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{{Weapon | {{Weapon | ||
|image=[[File:Deployable Cover.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:Deployable Cover.jpg|300px]] | ||
|name=Deployable | |name=Deployable cover | ||
|manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | |manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | ||
|type=[[Equipment]] | |type=[[Equipment]] | ||
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|affiliation=Covenant | |affiliation=Covenant | ||
}} | }} | ||
The ''' | The '''deployable cover''' is a form of [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Equipment]] introduced in ''[[Halo 3]]''.<ref>'''Electronic Gaming Monthly''', ''September 2007''</ref> | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
This piece of equipment is similar to the [[ | This piece of equipment is similar to the [[stationary shield generator]] seen in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]'', except now it is mobile. Any solid projectiles fired will be deflected by the shield; however [[plasma]]-based weapons fire are absorbed by the shield from either side. However, the Spartan Laser is capable of penetrating more than five deployable covers, assuming they are lined up close together. | ||
The user is given an enormous tactical advantage in exchange for being exposed from behind and to the left and right, so it is wise to deploy it towards your main threat, whereas the similar [[Bubble Shield]] provides complete 360 degree cover, but cannot be fired into or out of. | The user is given an enormous tactical advantage in exchange for being exposed from behind and to the left and right, so it is wise to deploy it towards your main threat, whereas the similar [[Bubble Shield]] provides complete 360 degree cover, but cannot be fired into or out of. | ||
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In [[Multiplayer]], the deployable cover will self destruct after 30 seconds. | In [[Multiplayer]], the deployable cover will self destruct after 30 seconds. | ||
Like the [[ | Like the [[portable gravity lift]], the deployable cover, when activated, will be destroyed after a fall from a great height. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||