Plasma cannon (starship)

This article is about the starship weapon. For other uses, see Plasma cannon.

Plasma cannon
An SDV-class heavy corvette firing its plasma cannons
Production overview
Type:	Starship plasma weapon
Specifications
Ammunition type:	Magnetically-contained superheated plasma
Operation:	Plasma bolt guided by shaped magnetic fields
Service history
In service:	Human-Covenant War Post-Covenant War conflicts

Plasma cannons are starship-mounted weapon systems used by the Covenant and its remnants. Unlike plasma torpedo turrets, plasma cannons appear to be able to fire only in a straight line and are less powerful than plasma torpedoes. The bolts fired by plasma cannons are typically blue or blue-purple. These cannons are most prominently mounted in arrays on a variety of Covenant warship classes, such as SDV-class heavy corvettes. SDV-class corvettes use the cannons for both ship-to-ship combat and ground assaults, and feature manned control stations from which each cannon can be operated individually.

Known types

Plasma cannons

• Gaff Naran-pattern - Used on the Hekar Taa-pattern Blockade Runner.
• Sono-pattern - Ket-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.

Heavy plasma cannons

• Melusean-pattern - Used on the Sinaris-pattern CPV-class heavy destroyer, the Varric-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser, the Mjern-pattern DSC-class support ship, and the SDV-class heavy corvette.

Gallery

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  Plasma bolts impacting the UNSC Pillar of Autumn in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  Three of Ardent Prayer's plasma cannons, one of which is firing.

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  An SDV-class heavy corvette's plasma bolt impacting an evacuating civilian transport during the Fall of Reach in Halo: Reach.

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  Render of the Ardent Prayer's plasma cannon.

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  Cropped render of the previous image.

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  The controls of the Ardent Prayer's plasma cannons.

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  A view of the plasma cannons on the Ardent Prayer.

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  Two of a corvette's plasma cannons firing.

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  The plasma fire from a Blockade Runner in Halo 5: Guardians.

List of appearances

• Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
• Halo: The Flood
• Halo 2
• Halo 3
• Halo Wars
• Halo: Reach
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
• Halo: Escalation
• Halo 2: Anniversary
• Halo: Hunters in the Dark
• Halo: Fleet Battles
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Halo: Smoke and Shadow
• Halo: Silent Storm