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[[File: | [[File:H2-Piston_3.png|thumb|250px|A closed piston within the [[Sentinel Wall]].]] | ||
A '''piston''' is a [[Forerunner]] device. They are installed within facilities like the [[Sentinel Wall]] as vertical "[[door]]s" to get from level to level within the multi-tiered construct. The pistons have sensitive control-strips that open the piston when fired upon or switched. The piston then splits in two, and allows | A '''piston''' is a [[Forerunner]] device. They are installed within facilities like the [[Sentinel Wall]] as vertical "[[door]]s" to get from level to level within the multi-tiered construct. The pistons have sensitive control-strips that open the piston when fired upon or switched. The piston then splits in two, and allows [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s and [[Constructor]]s to move to the lower or to the higher level they desire. The openings are fairly large, however, and therefore allow larger creatures, such as [[Sangheili]], to move through. However, the shafts pistons guard are almost always vertical, so moving up through them is impossible without a thruster of some kind. Some pistons do not split in two, but the ones that reveal the winding tunnels just lift upwards, downwards and away.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*In ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', in the level [[Data Hive (level)|Data Hive]] which is set in [[New Mombasa]]'s [[New Mombasa Data Center|Data Center]], devices called "Data Stacks" are encountered. They function similarly to the pistons. | *In ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', in the level [[Data Hive (level)|Data Hive]] which is set in [[New Mombasa]]'s [[New Mombasa Data Center|Data Center]], devices called "Data Stacks" are encountered. They function similarly to the pistons. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
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File:Piston.jpg|A [[Constructor]] accessing the holographic controls of a piston. | |||
File:H2 - Piston 2.jpg|Another piston being activated by a Constructor. | |||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} | ||
Revision as of 12:41, November 13, 2013
A piston is a Forerunner device. They are installed within facilities like the Sentinel Wall as vertical "doors" to get from level to level within the multi-tiered construct. The pistons have sensitive control-strips that open the piston when fired upon or switched. The piston then splits in two, and allows Aggressor Sentinels and Constructors to move to the lower or to the higher level they desire. The openings are fairly large, however, and therefore allow larger creatures, such as Sangheili, to move through. However, the shafts pistons guard are almost always vertical, so moving up through them is impossible without a thruster of some kind. Some pistons do not split in two, but the ones that reveal the winding tunnels just lift upwards, downwards and away.[1]
Trivia
- An alternative for activating the pistons besides simply pressing X is meleeing or shooting the pistons. On Heroic or Legendary, pistons cannot be triggered, but must be shot or meleed.
- It takes four melees to fully activate the piston. The Piston's holocontrols change shades from green-blue to dark blue as they take more damage.
- Pistons are only present in the level Sacred Icon in Halo 2.
- In Halo 3: ODST, in the level Data Hive which is set in New Mombasa's Data Center, devices called "Data Stacks" are encountered. They function similarly to the pistons.
Gallery
A Constructor accessing the holographic controls of a piston.
Another piston being activated by a Constructor.
List of appearances
- Halo 2 (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level Sacred Icon
