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-[[File:H3_Hunter_AssaultBeam.jpg|thumb|300px|A [[Mgalekgolo]] firing incendiary gel from its [[assault cannon]].]]
+[[File:H3 Hunter AssaultBeam.jpg|thumb|300px|A [[Mgalekgolo]] firing incendiary gel from its [[assault cannon]].]]
-The [[Covenant]] utilize various types of '''incendiary gel''' as ammunition in their weaponry.<ref name="hch">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 267''</ref><ref name="bnet">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3fourthgrenade '''Bungie.net''': ''Incendiary Grenade'']</ref>
+'''Incendiary gel''' is a form of munition employed by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=CH16|CH|Chapter=16}}
-Green, radioactive incendiary gel is used in the [[Mgalekgolo]]'s [[assault cannon]]s and in [[fuel rod]] weaponry.{{Ref/Reuse|hch}} The Mgalekgolo's assault cannons are able to fire the gel in mortar-like globular projectiles or in a searing stream of fire,{{Ref/Reuse|hch}} whereas the fuel rods are compressed canisters of the material which explode upon impact. A perfected form of the incendiary gel was known to the [[Forerunner]]s, and was pumped around the bowels of [[Installation 00|The Ark]] for unknown purposes. In [[2559]], the [[Banished]] were able to take advantage of this [[Infusion gel]] in the form of their [[Jiralhanae Grenadier|Grenadiers]], [[Infused Huragok|Huragok]] and [[Infusion Mine|mines]], among other nefarious purposes.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'''</ref>
+==Overview==
+Incendiary gel is a radioactive composite created by the Covenant from the energetic meta-materials and strained-bond lattices present in the [[infusion matter]] developed by the [[Forerunners]], and present throughout their installations. The Covenant's incendiary gel is considered an inferior copy of the Forerunners' own perfected forms, though is widely employed across many different weapon systems.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=298-299}}{{Ref/Site|Id=II|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/infusion-invasion|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Community Update - Infusion Invasion|D=30|M=10|Y=2021}} The manufacture of incendiary gel requires Forerunner machinery and [[Huragok]] technicians, making its creation a highly-sought capability. This process has been the subject of [[Misriah Armory]] and [[Materials Group]] research for nearly thirty years, though the cost and safety issues of the process mean that the [[United Nations Space Command]] generally prefer to source their fuel rods from the [[Merchants of Qikost]].{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/fuel-rod-cannon|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Fuel Rod Cannon|D=27|M=11|Y=2015}}
-The [[Type-3 firebomb]], a type of native [[Jiralhanae]] grenade, uses a form of adhesive incendiary gel; a stable yet hazardous chemical mixture containing [[Wikipedia:Caesium|caesium]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 68''</ref> It burns at approximately twenty-two hundred degrees Celsius, and will not burn underwater.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
+The adhesive forms of incendiary gel found in Covenant firebombs are considered stable, yet hazardous nonetheless, and contain [[Wikipedia:Caesium|caesium]].{{Ref/Book|EVG|Page=68}} In this application, incendiary gel burns at approximately 2200<sup>o</sup>C, and will not burn underwater.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
+==Usage==
+Incendiary gel is utilised in a wide array of applications across the [[Covenant military]], though perhaps the most famous is that used in the [[assault cannon]]s wielded by the [[Mgalekgolo]].{{Ref/Reuse|CH16}} Some assault cannons fire their incendiary gel in individual bolts or magnetically-guided streams of gas.{{Ref/Reuse|CH16}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Incendiary gel is also used as the filler in Covenant explosive ordnance, including the [[fuel rod]]s fired by various [[fuel rod gun]]s and [[fuel rod cannon]]s, and as the primary filler inside the [[Orgudam Workshop Firebomb]] employed predominantly by [[Jiralhanae]] forces.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=306}}{{Ref/Site|Id=bnet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3fourthgrenade|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Incendiary Grenade|D=31|M=01|Y=2021}}
+Infusion gel, the original material that incendiary gel was derived from, is widely employed by the Brute forces of the [[Banished]] - most notably the [[Clan of the Long Shields]] under [[Voridus]].
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