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An '''airlock''' is a device which allows passage between a pressurized space, such as the interior of a ship, and a vacuum, while minimizing the change of pressure in the vessel and loss of air from it. An airlock consists of a small chamber with two airtight doors in series which do not open simultaneously. Also, some airlocks on ground prevent compression, such as underwater excursions akin to the space compressions. | |||
On [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] spacecraft, [[hangar bay]]s, [[Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat|lifepod]] or [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|HEV]] launch areas are typically equipped with airlocks, used to prevent pressure loss from exposure to vacuum either due to a hull breach or the deployment of a lifepod or HEV.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]'''</ref> [[Halcyon-class cruiser]]s, in particular, employ them as redundancy features for survivability during combat with [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] warships. The {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} also had an airlock large enough to cycle a fleet of dropships simultaneously.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 99''</ref> | |||
[[ | The Covenant typically employ [[energy barrier]]s in place of physical airlocks. | ||
==Known airlocks== | |||
*[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn#Airlocks|Airlocks on the ''Pillar of Autumn'']] | |||
*[[Umbilical|Cairo Station umbilical locks]] | |||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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[[Category:Technology]] | |||
Revision as of 03:32, November 16, 2011
An airlock is a device which allows passage between a pressurized space, such as the interior of a ship, and a vacuum, while minimizing the change of pressure in the vessel and loss of air from it. An airlock consists of a small chamber with two airtight doors in series which do not open simultaneously. Also, some airlocks on ground prevent compression, such as underwater excursions akin to the space compressions.
On UNSC spacecraft, hangar bays, lifepod or HEV launch areas are typically equipped with airlocks, used to prevent pressure loss from exposure to vacuum either due to a hull breach or the deployment of a lifepod or HEV.[1] Halcyon-class cruisers, in particular, employ them as redundancy features for survivability during combat with Covenant warships. The UNSC Hopeful also had an airlock large enough to cycle a fleet of dropships simultaneously.[2]
The Covenant typically employ energy barriers in place of physical airlocks.
Known airlocks
List of appearances
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Halo 2
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: The Flood
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- Halo: Uprising
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Flood
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 99
| Halcyon-class light cruiser locations |
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| Airlock - Armory - Bridge - Class Seven service corridor - Cryo B - Engineering |
| Launch Bay 7 - Lifepods - Maintenance - Mess Hall |
