Phoenix Logs/UNSC Buildings/Siege Turret

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Artillery turret.

Siege Turrets are long-range artillery systems built to counter enemy

bombardment platforms that would otherwise be out of range of standard Turrets.

These structures occupy a turret slot.

The UNSC learned the dangers of relying on fixed installations against enemies

with orbital fire support early in the war against the Covenant. The modular

firebase system was developed in response to pinpoint Covenant targeting of large

military command and control installations with orbital strikes. and the

inability of standard counter battery systems to detect, deflect, or defeat

plasma-based artillery bombardment. The siege turrets can do little against threats

in the orbital high ground, but they will deter enemy artillery systems by

matching or exceeding their range, making ad-hoc assaults on UNSC firebases a costly proposition.