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[[Image:Halo3 E3 TRAILER 2007 720p30 ST 6300Kbps 002 0001.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Halo3 E3 TRAILER 2007 720p30 ST 6300Kbps 002 0001.jpg|thumb|300px|Two Covenant [[CCS-class Battlecruiser|''CSS''-class Battlecruiser]]s glass [[Earth]] in the [[Second Battle of Earth]].]] | ||
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'''Glassing''' is a technique used by the [[Covenant]] in which they map the latitude and longitude of a planet's surface, divide it into grids, and bombard each grid with heavy plasma fire, thereby obliterating all life on the planet and turning its surface to glass. After the glassing is done, the planet is a red smoldering sphere. After a few days, the atmosphere of the planet supposedly corrodes and dissipates, leaving it truly barren.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] page 8</ref> This technique was used to obliterate the [[UNSC]] [[outer colonies]] and [[Reach]]. After they glass the planet, they remove a shard of glass and take it to the [[Step of Silence]] in [[High Charity]] where it hangs with hundreds of other shards from other planets.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] page 338</ref> | '''Glassing''' is a technique used by the [[Covenant]] in which they map the latitude and longitude of a planet's surface, divide it into grids, and bombard each grid with heavy plasma fire, thereby obliterating all life on the planet and turning its surface to glass. After the glassing is done, the planet is a red smoldering sphere. After a few days, the atmosphere of the planet supposedly corrodes and dissipates, leaving it truly barren.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] page 8</ref> This technique was used to obliterate the [[UNSC]] [[outer colonies]] and [[Reach]]. After they glass the planet, they remove a shard of glass and take it to the [[Step of Silence]] in [[High Charity]] where it hangs with hundreds of other shards from other planets.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] page 338</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:00, July 11, 2007
Glassing is a technique used by the Covenant in which they map the latitude and longitude of a planet's surface, divide it into grids, and bombard each grid with heavy plasma fire, thereby obliterating all life on the planet and turning its surface to glass. After the glassing is done, the planet is a red smoldering sphere. After a few days, the atmosphere of the planet supposedly corrodes and dissipates, leaving it truly barren.[1] This technique was used to obliterate the UNSC outer colonies and Reach. After they glass the planet, they remove a shard of glass and take it to the Step of Silence in High Charity where it hangs with hundreds of other shards from other planets.[2]
References
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach page 8
- ^ Halo: First Strike page 338
