Editing Covenant spy probe

Small, softball sized automaton created by the [[Covenant]]. '''Spy Probes''' are small devices Covenant ships deploy at the scenes of battles. The Probe is capable of attaching itself to a ship using electromagnets. Usually it is painted dark gray to blend in to the color of [[UNSC]] vessels, instead of the standard lavender color of Covenant alloys.<ref name="probe">[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], pages 215/216</ref>

The Probe has a single photo eye that gazes at the stars and collects data to reference its current position. For several days, it collects data and slowly builds up a charge. When it reaches critical energy, a tiny sliver of thallium nitride memory crystal is ejected at the speed of light, and a miniature [[Slipspace]] field is generated around it. If its trajectory is perfect, it will intercept a Covenant Receiver or vessel located at precise coordinates in Slipspace, and the tiny probe would reveal to the Covenant forces where the enemy ship had been.<ref name="probe"/>

A Covenant Probe attached itself to the ''[[Iroquois|UNSC Iroquois]]'' after [[The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. This led directly to them finding the location of [[Reach]] and eventually, [[The Battle of Reach]].<ref name="probe"/>

The Spy Probe is closely related to a UNSC technology, the [[Telemetry Probe]], and could have been inspired from this technology, based upon the Covenant proclivity to imitate, rather than innovate.

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+Small, softball sized automaton created by the [[Covenant]]. '''Spy Probes''' are small devices Covenant ships deploy at the scenes of battles. The Probe is capable of attaching itself to a ship using electromagnets. Usually it is painted dark gray to blend in to the color of [[UNSC]] vessels, instead of the standard lavender color of Covenant alloys.<ref name="probe">[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], pages 215/216</ref>
-[[File:Covenant Spy probe.jpg|250px|thumb|A spy probe depicted in the comic book adaptation of ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''.]]
-Covenant '''spy probes''' are small, softball or baseball-sized automaton machines used by the Covenant for reconnaissance and intelligence roles.
-== Overview ==
+The Probe has a single photo eye that gazes at the stars and collects data to reference its current position. For several days, it collects data and slowly builds up a charge. When it reaches critical energy, a tiny sliver of thallium nitride memory crystal is ejected at the speed of light, and a miniature [[Slipspace]] field is generated around it. If its trajectory is perfect, it will intercept a Covenant Receiver or vessel located at precise coordinates in Slipspace, and the tiny probe would reveal to the Covenant forces where the enemy ship had been.<ref name="probe"/>
-These machines have a single photo eye for data collection. Over a number of days, it slowly builds up a charge as it collects data and information. Once it reaches critical energy, a tiny sliver of thallium nitride memory crystal is ejected at the speed of light, surrounded by a miniature [[slipspace]] field. The sliver is directed toward precise Slipspace coordinates where a waiting Covenant entity will recover it and the data it contains.{{Ref/Reuse|probe}}
-During the [[Human-Covenant War]], probes were colored dark gray, so they can blend into the hull of UNSC vessels, instead of the standard lavender color of Covenant alloys.<ref name="probe">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 215-216''</ref>
+A Covenant Probe attached itself to the ''[[Iroquois|UNSC Iroquois]]'' after [[The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. This led directly to them finding the location of [[Reach]] and eventually, [[The Battle of Reach]].<ref name="probe"/>
-== Operational use ==
+The Spy Probe is closely related to a UNSC technology, the [[Telemetry Probe]], and could have been inspired from this technology, based upon the Covenant proclivity to imitate, rather than innovate.
-An example use of the probe was at the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] where a probe attached to the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} and revealed the [[human]] presence at [[Reach]]. This culminated in the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|probe}}
-== Trivia ==
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-The spy probe is similar in function to the UNSC's [[telemetry probe]].
-==Gallery==
+[[Category:The Covenant]]
-<gallery>
+[[Category:Technology]]
-File:HE5_CovenantProbe.png|A Covenant spy probe used by [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group]] to spy on [[Fireteam Majestic]] in [[2558]].{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=5}}
-</gallery>
-==List of appearances==
-*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
-*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
-**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
-*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
-==Sources==
-{{Ref/Sources}}
-==See also==
-*[[Malakost tracker]]
-*[[Telemetry probe]]
-[[Category:Covenant technology]]
-[[Category:Sensors]]
-[[Category:Robots]]