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The '''Promethean Watcher''' is a [[Forerunner]] [[Sentinel]] variant.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 167''</ref><ref name="H4 Characters">[http://halo.xbox.com/halo4#!an-epic-universe/characters/8c164b48-05e7-4c13-a268-f60ec3a72938 '''Halo 4 Official Site:''' ''CHARACTERS'']</ref> Watchers are part of the mechanical [[Promethean]] forces created by the [[Ur-Didact]] near the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] as a desperate attempt to combat the [[Flood]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQtOU5gZfzI&feature=g-user-u '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo 4 Fiction Panel from SDCC 2012'']</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymu-1MDzb9M&feature=g-user-u '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo 4: A New Campaign and Halo Infinity Multiplayer Panel from SDCC 2012'']</ref> | The '''Promethean Watcher''' is a [[Forerunner]] [[Sentinel]] variant.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 167''</ref><ref name="H4 Characters">[http://halo.xbox.com/halo4#!an-epic-universe/characters/8c164b48-05e7-4c13-a268-f60ec3a72938 '''Halo 4 Official Site:''' ''CHARACTERS'']</ref> Watchers are part of the mechanical [[Promethean]] forces created by the [[Ur-Didact]] near the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] as a desperate attempt to combat the [[Flood]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQtOU5gZfzI&feature=g-user-u '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo 4 Fiction Panel from SDCC 2012'']</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymu-1MDzb9M&feature=g-user-u '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo 4: A New Campaign and Halo Infinity Multiplayer Panel from SDCC 2012'']</ref> Watchers acted as the primary defensive drones of the Promethean [[shield world]] [[Requiem]], where they were first encountered by the [[UNSC]] in summer [[2557]].<ref name="H4EVG"/> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Watchers are essentially low-level | In the battlefield, Watchers act in a supporting role, assisting Promethean ground units with aerial combat screening and often forcing opponents to engage the Sentinel first. Each [[Promethean Knight]] unit carries a single Watcher or more in the back of their armored carapace, from which the Watcher can be deployed at will. Watchers are essentially low-level [[ancilla]]s based on the Promethean Knight from which they originate. The watcher's AI is housed in its upper carapace above the "head".<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 53''</ref> | ||
The Watcher is capable of healing and augmenting damaged allies, providing them with [[Z-90 Photonic Coalescence Emitter/Aegis|hard light shields]], and can catch and return enemy ordnance, such as [[grenade]]s, with a [[Anti-gravity technology|gravity-displacement field]].<ref name="H4 Characters"/> They are armed with a built-in [[Z-110 Directed Energy Pistol|Boltshot]].<ref name="gi"/> Watchers can resurrect destroyed Knights from the small orb of light they leave behind upon death; however, this can only be performed once for each individual Knight.<ref name="Return">'''[[Making Halo 4: Return of the Forerunners]]'''</ref> They are also capable of summoning [[Promethean Crawler]]s to the battlefield by conjuring the Crawlers' forms from raw material in the ground.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/06/20/The-Halo-Bulletin-62012.aspx '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''The Halo Bulletin: 6.20.12'']</ref> Watchers are also capable of building [[beam turret]]s.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Infinity (Halo 4 level)|Infinity]]''</ref> | |||
The Watcher is capable of healing and augmenting damaged allies, providing them with [[Z-90 Photonic Coalescence Emitter/Aegis|hard light shields]], and can catch and return enemy ordnance, such as [[grenade]]s, with a [[Anti-gravity technology|gravity-displacement field]].<ref name="H4 Characters"/> They are armed with a built-in [[Z-110 Directed Energy Pistol|Boltshot]]. | |||
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The Promethean Watcher is a Forerunner Sentinel variant.[1][2] Watchers are part of the mechanical Promethean forces created by the Ur-Didact near the end of the Forerunner-Flood war as a desperate attempt to combat the Flood.[3][4] Watchers acted as the primary defensive drones of the Promethean shield world Requiem, where they were first encountered by the UNSC in summer 2557.[5]
Overview
In the battlefield, Watchers act in a supporting role, assisting Promethean ground units with aerial combat screening and often forcing opponents to engage the Sentinel first. Each Promethean Knight unit carries a single Watcher or more in the back of their armored carapace, from which the Watcher can be deployed at will. Watchers are essentially low-level ancillas based on the Promethean Knight from which they originate. The watcher's AI is housed in its upper carapace above the "head".[5]
The Watcher is capable of healing and augmenting damaged allies, providing them with hard light shields, and can catch and return enemy ordnance, such as grenades, with a gravity-displacement field.[2] They are armed with a built-in Boltshot.[6] Watchers can resurrect destroyed Knights from the small orb of light they leave behind upon death; however, this can only be performed once for each individual Knight.[7] They are also capable of summoning Promethean Crawlers to the battlefield by conjuring the Crawlers' forms from raw material in the ground.[8] Watchers are also capable of building beam turrets.[9]
Appearance
Unlike the angular appearance of most Sentinels, Watchers have curving carapaces, a defining characteristic of Promethean war machines. They have a number of appendages, including what appear to be legs hanging below the midsection which serve as stabilizers and two large disks on both sides which provide agile lift systems and a coiled energy expenditure from within them. Most of these segments lack physical joints and are held together by energy fields. Above the midsection there appears to be a head with stylized facial features and also two fins which act as motion curators to control movement.[5] Like the other Promethean constructs, Watchers under the Ur-Didact's control possess orange lighting, in contrast to the blue-lit appearance typical of other Forerunner constructs.
Trivia
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- The Watcher, along with the Promethean Crawler, was first seen in a leaked image from McFarlane Toys. However, it was first mentioned as the "Watcher Sentinel" several months earlier in Halo: The Essential Visual Guide.
- The Watcher was called Bishop during the development of Halo 4. The Watcher's model filename is still called "storm_bishop". The Knights are all that survive of the formerly chess-piece-named Prometheans.
- An outline of the Reclaimer symbol, in reality the Marathon logo, appears on the Watcher's midsection despite Bungie owning the rights to the Marathon franchise.
- Shooting the tiny face on the Watcher counts as a headshot and destroys the whole body. However, the face is so small and the Watcher is protected by weak shields, that aiming for it is not very practical.
- Promethean Knights are capable of deploying multiple Watchers from their body, not just one. This may be due to bugs.
Gallery
A SPARTAN-IV engaging a Knight being shielded by a Watcher.
Two SPARTAN-IVs facing off against a Watcher and a Crawler.
List of appearances
- Halo 4 (First appearance)
- Halo: Silentium
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 167
- ^ a b Halo 4 Official Site: CHARACTERS
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Halo 4 Fiction Panel from SDCC 2012
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Halo 4: A New Campaign and Halo Infinity Multiplayer Panel from SDCC 2012
- ^ a b c Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 53
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- ^ Making Halo 4: Return of the Forerunners
- ^ Halo Waypoint: The Halo Bulletin: 6.20.12
- ^ Halo 4, campaign level Infinity