Editing Codex - The Banished (section)

===Ranged Weaponry===

'''Banished Plasma Weapons'''- ''Like the Covenant, the Banished employ a wide variety of plasma weapons in their arsenal, however their plasma weapons are seldom used in contrast to the large supply of Brute weaponry. Banished plasma weapons have tweaked and modified it to the degree to be considered sacrilege by the Covenant Empire, thus Banished plasma weapons have a wide range of unique or powerful properties in contrast to the mainstream Covenant.''

'''Banished Needler Weapons'''- ''Like the Covenant, the Banished utilize these specialized weapons in the their armory which fire armor piercing crystal shards that have a limited tracking intelligence that allows for fired needles to hit targets unerringly. When these shards manage to penetrate armor they then explode, causing massive trauma similar to that of an Imperial bolt weapon, though a reaction between a cluster of needles causes a much larger explosion more akin to a frag grenade. However they are in lesser quantities due to being cut off from the main production industry found in one of the moons of Sanghelios; the Elite's homeworld.''

'''Banished Shock Weapons'''- ''The Banished are far more liberal and pragmatic than whatever dogma is plaguing the Covenant system. Facing against numerically superior armour from both the Covenant and the Imperium, the Banished had begun in the construction of shock weapons - analogous to the Arc weaponry used by the Imperium.''

'''Brute Weapons'''- ''Brutes tend to use their own special brand of firearms, all of which features sharp blade attachments to make them more suitable for the melee of close combat that most Brutes favor.''

'''Siphon Weapons'''- ''By reverse engineering the Vampire's stasis beam into a mobile and practical usage, Banished weapon smith have created a slew of 'Siphon' Weapons designed to steal the life of enemy units and then return the vampiric powers into a healing equipment among allies.''

'''Human Weapons'''- ''While Covenant dogma considers non-covenant weapons to be unclean, which sometimes leads to the most dogmatic warriors preferring to fight with an empty weapon rather than picking up foreign weapons, the Banished's abandonment of the Covenant religion has meant that they've eagerly scavenged weapons created by other factions whenever possible. Most of the time, these weapons are relegated to being tropies after battle due to being unable to resupply the weapon with ammunition, but the Banished have seized some of the simpler mobile manufactorums from the Imperium and thus are able to create shotguns, autoguns and missile launchers and the ammunition that these weapons fire for their own use. More worryingly, Banished infantry have been sighted using a new weapon they call Hydra's which operate suspiciously like the Stalker Bolt Rifle.''