Mamua'uda-pattern Shade

This article is about the Type-29 variant. For the other versions of the Shade turret, see Shade.

Template:Vehicle Infobox The Type-29 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun, abbreviated as Type-29 ASG, is a Covenant anti-infantry gun turret. It falls under the category of weapons emplacements commonly identified as Shades.

Design details

The T-29 ASG is mounted on a sturdy tripod, and the seat is floating on top of the said tripod. It fires three rounds of slow, purple plasma bolts at once, and has very limited precision and a medium rate of fire. Unlike the other two known Shade variants, it can be moved, but usually by a large force. Its high mobility is used as a compensation for its low protection.

In gameplay, the T-29 itself is indestructible.

Changes from Halo: Combat Evolved to Halo Wars

• Decreased rate of fire, most likely to balance between its attack and assaulting infantry.
• Cannot be moved by explosions, most likely also for gameplay balance.

Tactics

Halo: Combat Evolved

• Heavy weapons, snipers, or grenades are perfect to eliminate the Shades operator.
• If the player gets close to a Shade and try to push it, the operator can turn the turret and splatter the player with the gun.
• The T-29 ASG is inefficient for killing opposing players in Multiplayer, but very helpful in eliminating vehicles in Multiplayer and Covenant infantry in Campaign.
• Although the T-29 is indestructible, players in the Campaign can render it inoperable by flipping it upside down (through a grenade or rocket), thereby preventing Covenant troops from manning it.

Halo Wars

• As its name suggests, the T-29 ASG is very effective against infantry, so use vehicles against it, while infantry would only play a supporting role against it.

Gallery

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  Profile view of the T29 Shade ASG in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

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  In-game preview of the T29 Shade ASG in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  Alternate preview of the T29 Shade ASG in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  The reticule of the T29 Shade ASG in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  The reticule of the T29 Shade ASG in Halo Anniversary.

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  The T29 Shade ASG firing on enemies in Halo Anniversary.

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  Shade plasma bolts in mid-flight in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  A pair of Grunts manning Type-29 Shades in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  Spartan Sarah Palmer using the Type-29 Shade in Halo: Spartan Assault.

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  The Type-29 Shade being used on Draetheus V.

List of appearances

• Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
• Halo: The Flood
• Halo Wars
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
• Halo: Spartan Assault

See also

• Type-26 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun
• Type-27 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun