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Lasers are used for a wide array of functions, ranging from repair equipment to weaponry. [[Pulse Laser]]s are standard armament on Covenant warships and, unusually, to [[UNSC Prowler]]s, and are used for precision strikes against small targets, intercepting incoming missiles and fighters<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'''</ref>, and general point-defense. Other lasers are used to repair equipment by both the Covenant<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'''</ref> and the UNSC<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]'''</ref>, while the only infantry-portable laser weapon is used by the UNSC, the Galilean Nonlinear Rifle or "[[Spartan Laser]]".
Lasers are used for a wide array of functions, ranging from repair equipment to weaponry. [[Pulse Laser]]s are standard armament on Covenant warships and, unusually, to [[UNSC Prowler]]s, and are used for precision strikes against small targets, intercepting incoming missiles and fighters<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'''</ref>, and general point-defense. Other lasers are used to repair equipment by both the Covenant<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'''</ref> and the UNSC<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]'''</ref>, while the only infantry-portable laser weapon is used by the UNSC, the Galilean Nonlinear Rifle or "[[Spartan Laser]]".
[[Sentinel]]s use a powerful continuous firing laser called the [[Sentinel Beam]] as their main weapons.


==Plasma==
==Plasma==
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The Covenant's most common weapon type, however, is superheated plasma that is contained within a controlled magnetic field, able to be guided to a target and dealing heavy damage. Ship-mounted plasma weapons can launch torpedoes, capable of tracking their targets with precision, making them devastating in ship-to-ship combat, or can fire very large streams of plasma from afar to "[[glassing|glass]]" a planet's surface from orbit. Vehicle-mounted plasma weapons usually have a high rate of fire, but lack the guidance systems. Infantry weapons commonly use guided plasma, such as the Plasma Rifle, [[Plasma Pistol]], and the [[Plasma Grenade]].
The Covenant's most common weapon type, however, is superheated plasma that is contained within a controlled magnetic field, able to be guided to a target and dealing heavy damage. Ship-mounted plasma weapons can launch torpedoes, capable of tracking their targets with precision, making them devastating in ship-to-ship combat, or can fire very large streams of plasma from afar to "[[glassing|glass]]" a planet's surface from orbit. Vehicle-mounted plasma weapons usually have a high rate of fire, but lack the guidance systems. Infantry weapons commonly use guided plasma, such as the Plasma Rifle, [[Plasma Pistol]], and the [[Plasma Grenade]].
[[Sentinel]]s use a powerful continuously-firing plasma beam called the [[Sentinel Beam]] as their main weapon.


==Particle Beam Weapons==
==Particle Beam Weapons==
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