Siege bike
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 The Mega Construx siege bike. | |
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145 kilometers per hour (90 mph)[3] |
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1 driver[3] |
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The siege bike is an experimental all-terrain, single-traction tread vehicle designed by the Office of Naval Intelligence's REAP-X department to target well-fortified enemy strongholds and barricades.[3][2]
OverviewEdit
Design detailsEdit
The siege bike is equipped with a single side-mounted M268 heavy machine gun equipped with spectrum-enhanced visual tracking functionality. The vehicle is built around a heavy-grade, single-traction tread that allows the bike to be useable in all terrains and achieve speeds of up to 145 kilometres per hour (90 mph),[3] and it is known to be highly maneuverable.[2] The bike is only capable of carrying one operator, who rides atop the vehicle.[3]
DevelopmentEdit
The siege bike is one of several experimental vehicles developed by the Office of Naval Intelligence's Reverse Engineering and Prototyping–Xenotechnology department,[2] a subdivision of the agency that focuses on the research, analysis, and reapplication of alien technology.[4] The vehicle's impressive weight-responsive maneuverability is a product of reverse-engineered gravitic modules discovered in a Covenant ship debris field.[2]
UsageEdit
Still in the experimental phase of production, the siege bike is explicitly designed to soften enemy fortifications and create breaches that can then be exploited by other groundside forces.[2]
GalleryEdit
![Concept art created for the Mega Construx siege bike.[5]](https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/b/be/MC_Siege_Bike_Concept_Art.jpg/177px-MC_Siege_Bike_Concept_Art.jpg)
Concept art created for the Mega Construx siege bike.[5]
A blueprint of the Mega Construx siege bike.
The Mega Construx siege bike set.
![Concept art created for the Mega Construx siege bike.[5]](/File:MC_Siege_Bike_Concept_Art.jpg)
SourcesEdit
- ^ Halo Waypoint, The Halo Bulletin 3/28/13 (Retrieved on Mar 31, 2013) [archive]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 139
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mega Construx, UNSC Siege Bike (Retrieved on Apr 10, 2022) [archive]
- ^ Mega Bloks, Special Report: ONI REAP-X (Retrieved on Oct 14, 2014) [archive]
- ^ Facebook, Siege bike concept art: "More behind-the-scenes coolness from the design teams. Here's an early concept sketch of the Halo ONI REAP-X Siege Bike" (Retrieved on Apr 10, 2022) [archive]
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