stores, blamite being among the stocks of these facilities. Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], these facilities were often raided by numerous factions and blamite became a relatively attainable material. Subanese miners, while primarily serving the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], have also supplied other factions and species—willing to pay the [[gekz]]—with blamite, regardless of affilation.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-crown-jul '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Crown Jul'']</ref>
===Pre-Covenant and Covenant use===
''Kemuksuru'' was used by the [[Sangheili]] in their early weapon designs, prior to the establishment of the [[Covenant]] in [[852 BCE]]. [[Suban]] is the only known location of ''kemuksuru'' veins, and some believed that the [[moon]] is the only world where the crystals exist. Although the crystals had been studied and documented for thousands of years by the Covenant, the properties of ''kemuksuru'' remain perplexing to all. However, it is believed that the [[San'Shyuum]] may have covertly created highly specialized publications on ''kemuksuru'' and its properties, but any such documents would have likely been destroyed alongside [[High Charity]] and its vast records complexes in [[2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} Due to the vast size of the Covenant Empire, hundreds of carefully curated storage facilities were employed across dozens of systems to serve as local waystations for [[Covenant fleet]]s seeking to restock their stores, ''kemuksuru'' being among the stocks of these facilities. Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], these facilities were often raided by numerous factions and ''kemuksuru'' became a relatively attainable material. Subanese miners, while primarily serving the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], have also supplied other factions and species—willing to pay the [[gekz]]—with ''kemuksuru'' regardless of affiliation.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-crown-jul '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Crown Jul'']</ref>


With the Covenant's demise, Sangheili artisan-armorers garnered renewed interests in discovering the properties of blamite. Many pre-Covenant design patterns incorporating blamite have been uncovered to assist in the research. [[Human]] scientists had also began to express interest in the crystals, especially in regards to exploiting the energy-storage properties of blamite.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} [[United Nations Space Command]] and Sangheili researchers have since collaborated in an attempt to discover the properties and functions of blamite in [[Kolaar Manufactorum]] on [[Sanghelios]]. However, the results yielded from the research was listed as inaccessible by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969311_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969311 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2969311)]</ref> [[AMG Transport Dynamics]] Motorsport Manager [[Erik Burch]] proposed the creation of an [[M12 Warthog]] [[Project HOGSTICKER|variant]] which would have made use of a pair of experimental blamite afterburners, but the project was canceled by AMG's Special Projects Director [[Tyse Jenkins]] as he found Bursch's idea too outlandish.<ref name="needle me this">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-needle-me-this '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Needle Me This'']</ref>
===Post-war advancements===
With the Covenant's demise, Sangheili artisan-armorers garnered renewed interests in discovering the properties of ''kemuksuru''. Many pre-Covenant design patterns incorporating ''kemuksuru'' have been uncovered to assist in the research. [[Human]] scientists had also began to express interest in the crystals, especially in regards to exploiting the energy-storage properties of ''kemuksuru''.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} [[United Nations Space Command]] and Sangheili researchers have since collaborated in an attempt to discover the properties and functions of ''kemuksuru'' in [[Kolaar Manufactorum]] on [[Sanghelios]]. However, the results yielded from the research was listed as inaccessible by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969311_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969311 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2969311)]</ref> [[AMG Transport Dynamics]] Motorsport Manager [[Erik Burch]] proposed the creation of an [[M12 Warthog]] [[Project HOGSTICKER|variant]] which would have made use of a pair of experimental ''kemuksuru'' afterburners, but the project was canceled by AMG's Special Projects Director [[Tyse Jenkins]] as he found Bursch's idea too outlandish.<ref name="needle me this">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-needle-me-this '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Needle Me This'']</ref>


The ''[[Blood of Suban]]'' variant of the [[Type-57B carbine]] fires carefully carved Subanese crystal shards capable of penetrating armor and sympathetically detonating in lethal 'supercombine' explosions.<ref name="Armory Amore">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Armory Amore'']</ref> The [[M12 Chaingun Warthog#Variants|Sword Needler Warthog]] features an [[M343A2 chaingun]] that fires blamite and is one of several innovations stemming from cooperation between the UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios.<ref name="TAS">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-tales-stingers '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Tales & Stingers'']</ref> [[Unggoy]] [[Goblin]]s are armed with a double-barreled heavy needle cannon capable of dealing significant damage to vehicles and fire a barrage of blamite that can target up to eight different hostiles.<ref name="buzz">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-buzz-generating '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Buzz Generating'']</ref> In the post-war era, [[Covenant remnants]] and the [[Banished]] commonly employ [[Blamex]]; an explosive substance derived from Subanese crystal.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR18|HSOR|Chapter=18}}
The ''[[Blood of Suban]]'' variant of the {{Pattern|Mosa|carbine}} fires carefully carved Subanese crystal shards capable of penetrating armor and sympathetically detonating in lethal 'supercombine' explosions.<ref name="Armory Amore">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: Armory Amore'']</ref> The [[M12 Chaingun Warthog#Variants|Sword Needler Warthog]] features an [[M343A2 chaingun]] that fires ''kemuksuru'' and is one of several innovations stemming from cooperation between the UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios.<ref name="TAS">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-tales-stingers '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Tales & Stingers'']</ref> [[Unggoy]] {{Pattern|Pnap|Goblin}}s are armed with a double-barreled heavy needle cannon capable of dealing significant damage to vehicles and fire a barrage of blamite that can target up to eight different hostiles.<ref name="buzz">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-buzz-generating '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Buzz Generating'']</ref> In the post-war era, [[Covenant remnants]] and the [[Banished]] commonly employ [[Blamex]]; an explosive substance derived from the Subanese crystal.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR18|HSOR|Chapter=18}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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*The name "blamite" originates from [[Bungie]]'s method of censoring swearing on their forums, which replaces objectionable words with ''-blam!-''.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13382 '''Bungie.net''', ''Legendary Map: Avalanche'']</ref>
*The name "blamite" originates from [[Bungie]]'s method of censoring swearing on their forums, which replaces objectionable words with ''-blam!-''.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13382 '''Bungie.net''', ''Legendary Map: Avalanche'']</ref>
*Killing 10 enemies in either Firefight or campaign with a supercombine explosion without dying in ''Halo: Reach'' unlocks the achievement, [[A Spoonful of Blamite]].<ref name="blam">[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_073010 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update 07.30.10'']</ref>
*Killing 10 enemies in either Firefight or campaign with a supercombine explosion without dying in ''Halo: Reach'' unlocks the achievement, [[A Spoonful of Blamite]].<ref name="blam">[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_073010 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update 07.30.10'']</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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===Concept art===
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File:HINF Concept PrismBigCrystals.jpg|Concept art of large ''kemuksuru'' crystals on the ''Halo Infinite'' multiplayer map Prism.
File:HINF Concept PrismSmolCrystals.jpg|Concept art of smaller ''kemuksuru'' crystals on Prism.
File:HINF Concept PrismMiningTool2.jpg|Concept art of Banished tools used to mine ''kemuksuru''.
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
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File:HCE-NeedlerAmmo.png|Blamite encased in a T-33 Needler ammunition casing in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
File:HCE-NeedlerAmmo.png|Blamite encased in a T-33 Needler ammunition casing in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
File:Needlers and Ammo.jpg|T-33 Needlers and their blamite ammuniton cases in a [[Flood containment facility]].
File:Needlers and Ammo.jpg|T-33 Needlers and their ''kemuksuru'' ammuniton cases in a [[Flood containment facility]].
File:Needler Sentinel.jpg|An [[Aggressor Sentinel]] firing blamite during the [[Battle of Installation 05]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:Needler Sentinel.jpg|An [[Aggressor Sentinel]] firing ''kemuksuru'' during the [[Battle of Installation 05]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:H3-NeedlerShard.png|A blamite shard in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
File:Needler Shard.jpg|A blamite shard in flight in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
File:Needler Shard.jpg|A blamite shard in flight in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
File:HaloReach - KatFallen01.png|[[Kat-B320]] is killed by a T-31 needle rifle's blamite during the [[Siege of New Alexandria]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:Halo-3-legendary-map-pack--20080408000202983.jpg|A barrage of ''kemuksuru'' shards in ''Halo 3''.
File:FUD - MehaffeyDeath.jpg|[[Kennedy Mehaffey]] is killed by blamite during the [[Battle of Circinius IV]] in ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''.
File:HaloReach - KatFallen01.png|[[Catherine-B320]] is killed by a T-31 needle rifle's ''kemuksuru'' during the [[Siege of New Alexandria]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:H4-MP-NeedlerShard-Flight-01.jpg|A blamite shard in flight in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:FUD - MehaffeyDeath.jpg|[[Kennedy Mehaffey]] is killed by ''kemuksuru'' during the [[Battle of Circinius IV]] in ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''.
File:H2A Blamite.png|Cut blamite encased in T-33 Needler ammunition casings in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H4-MP-NeedlerShard-Flight-01.jpg|A ''kemuksuru'' shard in flight in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:H2ANeedler.jpg|A [[Mark VI]]-clad Spartan firing blamite from a T-33 Needler on [[Shrine]] in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H2A Blamite.png|Cut ''kemuksuru'' encased in T-33 Needler ammunition casings in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H5G-Blamite.png|A blamite needle shard fired from a T-56D Needler.
File:H2ANeedler.jpg|A [[Mark VI]]-clad Spartan firing ''kemuksuru'' from a T-33 Needler on [[Shrine]] in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H5G-TOTL.png|A [[NOBLE-class Mjolnir|NOBLE]]-clad [[Spartan-IV]] firing blamite from a ''[[Talon of the Lost]]'' on [[March on Stormbreak]].
File:H5G-Blamite.png|A ''kemuksuru'' needle shard fired from a T-56D Needler.
File:H5G-BOSblamite.png|A [[CINDER-class Mjolnir|Cinder]]-clad Spartan-IV firing blamite from a ''[[Blood of Suban]]'' on [[Attack on Sanctum]].
File:H5G-TOTL.png|A [[NOBLE-class Mjolnir|NOBLE]]-clad [[Spartan-IV]] firing ''kemuksuru'' from a ''[[Talon of the Lost]]'' on [[March on Stormbreak]].
File:H5G-M343A2blamite.png|A Sword Needle Warthog's M343A2 chaingun fires blamite on [[Raid on Apex 7]].
File:H5G-BOSblamite.png|A [[CINDER-class Mjolnir|Cinder]]-clad Spartan-IV firing ''kemuksuru'' from a ''[[Blood of Suban]]'' on [[Attack on Sanctum]].
File:H5G-Heavyblamite.jpg|Blamite from a heavy Needler sticking out of a [[FOTUS-class Mjolnir|FOTUS]]-clad Spartan-IV on [[Empire]].
File:H5G-M343A2blamite.png|A Sword Needle Warthog's M343A2 chaingun fires ''kemuksuru'' on [[Raid on Apex 7]].
File:H5G-HeavyNeedlerblamite.png|A Goblin's heavy needle cannon firing blamite.
File:H5G-Heavyblamite.jpg|''Kemuksuru'' from a heavy Needler sticking out of a [[FOTUS-class Mjolnir|FOTUS]]-clad Spartan-IV on [[Empire]].
File:H5G-HeavyNeedlerblamite.png|A Goblin's heavy needle cannon firing ''kemuksuru'' shards.
File:HInf Blamite Shard.png|A ''kemuksuru'' needle shard in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF-Supercombine.png|A supercombine explosion from a Posu'gelka-pattern needler on [[Bazaar]].
File:HTV-Reckoning Needler-Mist.png|A UNSC Marine is supercombined by a needler in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''.
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A kemuksuru needle shard fired from a Nahle'hax-pattern needler.

Kemuksuru,[1] colloquially known as Subanese crystal or Blamite, is a crystalline, high-explosive material used in various needle-based weaponry, including in the ammunition of Gadulo-pattern needle rifles, Type-33 Needlers, Type-56D needlers, Posu'gelka-pattern needlers, and needle cannons.[2] The crystals are mined from veins found throughout the interior of Suban, one of Sanghelios' two natural satellites.[3][4]

Overview

Characteristics

A screenshot of Prism.
The Banished-controlled Mines of Shua'ree.

Kemuksuru is one of the few unique ammunition types in Covenant arsenal. When used as ammunition, kemuksuru is capable of two types of damage to a target; penetration, damage caused by the needles impacting flesh and entering it; and the usually-resulting supercombine, the combined explosion of multiple needles wedged in the body. A crystalline projectile can cause fatal damage to its victim—a single shard can cause internal bleeding or strike a vital organ, with untreated wounds resulting in death. The resulting detonation of the shard upon penetration also spreads micro-shrapnel throughout the victim. Depending on the impact area and angle, several crystalline shards can cause amputation of limbs, and impacts to the chest are in most cases fatal; the supercombine properties can easily crack ribs, damage the lungs or heart, and cause severe flesh damage that can be very difficult and often impossible to repair. If enough rounds impact and detonate simultaneously, the unfortunate target can quite literally be blown apart.

While used in both needle rifles and Needlers, the kemuksuru needles behave differently in these weapons when fired. Needles fired from a Needler appear to have some sort of "identify-friend/foe" function, as they will home in on hostile targets, but not allies of the wielder. Needles fired from a needle rifle lack this function, behaving more like traditional projectiles, but are much faster and require fewer embedded rounds to cause a lethal supercombine. The energy cutlass, a melee weapon used predominantly by Kig-Yar, uses a kemuksuru shard as the blade. When thrust into a soft target, the blade will explode violently similar to a Needler shard.[5] The Lance of Suban, a variant of Type-1 energy sword, is infused with kemuksuru, giving the blade the same bright pink color commonly associated with the crystal. These energy swords are only wielded by Sangheili native to Suban.[6]

History

Pre-Covenant and Covenant use

Kemuksuru was used by the Sangheili in their early weapon designs, prior to the establishment of the Covenant in 852 BCE. Suban is the only known location of kemuksuru veins, and some believed that the moon is the only world where the crystals exist. Although the crystals had been studied and documented for thousands of years by the Covenant, the properties of kemuksuru remain perplexing to all. However, it is believed that the San'Shyuum may have covertly created highly specialized publications on kemuksuru and its properties, but any such documents would have likely been destroyed alongside High Charity and its vast records complexes in 2552.[4] Due to the vast size of the Covenant Empire, hundreds of carefully curated storage facilities were employed across dozens of systems to serve as local waystations for Covenant fleets seeking to restock their stores, kemuksuru being among the stocks of these facilities. Following the Human-Covenant War, these facilities were often raided by numerous factions and kemuksuru became a relatively attainable material. Subanese miners, while primarily serving the Swords of Sanghelios, have also supplied other factions and species—willing to pay the gekz—with kemuksuru regardless of affiliation.[7]

Post-war advancements

With the Covenant's demise, Sangheili artisan-armorers garnered renewed interests in discovering the properties of kemuksuru. Many pre-Covenant design patterns incorporating kemuksuru have been uncovered to assist in the research. Human scientists had also began to express interest in the crystals, especially in regards to exploiting the energy-storage properties of kemuksuru.[4] United Nations Space Command and Sangheili researchers have since collaborated in an attempt to discover the properties and functions of kemuksuru in Kolaar Manufactorum on Sanghelios. However, the results yielded from the research was listed as inaccessible by the Office of Naval Intelligence.[8] AMG Transport Dynamics Motorsport Manager Erik Burch proposed the creation of an M12 Warthog variant which would have made use of a pair of experimental kemuksuru afterburners, but the project was canceled by AMG's Special Projects Director Tyse Jenkins as he found Bursch's idea too outlandish.[9]

The Blood of Suban variant of the Mosa-pattern carbine fires carefully carved Subanese crystal shards capable of penetrating armor and sympathetically detonating in lethal 'supercombine' explosions.[10] The Sword Needler Warthog features an M343A2 chaingun that fires kemuksuru and is one of several innovations stemming from cooperation between the UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios.[11] Unggoy Pnap-pattern Goblins are armed with a double-barreled heavy needle cannon capable of dealing significant damage to vehicles and fire a barrage of blamite that can target up to eight different hostiles.[12] In the post-war era, Covenant remnants and the Banished commonly employ Blamex; an explosive substance derived from the Subanese crystal.[13]

Trivia

  • The name "blamite" originates from Bungie's method of censoring swearing on their forums, which replaces objectionable words with -blam!-.[14]
  • Killing 10 enemies in either Firefight or campaign with a supercombine explosion without dying in Halo: Reach unlocks the achievement, A Spoonful of Blamite.[15]

Gallery

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Concept art

  • Concept art of large kemuksuru crystals on the Halo Infinite multiplayer map Prism.

    Concept art of large kemuksuru crystals on the Halo Infinite multiplayer map Prism.

  • Concept art of smaller kemuksuru crystals on Prism.

    Concept art of smaller kemuksuru crystals on Prism.

  • Concept art of Banished tools used to mine kemuksuru.

    Concept art of Banished tools used to mine kemuksuru.

Screenshots

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon
  2. ^ Bungie.net: The Bungie Podcast: 1/27/2010 (Sage Merrill at 36:40: "It is the equivalent on the Covenant side of the DMR. It is their sort of medium-range, repression rifle. As with all the blamite weapons, it does supercombine.") (audio podcast)
  3. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 128
  4. ^ a b c Halo Waypoint: Needler
  5. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 130
  6. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Art of Wort (Retrieved on Jun 23, 2021) [archive]
  7. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Crown Jul
  8. ^ Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction (post 2969311)
  9. ^ Halo Waypoint - Canon Fodder: Needle Me This
  10. ^ Halo Waypoint - Canon Fodder: Armory Amore
  11. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Tales & Stingers
  12. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Buzz Generating
  13. ^ Halo: Shadows of Reach, chapter 18
  14. ^ Bungie.net, Legendary Map: Avalanche
  15. ^ Bungie.net: Bungie Weekly Update 07.30.10
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