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<center>''You may be looking for the related article: [[Covenant Air Artillery]]''</center> | <center>''You may be looking for the related article: [[Covenant Air Artillery]]''</center> | ||
[[Image:The Storm AA Gun.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Anti-Aircraft Battery is used almost exclusively as a giant anti-ship gun in Halo 3.]] | [[Image:The Storm AA Gun.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Anti-Aircraft Battery is used almost exclusively as a giant anti-ship gun in Halo 3.]] | ||
It fires bolts of plasma that is extremely damaging. A single bolt can destroy an entire aircraft. | The '''Anti-Aircraft Battery'''<ref>''[[Crow's Nest (Level)]]'', ''[[Halo 3]]''</ref> is a [[Covenant Loyalist]] ground-based stationary anti-aircraft emplacement. It fires bolts of plasma that is extremely damaging. A single bolt can destroy an entire aircraft. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
===[[Halo 2 E3 Demo]]=== | ===[[Halo 2 E3 Demo]]=== | ||
[[Image:P1a5ma_m0r7ar.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A Covenant Artillery piece from ''[[Halo 2]]''.]] | [[Image:P1a5ma_m0r7ar.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A Covenant Artillery piece from ''[[Halo 2]]''.]] | ||
The AA Battery was first seen in the ''[[Halo 2 E3 Demo]]''. When the [[Covenant]] invaded [[Mombasa]], they stationed a handful of artillery pieces on the ground, which demolished UNSC buildings. Eventually, [[SPARTAN-117]] and his group of [[Marine]]s encountered one, and [[Sergeant]] [[Banks]] called in a [[Longsword]] air strike to destroy the stationary mortar. They fired plasma bolts similar to that of Wraiths | The AA Battery was first seen in the ''[[Halo 2 E3 Demo]]''. When the [[Covenant]] invaded [[Mombasa]], they stationed a handful of artillery pieces on the ground, which demolished UNSC buildings. Eventually, [[SPARTAN-117]] and his group of [[Marine]]s encountered one, and [[Sergeant]] [[Banks]] called in a [[Longsword]] air strike to destroy the stationary mortar. They fired plasma bolts similar to that of Wraiths and in indirect parabolic trajectories. | ||
===[[Halo 2]]=== | ===[[Halo 2]]=== | ||
The roles of the AA Battery pieces as an active part of the Covenant assault were greatly downgraded in ''[[Halo 2]]'', as the entire [[First Battle of Earth]] was downgraded. The [[Covenant]] apparently placed several artillery pieces on the beachheads of [[New Mombasa]], but did not fire them.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Outskirts]]''</ref> | The roles of the AA Battery pieces as an active part of the Covenant assault were greatly downgraded in ''[[Halo 2]]'', as the entire [[First Battle of Earth]] was downgraded. The [[Covenant]] apparently placed several artillery pieces on the beachheads of [[New Mombasa]], but did not fire them.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Outskirts (Level)|Outskirts]]''</ref> | ||
===[[Halo 3]]=== | ===[[Halo 3]]=== | ||
[[Image:Phantom Construction.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Covenant often make use of Phantoms to construct their AA in good time, as seen in Halo 3.]] | [[Image:Phantom Construction.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Covenant often make use of Phantoms to construct their AA in good time, as seen in Halo 3.]] | ||
[[Image:H3 E3 Shootdown.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The AA Battery shoots down a Longsword Interceptor]] | [[Image:H3 E3 Shootdown.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The AA Battery shoots down a Longsword Interceptor]] | ||
The AA Battery can be seen in the level [[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]] | |||
The AA Battery can be seen in the level [[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]] and is the main objective of the level, which is to destroy it so that Lord Hood can start attacking [[Truth]]'s ships. This time, the bolts that it fires are in a teardrop shape similar to shade and plasma rounds and in an almost straight trajectory. The plasma bolts are extremely powerful, however, in order to contain the cannon's efficiency,the battery must cool off and release its excess plasma in order to fire again. This makes the AA battery vulnerable to infantry and vehicle attacks(exploited by Spartan 117 and other UNSC participants during The Battle of Voi). One in construction can be seen in the level [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]]. Troops are often stationed on and around the gun to safeguard it from ground forces. | |||
[[Category:The Covenant]] | [[Category:The Covenant]] | ||
Revision as of 02:57, May 7, 2008
The Anti-Aircraft Battery[1] is a Covenant Loyalist ground-based stationary anti-aircraft emplacement. It fires bolts of plasma that is extremely damaging. A single bolt can destroy an entire aircraft.
Appearances
Halo 2 E3 Demo
The AA Battery was first seen in the Halo 2 E3 Demo. When the Covenant invaded Mombasa, they stationed a handful of artillery pieces on the ground, which demolished UNSC buildings. Eventually, SPARTAN-117 and his group of Marines encountered one, and Sergeant Banks called in a Longsword air strike to destroy the stationary mortar. They fired plasma bolts similar to that of Wraiths and in indirect parabolic trajectories.
Halo 2
The roles of the AA Battery pieces as an active part of the Covenant assault were greatly downgraded in Halo 2, as the entire First Battle of Earth was downgraded. The Covenant apparently placed several artillery pieces on the beachheads of New Mombasa, but did not fire them.[2]
Halo 3
The AA Battery can be seen in the level The Storm and is the main objective of the level, which is to destroy it so that Lord Hood can start attacking Truth's ships. This time, the bolts that it fires are in a teardrop shape similar to shade and plasma rounds and in an almost straight trajectory. The plasma bolts are extremely powerful, however, in order to contain the cannon's efficiency,the battery must cool off and release its excess plasma in order to fire again. This makes the AA battery vulnerable to infantry and vehicle attacks(exploited by Spartan 117 and other UNSC participants during The Battle of Voi). One in construction can be seen in the level The Ark. Troops are often stationed on and around the gun to safeguard it from ground forces.
