Oblivion - Mjolnir Magnification

John increased his faceplate image magnification. The beak-like snouts of four Jackals—a tall, vaguely avian species that the Spartans had tangled with before—grew visible inside the operators’ cabin. He raised the nose of his Gauss cannon, resting the aiming reticle at the forward edge of the bubble-shaped observation canopy.

- Halo: Oblivion, Chapter 2