Editing Huragok

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{{Species infobox
|name=Huragok <br> (''Facticius indoles'')
|pagename=Huragok
|othernames=*Engineers{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO27|GoO|Chapter=27|Quote=Huragok: the Forerunner name for the Engineer race.}}
*Savants{{Ref/Game|Id=cftu|H2|Conversations from the Universe|Detail=343 Guilty Spark's Guide|Quote=Engineer/Savant [loogie, boo-bag] Huragok}}
*Boo-bags{{Ref/Reuse|cftu}}
*Floating squids
*Gasbag{{Ref/Novel|HNB|Page=14|Detail=Google Play edition}}
*Loogie{{Ref/Reuse|cftu}}
|image=[[File:H3ODST-VergilHuragok.png|280px]]
|homeworld=
|height={{Convert|180|cm|ftin}}–{{Convert|248|cm|ftin}}{{Ref/Site|Id=wp huragok|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/huragok-engineers|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe|Page=Huragok|D=30|M=10|Y=2021}}
|weight={{Convert|123.5|lb|kg|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC|Enc09|Page=122}}
|distinctions=Six appendages, bulbous sections, small snout, several eyes
|lifespan=10,000 years/possibly indefinite{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}}
|notable-group-title=Affiliation
|notable-group=*[[Covenant]]
*[[Covenant remnants]]
**[[Banished]]
**[[Joyous Exultation Covenant]]
**[[Swords of Sanghelios]]
*[[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]]
*[[Unified Earth Government]]
|notable-person=*[[Drifts Randomly]]
*[[Lighter Than Some]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=CH3|CH|Chapter=3}}
*[[Quick to Adjust]]{{Ref/Site|Id=Bulletin924|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-feet-first|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Canon Fodder|Page=Feet First|D=17|M=7|Y=2021}}
*[[Prone to Drift]]<ref name="gl191">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 191''</ref>
*[[Requires Adjustment]]<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 252''</ref>
*[[Sometimes Sinks]]<ref name="md113">'''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''', ''page 113''</ref>
*[[Roams Alone]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=LL3|LL|Chapter=3}}
*[[Rises High]] {{Ref/Novel|Id=EOD29|EOD|Chapter=29}}
}}
{{Quote|I don't exactly understand how the Huragok work—no surprise there—but they can fix just about anything you can break. They can also hook up to just about any kind of computer hardware in the galaxy. Forerunner, Covenant, and even human.|[[Edward Buck]]<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', page ???</ref>}}

'''Huragok''' ([[Latin]] ''Facticius indoles''{{Ref/Game|Id=Bestiarum|H3|Bestiarum|Detail=Huragok}} meaning "artificial genius"),{{Ref/Site|URL=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756|Site=Halo.Bungie.net|Page=Bestiarum Latin names translated|D=20|M=3|Y=2008}} are a race of biomechanical [[Sentience|sentient]] beings that were created by the [[Forerunner]]s to maintain their technology{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} and, in some cases, biological beings. These remarkably helpful and docile pseudo-organisms are exceedingly patient, rarely communicate with other species, and are almost single-mindedly devoted to their work.{{Ref/Site|Id=primer|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=697|Site=Bungie.net|Page=The Covenant Primer|D=14|M=3|Y=2014}} Huragok are known to exist in two varieties; those that used to serve the [[Builder]]s, referred to by some individuals as '''Engineers''',{{Ref/Reuse|GoO27}} and the rarer [[Lifeworker]] Huragok, who were designed to repair and maintain biological lifeforms.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ll9|LL|Chapter=9}}

They were the only known non-combatant race of the [[Covenant]] aside from the [[San'Shyuum]], though some were rigged to explode like [[suicide attack|suicide bombers]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Game|Id=ODST|ODST|gameplay}} This also served the purpose of asset denial, preventing their capture and redeployment by enemy factions. Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], most Huragok mysteriously disappeared,{{Ref/Reuse|tw50}} although some remained aligned with [[Covenant remnants|splinter factions]] of the original Covenant, including the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the [[Ussan]]s, while a number ended up working with the [[United Nations Space Command]]. Similarly, there are many in service to the [[Banished]], who not only continued the Covenant's practice of fitting Huragok with explosive harnesses, but utilized crueler, more creative methods to modify their behavior.{{Ref/Reuse|PLE}}{{Ref/Reuse|PLIE}}

==History==
===Origins===
The Huragok were created by the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Builder]]s prior to [[Great Purification|the activation]] of the [[Halo Array]] with nanocellular technology to serve as maintenance, repair, and enhancement engineers.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CryptumGlossary|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/text/cryptum-glossary/62e29c59-a3f9-4b63-af76-def71fda5459|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cryptum Glossary|D=14|M=03|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Halo: Cryptum/Glossary}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC5|BC|Chapter=5}} They served as "servant-tools" to the Builders, the highest [[rate]] in Forerunner society. The [[Lifeworker]]s also employed a type of Huragok specializing in living things and medicine rather than machinery, though they were rarer than the Builder variety.{{Ref/Reuse|LL3}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=hitd|HitD}} Huragok often served aboard semi-automated maintenance stations, including a number of facilities within the [[San'Shyuum]] [[San'Shyuum home system|home system]]. They were rarely accorded personhood in Forerunner society, and some found their anaerobic metabolism and gas bladders disgusting. For this reason, they were never allowed in public.<ref name=c144>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 144''</ref>

Being mechanical structures rather than organic life forms, they survived the activation and some remained aboard various [[M-series facility|M-series facilities]].{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} Several were left within one of the Forerunners' [[shield world]]s, [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]], and would remain there for the next 100,000 years.{{Ref/Reuse|gl191}}

===The Covenant===
The Huragok were discovered by the [[San'Shyuum]] [[Reformists]] aboard the M-series facilities at a point prior to [[938 BCE]]. The Huragok were employed as the San'Shyuum's science, maintenance and archaeological specialists.{{Ref/Reuse|wp huragok}} They were used to retrieve and dissect Forerunner artifacts, as well as to repair spacecraft and machinery. The Huragok did not attempt to resist when the San'Shyuum "tamed" them.{{Ref/Reuse|BC5}} Huragok operated aboard San'Shyuum vessels during the [[War of Beginnings]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC7|BC|Chapter=7}} When the [[Covenant]] was established in [[852 BCE]], the Huragok continued to fulfil the same role they had executed for the Reformists.{{Ref/Reuse|wp huragok}}

Huragok were essentially the scientific and engineering backbone of the Covenant and its economy. They fulfilled one of the most important roles within the Covenant, as they bore the responsibility of maintaining the Covenant's machines, managing medical matters, and interacting with Forerunner technology. While it was generally held that only the San'Shyuum were high enough in the Covenant hierarchy to handle and manage Forerunner research and technology, in reality it was the Huragok who must excavate, unlock, and transport Forerunner artifacts—a fact only known to higher-ranked officials and leaders within the Covenant, due to its sensitive nature.{{Ref/Reuse|primer}} The Huragok were also tasked with securely transmitting data between locations.{{Ref/Reuse|wp huragok}}

[[File:H3ODST UpliftPhantomHuragok.jpg|thumb|250px|A [[Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantom]] carrying Huragok at [[Uplift Nature Reserve]] during the [[Battle of Mombasa]].]]
The Huragok in the Covenant usually communicated only with San'Shyuum, a fact that may have contributed to the balance of power between [[Sangheili]] and San'Shyuum, and usually ignored anything that was not a San'Shyuum, a Forerunner artifact, or a machine.{{Ref/Reuse|primer}}<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 200-201''</ref> A notable exception is the Huragok [[Lighter Than Some]], who communicated with the [[Unggoy]] [[Deacon]] [[Dadab]] via Huragok sign language.{{Ref/Reuse|CH3}} Huragok participated in the [[Human-Covenant War]] throughout the conflict, though they were rarely witnessed by personnel of the [[United Nations Space Command]] until the final years of the war.{{Ref/Reuse|wp huragok}} During various engagements in the Human-Covenant War, Huragok were deployed on certain [[human colonies]] to search for Forerunner technology. During the [[Battle of Mombasa]], they scoured the city for evidence of [[Excession|the Portal]] that lay beneath its foundation.{{Ref/Level|Id=ODSTep|ODST|Epilogue}}

During the [[Great Schism]], the now predominantly [[Jiralhanae]]-controlled [[Covenant military]] placed explosives charges onto the bodies of Huragok, in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of UNSC forces. The Huragok did not initially resist this measure, as they were made to believe that humanity would force them to defile Forerunner relics should they ever be captured.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 202''</ref> Once they realized it was to make them [[Suicide attack|suicide bombers]], however, many Huragok made attempts to resist receiving charges, usually failing.{{Ref/Level|H3ODST|H3ODST:Mombasa Streets|Mombasa Streets}}{{Ref/Audio|Id=al18|Sadie's Story|[[H3ODST:Audio log|Audio log 18, Circle 6, Arc 3]]}} The Huragok were warned that if they disobeyed orders, their attached explosive charges would be detonated. However, some realized that the only chance they had to escape Jiralhanae brutality was to aid humanity in defeating the Covenant. As a result, the Huragok worked to allow a handful of their compatriots escape their commanders.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 73-74'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

===Post-war===
After the dissolution of the Covenant, most of the Huragok formerly in the hegemony's possession either died or dispersed, initially leaving the Sangheili at a loss without their mastery of technology.{{Ref/Novel|Gla|Chapter=2}} However, a small number of Huragok remained at the hands of the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] as well as other Sangheili factions.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 47'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Between November 2552 and March 2553, [[Lucy-B091]] discovered four Huragok inside [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]] in [[Onyx]]. These Huragok eventually helped the human survivors in the [[shield world]] reestablish contact with the UNSC.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 140''</ref> By [[2553#March|March 2553]] [[Requires Adjustment]] and the three Huragok from the shield world were stationed aboard {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. In the time since arriving on ''Infinity'' they created several new Huragok to aid them. The Huragok aboard ''Infinity'' made various improvements to the ship, enhancing its slipspace capabilities to be faster and more accurate and reworked the communications system, enabling ''Infinity'' to maintain contact from slipspace.<ref name="tw50">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 50''</ref> Two Huragok were also assigned on [[Kilo-Five]]'s [[prowler]]—{{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}}—in order to provide it with the same upgrades as ''Infinity''.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 250''</ref>

Many Huragok are strategically employed by the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], primarily to assist in the reverse-engineering of Covenant technology or deciphering Forerunner data terminals.{{Ref/Reuse|wp huragok}} During the events surrounding the capture of the Covenant [[flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' and [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] in late [[2552]], the UNSC had captured a number of Huragok aboard {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} and successfully brought them to [[Earth]]. These Huragok met various in the final weeks of the Covenant War; the survivors were assigned to work on ''Infinity'', as well as top-priority Forerunner research sites such as [[Trevelyan|ONI Research Facility Trevelyan]].{{Ref/Reuse|Bulletin924}} Following the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]''{{'}}s encounter with [[Tem'Bhetek]] the {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} was given a contingent of Huragok.{{Ref/Book|Id=Warfleet|HWF|Page=70-71}}

[[Rear Admiral]] [[Saeed Shafiq]] of [[UNSC Procurement]] planned to have Huragok deployed on all UNSC ships by [[2557]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 94''</ref> Despite the obvious advantages, [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] was apprehensive about Shafiq's proposal due to the risk of the Huragok potentially falling into enemy hands.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 234''</ref> Despite their assistance greatly benefiting humans by spurring technological development and the understanding of Forerunner relics, the Huragok are under perpetual scrutiny due to the UNSC's limited knowledge of them, including possible hardwired directives that could potentially be exploited by threats such as the [[Ur-Didact]].{{Ref/Reuse|wp huragok}} By October [[2558]] the UNSC ''Infinity'' had a contingent of 8 Huragok.{{Ref/Book|Id=wf infinity|HWF|Page=42-43}}

Several Huragok were used by the [[Banished]] to repair and shield their vehicles during their [[Second Ark Conflict|occupation]] of [[Installation 00]].{{Ref/Game|Id=HW2|HW2|campaign}} These Huragok in the service of the Banished existed in constant agony due to the control yokes bonded to their flesh forcing them to ignore endless requests for maintenance from the Ark as a result of [[Atriox]]'s extraction and excavation efforts.{{Ref/Game|Id=PLE|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Engineers}} Extended exposure to [[Voridus]]' [[infusion gel]] altered his Huragok assistants, causing some to simply fall apart while the rest changed in other-more subtle-ways. These "damaged" Engineers were shunned by their healthy companions and displayed distinctly non-Huragok behaviors, such as a lack of interest in repairing Forerunner machinery and sabotaging equipment of Banished who have annoyed them in the past.{{Ref/Game|Id=PLIE|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Infused Engineers}}

During the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]], the [[Xalanyn]] known as the [[Harbinger]] placed a ''[[geas]]'' within [[Lucas Browning]] that acted as a compulsion. The ''geas'' stored the preliminary access code to the Xalanyn prison on [[Installation 07|Zeta Halo]]. [[Joyeuse]] theorized that the Harbinger had stored the code in Browning as a backup and, with her last transmission, potentially stored the location somewhere else as a backup as well{{Ref/Novel|Id=EOD30|EOD|Chapter=30}} which was apparently in the Huragok [[Rises High]] who possessed a similar compulsion to Browning. Continuing to be driven by its own compulsion, Rises left with [[Jega 'Rdomnai]] when he and the [[Banished]] took the Harbinger's body.{{Ref/Novel|Id=EOD34|EOD|Chapter=34}}

==Biology and description==
===Anatomy and physiology===
[[File:Huragok blood.jpg|thumb|Huragok blood inspected by [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee and [[Bero 'Kusovai]].]]
The Huragok are not a natural, biological species at all, but rather an artificial life form created by the [[Forerunner]]s. While they possess no true tissues or organs, their [[nanotechnology|nanomechanical]] surrogates so closely mimic their biological analogs that they seem almost indistinguishable to observers.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} Multiple translucent pink and purple gas-bladders on their backs that serve as their method of locomotion, allowing them to float through the air. The bladders contain lighter-than-air gases that must be maintained at a certain mixture. Normally, Huragok only float a few feet above the ground. However, they are capable of rising significantly higher for relatively short periods of time.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}{{Ref/Reuse|ODSTep}} Each of the bladders are used for specific functions; some for propulsion, some for elevation, and others for chemical supply.{{Ref/Reuse|BC5}} The bladders also serve as part of their respiratory system; if a Huragok's gas-bladders deflate, it will asphyxiate and die.{{Ref/Novel|Id=CH12|CH|Chapter=12}} Physically, the Huragok closely resemble the [[Gigastaurozoa]], though with a significant difference in locomotion.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}}

Huragok have small, elongated heads with six dark eye-like sensory nodes, and four tentacles that can split into very small, microscopically fine [[Wikipedia:Cilium|cilia]]. The Huragok use these cilia to construct, repair and manipulate machinery on a near-microscopic level.{{Ref/Reuse|BC5}} Certain Forerunner installations feature panels, apparently similar to human touch-pad technology, that Huragok can "type" on using their cilia.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 193''</ref> Some installations also feature hidden mechanisms that only the Huragok's refined cilia are capable of operating.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC8|BC|Chapter=8}} They can take apart whole vehicles and rearrange their entire structure in a matter of seconds, with the resulting machines still operating at least as well as they did before.{{Ref/Reuse|FoR183}} They learn at an unprecedented rate, and store that information for future reference if ever they need to repair the same thing twice. They are capable of surviving in at least [[oxygen]] and [[methane]]-rich environments, though they cannot survive in a vacuum.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 68''</ref>

While Huragok have the ability to adapt to survive on any power source, they prefer a kind of sugary yeast nutrient paste. When this sludge-like food is not readily available, Huragok will gladly consume any sugary food. On one occasion, [[Requires Adjustment|a Huragok]] even requested that a slice of birthday cake be puréed for it to consume. However, if the need arose, a Huragok could forgo food altogether and adapt to draw energy from a power outlet.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TW15|TTW|Chapter=15}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=MD2|MorDi|Chapter=2}} 

As a result of their biomechanical nature, Huragok possess the ability to interface with electronic forms of data storage, "downloading" data directly into themselves. They appear to be able to "read" biological life-signs as well; during her time within [[Shield World 006]], [[Lucy-B091]] was analyzed by a Huragok, who scanned her brain activity in an attempt to determine the cause of her [[posttraumatic vocal disarticulation|vocal disarticulation]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 329''</ref> Huragok can also be trained to sense signals broadcasted on a specific frequency by Forerunner technology in need of repair.{{Ref/Reuse|BC8}} Huragok are capable of self-repairing all but the most catastrophic physical damages inflicted upon them, as long as the individual has access to a sufficient amount of raw materials. Huragok can also repair each other if they have access to at least ten percent of the damaged individual's original mass.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}}

Huragok are bioluminescent, and in dark conditions their heads and tentacles emit a bright bluish glow, which pulsates when the Huragok is calm and brightens or dims according to its emotional state. The cilia on their tentacles give off a pinkish-red light as well. Huragok [[blood]] is luminescent blue-purple in color.{{Ref/Reuse|ODST}} 

Though the inner workings of an Huragok's internal macroscopic biology remain a mystery, it is known that they are capable of using the gas sacks that keep them afloat for [[Wikipedia:Anaerobic respiration|anaerobic respiration]].{{Ref/Reuse|CH3}} This method is painful, dangerous, and apparently only used as a last resort.{{Citation needed}} Despite their buoyant nature and graceful, fragile appearance, Huragok are quite strong. When nearby individuals tamper with or endanger Forerunner technology, they are capable of using moderate to extreme force to deter them; [[Prone to Drift|one Huragok]] threw [[Jul 'Mdama]] across a room when the latter was in danger of activating a malfunctioning slipspace portal.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page ??''</ref>

[[Lifeworker]] Huragok are a specialized type of Huragok specializing in medicine. They are outwardly distinct from the normal Builder Huragok by their smaller size, green color and lack of bioluminescence. They also have several more tentacles,{{Ref/Novel|Id=HLL10|LL|Chapter=10}} one of which is used for illumination.{{Ref/Novel|LL|Chapter=9}}

===Reproduction and life cycle===
Huragok reproduction is overtly more mechanical than it is biological, though there are still strong similarities to biological reproduction.{{Ref/Reuse|wp huragok}} Huragok reproduce by gathering organic materials from their surroundings to "build" another Huragok. The new Huragok is built with the deft application of their tentacles' cilia.{{Ref/Reuse|CH3}} This new offspring's air sacs are then filled with a mixture of lighter-than-air gases. This is the most difficult step in the reproduction process, as a precise mixture of gases is required in order for the "offspring" to be perfectly buoyant.{{Ref/Reuse|wp huragok}} Each Huragok that takes part in this process relays all the information that they have learned to their offspring. Given sufficient raw materials, a pair of Huragok can produce a unified replica of themselves in approximately forty-five minutes; the addition of a third Huragok cuts the time down to thirty minutes.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} A maximum of three Huragok can participate in the reproduction. Understandably, it is advantageous to have as many Huragok contribute to this process as possible, raising the "intelligence" of the offspring. Additionally, the Huragok offspring will grow to have a wider range of experience if a third parent was involved in the reproduction.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}

Upon birth, a Huragok will either initially float or sink—depending on the mixtures of gases used to inflate their air sacs.{{Ref/Reuse|wp huragok}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}{{Ref/Reuse|CH3}} Huragok are extremely long-lived; the theoretical lifespan for an individual Huragok recorded by the Forerunners' own [[Bestiarum]] was stated to be 87,600,000 hours, or 10,000 years; however, based on evidence from other sources, the Bestiarum concluded that the limit would more accurately be described as effectively indefinite{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} if the Huragok is able to avoid serious injury or disease.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}

==Culture==
{{Quote|They are almost without volition—too easily influenced. And difficult to communicate with.|The [[Prophet of the Glorious Journey|High Prophet of the Glorious Journey]] on the Huragok}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC13|BC|Chapter=13}}
Huragok hardly have a culture of their own. Instead, they prefer to focus on the maintenance and technological roles that they are so often assigned. They have little interest in taking sides in conflict; they appear to draw no real distinction between friend and foe, preferring to spend their time inspecting or repairing technology, although they will react with agitation if [[Forerunner]] technology is damaged or compromised in any way.{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} They are apathetic to any sort of combat, and tend to just float along with a single goal: to fix things. In one encounter, during [[John-117]]'s [[Skirmish over Threshold|assault]] upon ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', one even aided the [[SPARTAN-II]] by repairing the [[Energy shielding|shield]] generator on his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR armor]] and fixing the Spartan's current weapon, a broken [[Type-33 Needler|Needler]]. However, [[Elias Haverson]] killed the Huragok, stating that it had learned about the MJOLNIR shield technology, which was superior to the [[Sangheili personal energy shield]], and could not be allowed to relay that information. Another Huragok protested, but then was distracted by a calling terminal and resumed work.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 105-121'' (2010 edition)</ref> If shot at in a firefight, Huragok make no attempt to defend themselves, but rather curl up in fright and float to a safe distance.{{Ref/Reuse|ODST}}

Huragok are noted to have no agenda but to accomplish repairs, maintenance, and orders. The species was known to be "eerily trustworthy".{{Ref/Reuse|BC5}} Despite their generally pacifistic nature, they can be pushed into violence when a friend is in danger, as demonstrated when [[Lighter Than Some]] saved his friend, the [[Unggoy]] [[Dadab]], by killing the human, [[Henry Gibson]], with a hunting rock.{{Ref/Reuse|CH6}} They also will react forcefully when Forerunner technology is threatened, demonstrating surprising strength as they attempt to keep others from causing harm to Forerunner devices or to themselves.

Their concentration has been described as "a trance-like reverie" by those who have witnessed it.{{Ref/Reuse|primer}} Huragok are also capable of quickly learning the functionality of new technology. On one occasion, a Huragok [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|was observed]] by John-117 dismantling a vehicle's engine, assembling it into various other working configurations, and then returning it to its original state, all in a matter of seconds.<ref name="FoR183">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 183''</ref> The abilities of the Huragok are not limited to their skills to fix things; they are also able to absorb data from a computer or an AI, and combine it with their own biological "data". One such incident occurred when [[Quick to Adjust|one Huragok]] combined its knowledge with the [[dumb AI|"dumb" AI]] of [[New Mombasa]], the [[Superintendent]]. During a mission to recover a living Huragok, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Veronica Dare]] described the species as "biological supercomputers".{{Ref/Level|Id=dh|ODST|Data Hive}} However, the actual amount of information that Huragok can extract is limited, and would require a more advanced [[artificial intelligence]] to assist in truly understanding the work of a Forerunner construct.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}}

Huragok have also been known to display great compassion and caring for one another. During the [[Battle of Mombasa]], Doctor [[Daniel Endesha]] observed six Huragok selflessly give their own lives while attempting to disarm a bomb attached to another, which detonated after its removal and killed all but the seventh Huragok.{{Ref/Reuse|al18}}

===Role within the Covenant===
During their [[Slavery|enslavement]] to the [[Covenant]], the Huragok were not normally a tactical threat and were rarely ever seen in combat situations. During their service with the empire, most Huragok desired little more than food and work.{{Ref/Reuse|BC5}} Most UNSC soldiers made a point of avoiding intentionally harmi