Editing Barukaza Workshop Locust

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Vehicle infobox
|name=Barakuza Workshop Siege-Crawler
|image=[[File:HW2 Banished Locust.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=
*[[Armory of Barukaza]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*[[Assembly Forges]]{{Ref/Site|Id=T-shirt|URL=https://www.halowaypointstore.com/p/halo_wars_2_locust_schematic_premium_tee.html|Site=Halo Waypoint Store|Page=Halo Wars 2 Locust Schematic Premium Tee|D=22|M=09|Y=2017|NoArchive=yes|Detail=[[:File:Halo shirt - Type-30 Locust schematics.jpg|File link]]}}
|line=
|model=[[Locust]]
|cost=
|length={{Convert|28.9|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width={{Convert|30.5|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|height={{Convert|21.5|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass={{Convert|7.8|MT}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|max speed=
|engine=Quadrupedal leg assembly
|hull=
|armament=1 unstable [[focus cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|PL1}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
:Firing arc: Forward
|crew=
*1 operator{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
*[[Rhulolekgolo]] swarm{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Game|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Hunters}}
|complement=
|consumables=
|othersystems=Energy shields{{Ref/Reuse|PL1}}
|firstuse-title=In service
|firstuse=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|service=
|role=Siege vehicle
|affiliation=*[[Banished]]
*[[Yapyap's Rebellion]]
}}
{{Quote|They should start calling me the Locust of doom!|An eager [[Unggoy]] Locust pilot during the [[Second Ark Conflict]].{{Ref/Game|Id=HW2|HW2|Gameplay}}}}
The '''Barakuza Workshop Siege Crawler''' is a variant of the '''[[Locust]]''' line of vehicles operated by the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=457}}{{Ref/Game|Id=PL1|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Locust}}

==Overview==
[[File:Halo shirt - Type-30 Locust schematics.jpg|thumb|left|Banished Locust schematics.]]
===Design details===
The Locusts used by the Banished bear heavy resemblance to their Covenant-era counterparts, the {{Pattern|Shua'ee|Locust}}. As with most Banished equipment, they are considerably up-armoured and coated in a red and grey paint scheme. Unlike their forebears, the Barukaza Locust design is primarily intended as a combat support vehicle and not as an [[excavator]] - as such many of the hardware limitations imposed on Covenant Locust designs by the [[San'Shyuum]] have been removed, allowing for a much higher tier of power in its use.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

===Armaments===
The Banished have modified the standard focus cannon armament on their Locust to be much more unstable, making them more dangerous than their Covenant counterparts.{{Ref/Reuse|PL1}}

===Crew and complement===
The Barukaza Locust design, unlike the ''Shua'ee''-pattern before it, employs a pruned colony of [[Rhulolekgolo]] to power many of its underlying mechanisms, with a single control console capable of hosting a lone [[Unggoy]] pilot to direct the vehicle.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|T-shirt}}

The use of the [[Lekgolo]] control clusters allows the Locust heightened abilities, which harken back to ancient designs.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

===Development history===
The Locust design used by the Banished were developed by the [[Barukaza Workshop]], and are now-manufactured by the [[Armory of Barukaza]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

The [[Banished Foundry]]'s garage and its kit assembly line allows the requisition of a Banished Locust at any Banished [[Outpost]].{{Ref/Game|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Foundry}}

===Usage===
Unlike their predecessors, the Banished do not employ their Locusts as excavators, but instead as combat vehicles. They serve the Banished as siege engines and assault walkers tasked with supporting the advances of infantry and vehicle forces. This often takes the form of long-ranged support fire, designed to eliminate enemy structures and even targets such as [[Sentinel]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Variants==
A few further-modified models of Locust are employed by the Banished.
*[[Enduring Locust]] - variant equipped with increased armour.
*[[Bloodfuel Locust]] - variant equipped with a siphon cannon.
<gallery class=center>
File:HW2_Blitz_Bloodfuel_Locust.png|The [[Bloodfuel Locust]].
File:HW2-EnduringLocustblitz.jpg|The [[Enduring Locust]].
</gallery>

==Operational history==
In [[2559#April|April 2559]], [[Banished]] forces used Locusts against the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} during the [[Second Ark Conflict]].{{Ref/Reuse|HW2}} The design was at some point recorded by the [[United Nations Space Command]] and entered into the [[UNSC Threat Database]] under record J-458-T-30.{{Ref/Reuse|T-shirt}} The ''T-30'' may indicate that the Barukaza Locust has been [[Type classification system|type-classified]] as the Type-30 Locust.

==Gameplay==
===''Halo Wars 2''===
*'''Info''': Anti-Building, Sustained damage, Long range, Weak armor
*'''Tier''': 2
*'''Cost''': {{HW2Pop|4}}, {{HW2Supplies|300}}, {{HW2Power|200}}
Locusts can be built at the [[Banished Foundry]] by all Banished leaders. Locusts perform well against structures, okay against infantry and vehicles, and poorly against aircraft. In [[Blitz]] Locusts cost {{HW2BlitzEnergy|60}} energy, Bloodfuel Locusts cost {{HW2BlitzEnergy|80}}, and Enduring Locusts cost {{HW2BlitzEnergy|90}}. Bloodfuel Locusts siphon health from enemies while Enduring Locusts will spawn Grunt squads when it is destroyed.
====Phoenix log====
{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 45%"
|+ '''[[Phoenix Logs|Phoenix Log]] - Locust'''
|-
|{{:Phoenix Logs/Banished Units/Locust}}
|}

==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:HW2-Locustmodels.jpg|Models of the Banished Locust in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
File:HW2B Locust.png|A Banished Locust in the ''[[Halo Wars 2 Open Beta]]''.
File:HW2B-Locusts.png|A Locust with two Bloodfuel Locusts and a Huragok in the ''[[Halo Wars 2 - Blitz Beta]]''.
File:HW2B-Unlimitedpower.png|Locusts firing their cannons.
File:HW2B-Enough.png|Armies of Locusts attack each other.
File:HW2-Locustarmy.png|An army of Locusts in ''Halo Wars 2''.
File:HW2-Buildingkillers.png|An army of Locusts attack a Banished [[Banished outpost]].
File:HW2-Locust&Rangers.jpg|A Banished Locust with [[Sangheili Ranger]]s and a [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper]].
File:HW2 Blitz Locust.png|Blitz card of a Locust.
File:HW2 Blitz Bloodfuel Locust.png|Blitz card of a Bloodfuel Locust.
File:HW2-EnduringLocustblitz.jpg|Blitz card of an Enduring Locust.
File:HW2-EnduringLocust.png|An Enduring Locust with a Reaver in Blitz Firefight.
File:HW2 Submersible Locust.png|The Locust with Submersible capabilities.
File:HW2 Locust variants firing.png|All Locust variants firing their Focus Cannon.
File:HW2 Locust variants.png|Comparison with all Variants of the Locust.
File:HW2 Locust variants in VS effect.png|Under Vehicle Symbiote effect.
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*This is one of the few vehicles of non-human origin known to be submersible, with the others being the [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Type-47B]],{{Ref/Level|H3ODST|Coastal Highway}} Banished [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Wraith|Wraith]] and [[Barukaza Workshop Scarab|Scarab]].{{Ref/Level|HW2|From the Deep}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{Covenant Ground Vehicles}}
[[Category:Excavators|Locust, Banished]]
[[Category:Banished vehicles]]