Energy cutlass
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Melee weapon |
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24 inches (61 cm)[1] |
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Close-quarters |
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The painglass saber, known by Kig-Yar as chiss-teh,[2] is a Covenant melee weapon primarily used by the Kig-Yar for light skirmishes in close-quarter situations. It is an energized cutlass forged using a modified energy projector with a Subanese crystal shard that has been chemically treated and sharpened into a blade.[2][3] Used by Kig-Yar soldiers and pirates alike, they are considered to be very useful during boarding actions on hostile ships or in melee engagements in confined spaces.[4][1]
The weapon is composed of a complex arrangement of chemicals, plasma, alloys, and a crystal shard from Suban.[1] These blades house a complex chemical mixture within them that causes the blade to explode into shards when embedded into a soft target, similar to a fired Needler round. Before it explodes, the blade will begin to pulse with a rosy red color.[5]
The Unggoy also use them, as seen during the fighting on the Tiara during the First Battle of Harvest.[6] Energy cutlasses were used by several Kig-Yar during the Battle of Ariel in January 2552.[7]
Gallery
An energy cutlass being used to kill Campbell.
A Kig-Yar Storm wielding a painglass saber on Sephune III .
List of appearances
- Halo: Contact Harvest (First appearance)
- Halo: Helljumper
- Halo: Lone Wolf
Sources
- ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 329
- ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 307
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 6
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 125
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 130
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 366
- ^ Halo: Helljumper, Issue #2
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