Editing M8 Wolf Spider

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Weapon infobox
|name=Wolf Spider
|image=[[File:M8 WolfSpider.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Misriah Armory]]{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=204}}
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|service=[[Human-Covenant War]]
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|ammotype=[[12.7×99mm Armor-Piercing]]{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
|capacity=10,000 rounds{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
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|rate-title=Firing mode
|rate=Fully-automatic{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
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The '''M8 Automated Defense System''' ('''M8 ADS'''), nicknamed the '''Wolf Spider''', is an automated defence turret manufactured by [[Misriah Armory]] and utilised by the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=183}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The Wolf Spider is one of the many automated turrets used by the UNSC for site defence, though it is a fairly rare sight when compared to others such as the [[M5 Talos]], [[M3045 deployable automated turret|M3045]], and [[M3063 Deployable Turret|M3063]]. The turret is housed inside a white cylindrical housing with a diameter of {{Convert|13.1|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}} and a height of {{Convert|12.1|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}, with a hatch located on the top of the mounting from which the gun itself emerges. The Wolf Spider's armament is a [[machine gun]] firing [[12.7×99mm Armor-Piercing]] ammunition, fed into the weapon via a 10,000-round drum. To sight and calculate targets, an optical sensor is mounted under the barrel.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}

As with most [[human]] automated defences, Wolf Spiders can be deployed with multiple units [[UNSC battle network|networked together]] to act as a single machine. In these scenarios, the turrets are generally deployed with overlapping fields of fire with which they can be used to their best effect.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} Defensive networks like this generally rely on an optical or [[laser]] sensor and an [[Identification friend or foe|IFF]] interrogator for target acquisition, which can then be shared across the network to best facilitate effective firing.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

After being seriously damaged, the Wolf Spider trips a killswitch which drops the weapon back into the pod and closes the hatch for protection, requiring a manual reactivation. They can be linked to a [[heads-up display]] to display vital information to an operator such as their structural integrity.{{Ref/Reuse|HR}}

===Usage===
Wolf Spiders are exclusively used by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and deployed at sites they deem critical.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} During the [[Fall of Reach]], four Wolf Spiders were deployed around [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey's]] lab at the [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|Forerunner artifact]] beneath [[SWORD Base]]. These turrets were used by [[NOBLE Team]] to assist in their defence of the lab from invading [[Covenant]] forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=HR|HR|The Package}}

In [[2553]], two Wolf Spiders were used by [[Chen Bax|Dr. Chen Bax]] to defend the crash site of {{UNSCShip|Promise of Dawn}} from attackers. During her mission to the ''Dawn''{{'}}s crash site on [[Sephune III]], [[Linda-058]] was beset upon by the two turrets, and proceeded to destroy them.{{Ref/Comic|HLW|Issue=3}}{{Ref/Comic|HLW|Issue=4}}

== Trivia ==
In [[Halo Mash-Up: Minecraft Evolved]], the Shulker mob is retextured to look like the Wolf Spider turret.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:HR ONIDefences Concept.jpg|Concept art of the M8 Automated Defense System.
File:M8 ADS WolfSpiderTurret Stages.jpg|In-game views of the M8 ADS Wolf Spider Turret in its active and inactive states in the Babd Catha Forerunner Complex in ''Halo: Reach''.
File:HLW3 WolfSpiders.png|Two Wolf Spider turrets deployed by Dr. Chen Bax in ''Halo: Lone Wolf''.
File:HLW4 WolfSpider Firing.png|Linda-058 fighting the Wolf Spider turrets at UNSC ''Promise of Dawn''.
</gallery>

== List of appearances ==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]''
*''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''

== Sources ==
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{{UNSC support weapons}}
[[Category:UNSC ground weapons]]
[[Category:Machine guns]]