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This article describes the Covenant weapon. For the pulse laser mounted on UNSC prowlers, see XEV9-Matos Nonlinear Pulse Cannon.

A CCS-class battlecruiser firing its pulse laser turrets.

The pulse laser turret is a light Covenant ship-to-ship weapon system. These laser weapons are known to have been mounted on most Covenant ships and starfighters, and are mostly used for point defense but also for ship-to-ship combat.

Design details

Specifications

The pulse laser turret is one of the Covenant's primary weapon systems, often classified as a point-defense weapon and compared to the UNSC's point-defense guns. These pulse weapons are affixed to most Covenant ships, including Kig-Yar privateer ships such as the Minor Transgression, and starfighters such as the Type-31 "Seraph"-class. Covenant pulse lasers are typically considered superior to their UNSC counterparts, due to the Covenant's superior power storage systems and gravitic-lensing focal arrays.^[1]

Firing operation

Main article: Laser

The pulse laser turret fires by means of laser, using hydrogen fluoride as fuel.^[2] Before the weapon fires, it must first charge; during the charge, a sphere of light energy forms around the charging weapon. After finishing charging, the weapon expels a cyan/purple beam of energy. A section of the ship's shielding system must be dropped to allow the pulse weapons to fire completely.^[3]

Damage

A certain type of pulse laser turret can fire kilowatts of infrared light which could easily destroy circuits on human cargo ships.^[4] Damages dealt by the pulse laser turrets are known to be serious threats to most, if not all UNSC ships; a pulse laser salvo is capable of melting through Paris-class frigate UNSC Commonwealth’s 60 cm of Titanium-A armor hull in a single shot.^[5] In this instance, the UNSC Commonwealth received severe damage in sections three and four, armor down to twenty-five percent and hull breach in section three .^[5] As such, it is believed that UNSC ships with thicker armor would have to take multiple pulse laser salvos to show the same results.

Known types

Eriu-pattern - Used on the Hekar Taa-pattern Blockade Runner.
Ferriel-pattern - Used on the Kerel-pattern CAS-class assault carrier.
Gon-pattern - Used on the Sinaris-pattern CPV-class heavy destroyer and the Ket-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.
Pallio-pattern - Used on the Mjern-pattern DSC-class support ship.
Phot-pattern - Used on the SDV-class heavy corvette.
Phot Et-pattern - Used on the Varric-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser, and the Mutan Et-pattern DAS-class storm cutter.
Pok-pattern - Used on the CRS-class light cruiser.

Gallery

Closeup of the pulse laser turret.
Another closeup of the turret.
A CCS-class battlecruiser firing its ventral pulse laser turrets and dorsal plasma turrets.
An SDV-class heavy corvette fires a pulse laser at a space elevator at the Corbulo Academy, triggering its collapse.
The laser being used against UNSC vessels.

List of appearances

Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Halo: Contact Harvest
Halo: Legends
- The Package
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
Halo: Mortal Dictata (Mentioned only)
Halo 2: Anniversary
- Terminals
Halo: Shadow of Intent
Halo: Retribution
Halo: Silent Storm (Mentioned only)
Halo: Oblivion

Sources

^ Halo: Warfleet, Glossary - p.91
^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 163
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 14
^ Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 1
^ ^a ^b Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 12

[WFG-1] Halo: Warfleet, Glossary - p.91

[2] Halo: Contact Harvest, page 163

[3] Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 14

[4] Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 1

[melt-5] Halo: The Fall of Reach, chapter 12

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 ===Damage===
-The pulse laser turrets can fire kilowatts of infrared light which  could easily destroy circuits on UNSC ships.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''chapter 1''</ref> Damages dealt by the pulse laser turrets are known to be serious threats to most, if not all UNSC ships; a pulse laser salvo is capable of melting through Paris-class frigate UNSC Commonwealth’s 60&nbsp;cm of [[Titanium-A armor]] hull in a single shot.<ref name="melt">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', '' chapter 12''</ref> In this instance, the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} received severe damage in sections three and four, armor down to twenty-five percent and hull breach in section three .{{Ref/Reuse|melt}} As such, it is believed that UNSC ships with thicker armor would have to take multiple pulse laser salvos to show the same results.
+A certain type of pulse laser turret can fire kilowatts of infrared light which  could easily destroy circuits on human cargo ships.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''chapter 1''</ref> Damages dealt by the pulse laser turrets are known to be serious threats to most, if not all UNSC ships; a pulse laser salvo is capable of melting through Paris-class frigate UNSC Commonwealth’s 60&nbsp;cm of [[Titanium-A armor]] hull in a single shot.<ref name="melt">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', '' chapter 12''</ref> In this instance, the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}} received severe damage in sections three and four, armor down to twenty-five percent and hull breach in section three .{{Ref/Reuse|melt}} As such, it is believed that UNSC ships with thicker armor would have to take multiple pulse laser salvos to show the same results.
 ==Known types==