Sangheili Point Defense Gauntlet

Name: Point Defense Gauntlet
Model: Sangheili point defense gauntlet
Type: Personal energy shield
Scale: character
Skill: Melee Parry: Sangheili point defense gauntlet

Game Notes:

• This personal energy shield is held and wielded much like a normal shield. The user makes a melee parry skill roll to deflect incoming attacks, be they from melee weapons or blasters. Success indicates that the shield takes the damage. The shield has a Strength of 4D. If the damage roll is greater than the shield’s Strength roll, excess damage affects the shield bearer. Every time the shield is compromised, the energy shield collapses. An Easy Melee Parry roll will reactivate the shield.

Description: A Sangheili Point Defense Gauntlet is a protection orientated device carried by the Sangheili of the Covenant and, later, the Separatists. These shields are very similar to the Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet in usage, but differ in appearance. Whereas the Kig-Yar variant produces round and deep shields, the Sangheili variant is flat and less practical in combat.

Operational Use

While the Point Defense Gauntlet has never been encountered by UNSC forces, it was used by Special Operations Commander Rtas 'Vadumee during the infiltration and then destruction of the Infinite Succor. Instead of the triple-layered shield seen in Halo: Combat Evolved 's early development stage, this was a diamond-shaped shield with only one layer; it was also seen to be able to absorb attacks, making the shield highly resilient.

Source:

• Halo Wiki: Sangheili point defense gauntlet
• thedemonapostle