M6 Spartan Laser

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The Weapon/Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galileian Nonlinear Rifle, more commonly known as the Galileian [1] Spartan Laser, or abbreviated as the W/AV M6 G/GNR, is a shoulder mounted weapon planned to be introduced in Halo 3. It is a human anti-vehicle weapon that fires a red laser beam that is similar to the Sentinel Beam, but is much more powerful.[2]

When the trigger is pulled, a harmless red dot is projected on the target. The laser will then charge for three seconds[3] before firing a massive, blood red laser beam that destroys everything in its path.

If the player manages to keep their reticule on their target when the beam fires, the enemy will be killed in one hit. The Galileian "Spartan Laser" can destroy a vehicle in one hit. The beam is also known to have splash damage at its impact point. The weapons has 4 shots before a "recharge" is needed.[3]

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File:SpartanLaserFiring.jpg
The laser beam can destroy a vehicle.
Promotional image for the Alpha build of Halo 3 featuring first-person view of an M6/R Spartan Laser fire on the multiplayer map Valhalla.
A player fires a Galileian "Spartan Laser" in Valhalla

Laser Info

  • When one gets a kill with the Spartan Laser (on a vehicle or not) a sniper medal is awarded. This is because the beam that is shot is sniper like and it is very hard to aim and kill with it.
  • On the map Valhalla the Spartan Laser spawns in the middle of the map much like the rocket launcher does on both Coagulation (Halo 2) and Blood Gulch (Halo 1). This could mean that Laser replaces the rocket launcher and thus, no rocket launchers on the map, unless it becomes similar to Containment (Halo 2 (one of the added on maps)) where there are rocket launchers at the side of the maps, near each base.
  • From a screen shot in a magazine (shown to the right) The spartan on the hill has shot his Spartan Laser but there are multiple beams coming out. Bungie did state though that it fires a single beam. This could mean there are multiple Spartan Lasers on map which could mean that there could also be one (or more) at each base instead of possible Rocket Launchers. However, it could mean that in this shot it is firing multiple projectiles as it is still in the pre-alpha stage, and the processor is not yet coded for sustained-beam projectiles or 3rd dimension tracers.

Sources

  1. ^ File:Spartan Laser.jpg (click for greater detail)
  2. ^ http://forums.xbox.com/7661336/ShowPost.aspx
  3. ^ a b http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3155479
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