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HAVOK Variant V nuclear missiles were carried on the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in [[2531]].<ref name="variant"/> | HAVOK Variant V nuclear missiles were carried on the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in [[2531]].<ref name="variant"/> | ||
On February 12, [[2535]] during the [[Battle of Jericho VII]], UNSC NavSpecWep deployed three teams of [[SPARTAN-II | On February 12, [[2535]] during the [[Battle of Jericho VII]], UNSC NavSpecWep deployed three teams of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] on [[Jericho VII]] to combat Covenant forces invading the colony. At one point during the engagement Red Team was successfully able to plant a HAVOK nuke near a Covenant rally point where a [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]] was to deploy ground forces while Blue Team was to clear out the rear guard of the Covenant forces so they could slip in. The plan was for the nuke to be detonated when the cruiser lowered its shields and landed to drop troops in order to take it out. Red Team succeeded in this mission. | ||
In May, [[2545]], the [[53rd Armored Division]] of the [[UNSC Army]] detonated two HAVOKs to demolish three Covenant staging grounds during the [[Battle of Actium]]. The blasts wiped out much of the Covenant ground forces, but at the cost of no less than 12,000 Army personnel. The battle ultimately ended in a Covenant victory, as [[Actium]] was glassed. | In May, [[2545]], the [[53rd Armored Division]] of the [[UNSC Army]] detonated two HAVOKs to demolish three Covenant staging grounds during the [[Battle of Actium]]. The blasts wiped out much of the Covenant ground forces, but at the cost of no less than 12,000 Army personnel. The battle ultimately ended in a Covenant victory, as [[Actium]] was glassed. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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In the ''[[Spartan Ops]]'' chapter [[Invasion (Spartan Ops)/Engine of Destruction|Engine of Destruction]], if the player looks closely at the displays for the nukes, it will read "''HAVOK Missle Controls Disarmed''". The spelling error is presumably an oversight. | *In the ''[[Spartan Ops]]'' chapter [[Invasion (Spartan Ops)/Engine of Destruction|Engine of Destruction]], if the player looks closely at the displays for the nukes, it will read "''HAVOK Missle Controls Disarmed''". The spelling error is presumably an oversight. | ||
*The effects of the HAVOK nuclear weapon vary significantly between works of ''Halo'' media. In the weapon's first appearance in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', the HAVOK tactical nuke is said to have a yield of 30 megatons, and descriptions of detonations in ''The Fall of Reach'' and ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' produce damage on a local scale. When the weapon is shown going off on [[Sigma Octanus IV]] in ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant]]'', it produces a continental-scale fireball that extends out into space and appears to break off pieces of the planet's crust, effects magnitudes more powerful than described in the novels. Conversely, in [[Halo: Escalation Issue 12|Issue 12]] of ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'', two HAVOKs dropped into a volcano-based pirate hideout cause significant damage to the base, yet do not critically endanger the Spartans inside. In ''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'', [[Jameson Locke]] implies that the HAVOK has a blast radius of 100 kilometers. The screen on the device later specifies that the weapon causes complete destruction within seven kilometers, and light damage for 44 kilometers. However, when the nuke's detonation is shown, the fireball completely overwhelms [[Alpha Shard]]'s width of 318 kilometers. While some the more egregious incongruities are no doubt the result of mistakes or artistic license, it is possible that variants of the HAVOK have differing yields. | |||
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