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{{Disambig header|the Forerunner weapon|the Covenant vehicle-mounted weapon|focus cannon}}
{{Disambig header|the Forerunner weapon|the Covenant vehicle-mounted weapon|focus cannon}}
[[File:H3 Guilty Spark firing his laser.jpg|thumb|350px|[[343 Guilty Spark]] firing his focus beam at [[John-117]] during the [[Raid on Installation 08]].]]
[[File:H3 Guilty Spark firing his laser.jpg|thumb|350px|[[343 Guilty Spark]] firing his focus beam at [[John-117]] during the [[Raid on Installation 08]].]]
The '''focus beam''' is a [[Forerunner]] [[laser]] weapon employed by [[monitor]]s and [[Facilitator-class ancilla]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=trp|TRP|Chapter=38|Quote=Until the submonitor, that small orb of gray alloy and blue light, came barreling up the pass, focus beam raging from her lens, and everything faded away into black...}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11|Enc11|Page=237|Quote=Monitors possess a powerful offensive laser much stronger than those of the Sentinels, as well as access to local teleportation grids.}}
The '''focus beam''' is a [[Forerunner]] [[laser]] weapon employed by [[monitor]]s and {{Class|Facilitator|ancilla}}.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TRP|TRP|Chapter=38|Quote=Until the submonitor, that small orb of gray alloy and blue light, came barreling up the pass, focus beam raging from her lens, and everything faded away into black...}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11|Enc11|Page=237|Quote=Monitors possess a powerful offensive laser much stronger than those of the Sentinels, as well as access to local teleportation grids.}}


==Overview==
==Overview==
The focus beam appears to be a more powerful iteration of the [[Sentinel beam|sterilization beam]] commonly associated to [[Sentinel]]s.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=326}} Though, unlike the standard sentinel beam typically mounted on [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s, the focus beam is fired from the monitor's lens on its alloy carapace; doing so turns the lens' glowing light from its default coloration to red.{{Ref/Level|Id=Floodgate|H3|Floodgate}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Halo|H3|Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo}}{{Ref/Comic|HE|Issue=10}}{{Ref/Quest|HI|Connections|Conservatory}}{{Ref/Quest|HI|Connections|[[Spire (Halo Infinite level)|Spire]]}} As with all sterilization beams,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} the focus beam could seemingly be tuned for multiple power levels; whereas [[686 Ebullient Prism]]'s focus beam disintegrated [[Reff 'Talamee]]'s body, leaving behind only a heap of gore,{{Ref/Comic|HBL|Issue=5}} when [[343 Guilty Spark]] turned on the [[UNSC]]-[[Sangheili]] team at [[Installation 08]], his initial burst of focus beam only mortally wounded [[Avery Johnson]], even leaving Johnson alive for long enough to assist [[John-117]] in Spark's defeat.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}}
The focus beam appears to be a more powerful iteration of the [[Sentinel beam|sterilization beam]] commonly associated to [[Sentinel]]s.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=326}} Though, unlike the standard sentinel beam typically mounted on [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s, the focus beam is fired from the monitor's lens on its alloy carapace;{{Ref/Reuse|TRP}} doing so turns the lens' glowing light from its default coloration to red.{{Ref/Level|Id=Floodgate|H3|Floodgate}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Halo|H3|Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo}}{{Ref/Comic|HE|Issue=10}}{{Ref/Quest|HI|Connections|Conservatory}}{{Ref/Quest|HI|Connections|[[Spire (Halo Infinite level)|Spire]]}} As with all sterilization beams,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} the focus beam could seemingly be tuned for multiple power levels; whereas [[686 Ebullient Prism]]'s focus beam disintegrated [[Reff 'Talamee]]'s body, leaving behind only a heap of gore,{{Ref/Comic|HBL|Issue=5}} when [[343 Guilty Spark]] turned on the [[UNSC]]-[[Sangheili]] team at [[Installation 08]], his initial burst of focus beam only mortally wounded [[Avery Johnson]], even leaving Johnson alive for long enough to assist [[John-117]] in Spark's defeat.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo}}


==Production notes==
==Production notes==
In ''Halo: Reach'' [[Forge]], the monitor's default biped weapon is the {{Pattern|M'tara|focus rifle}}, seemingly a reference to the focus beam used by the monitors in fiction. Fittingly, the focus rifle uses reverse-engineered Forerunner technology,{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=293}} particularly copying some aspects of the [[sentinel beam]] and the [[Z-510 focus turret]].{{Ref/Book|H4EVG|Page=103}}{{Ref/Book|Id=OSFM|OSFM|Page=193}}
In ''Halo: Reach'' [[Forge]], the monitor's default biped weapon is the {{Pattern|M'tara|focus rifle}}, seemingly as a reference to the focus beam used by the monitors in fiction. Fittingly, the focus rifle uses reverse-engineered Forerunner technology,{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=293}} particularly copying some aspects of the [[sentinel beam]] and the [[Z-510 focus turret]].{{Ref/Book|H4EVG|Page=103}}{{Ref/Book|Id=OSFM|OSFM|Page=193}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Latest revision as of 07:06, June 26, 2024

This article is about the Forerunner weapon. For the Covenant vehicle-mounted weapon, see focus cannon.
343 Guilty Spark firing his focus beam at John-117 during the Raid on Installation 08.

The focus beam is a Forerunner laser weapon employed by monitors and Facilitator-class ancilla.[1][2]

Overview[edit]

The focus beam appears to be a more powerful iteration of the sterilization beam commonly associated to Sentinels.[3] Though, unlike the standard sentinel beam typically mounted on Aggressor Sentinels, the focus beam is fired from the monitor's lens on its alloy carapace;[1] doing so turns the lens' glowing light from its default coloration to red.[4][5][6][7][8] As with all sterilization beams,[3] the focus beam could seemingly be tuned for multiple power levels; whereas 686 Ebullient Prism's focus beam disintegrated Reff 'Talamee's body, leaving behind only a heap of gore,[9] when 343 Guilty Spark turned on the UNSC-Sangheili team at Installation 08, his initial burst of focus beam only mortally wounded Avery Johnson, even leaving Johnson alive for long enough to assist John-117 in Spark's defeat.[5]

Production notes[edit]

In Halo: Reach Forge, the monitor's default biped weapon is the M'tara-pattern focus rifle, seemingly as a reference to the focus beam used by the monitors in fiction. Fittingly, the focus rifle uses reverse-engineered Forerunner technology,[10] particularly copying some aspects of the sentinel beam and the Z-510 focus turret.[11][12]

Gallery[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 38: "Until the submonitor, that small orb of gray alloy and blue light, came barreling up the pass, focus beam raging from her lens, and everything faded away into black..."
  2. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 237: "Monitors possess a powerful offensive laser much stronger than those of the Sentinels, as well as access to local teleportation grids."
  3. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 326
  4. ^ Halo 3, campaign level Floodgate
  5. ^ a b Halo 3, campaign level Halo
  6. ^ Halo: Escalation, issue 10
  7. ^ Halo Infinite, campaign mission Connections: Conservatory
  8. ^ Halo Infinite, campaign mission Connections: Spire
  9. ^ Halo: Blood Line, issue 5
  10. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 293
  11. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 103
  12. ^ Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, page 193

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