Promethean Watcher
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Combat support, reconnaissance |
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144.2 kilograms (318 lb)[1] |
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127 centimeters (4 ft 2 in)[1] |
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The Promethean Watcher is a Forerunner Sentinel variant.[3][4] 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.[5][6] Watchers acted as the primary defensive drones of the Promethean shield world Requiem, where they were first encountered by the UNSC in summer 2557.[1]
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".[1]
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.[4] They are armed with a built-in Boltshot.[2] 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.[1] 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.[10] However, it was first mentioned as the "Watcher Sentinel" several months earlier in Halo: The Essential Visual Guide.[3]
- 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.
- Watchers can be assassinated in Halo 4, but not in Halo 5: Guardians.
- Watchers are capable of catching player thrown grenades and throwing them back. They can also, as of Halo 5: Guardians, catch and throw back the projectiles shot by Hydra Launchers.
Gallery
A 3D model of the Watcher for Halo 4.
3D models of the Watcher.
A Watcher stored in the back of a Knight.
Various views of the Watcher.
Render of the Watcher in Halo 4.
Alternate render of a Sentinel Watcher with red side-disks.
The Promethean Watcher Sentinel during Halo 4's development stage.
Closeup of a Promethean Watcher Sentinel in flight mode.
Closeup of a Promethean Watcher Sentinel's reconstruction beam.
A Promethean Sentinel Watcher in the jungles of Requiem.
A Spartan-IV engaging a Knight being shielded by a Watcher.
Two Spartan-IVs facing off against a Watcher and a Crawler.
A Spartan-IV battling Elites and a Watcher.
Watchers during the Skirmish on Installation 03 in Halo: Escalation.
A Watcher in Halo 5: Guardians.
An Alpha Crawler being healed by a Watcher on Escape from ARC.
A Legendary Watcher on Attack on Sanctum.
A Legendary Watcher projects a Z-90 hardlight shield in front of a Mythic Warden.
List of appearances
- Halo 4 (First appearance)
- Halo: Silentium
- Halo: Escalation
- Halo: Spartan Strike
- Halo 5: Guardians
Sources
- ^ a b c d e Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 53
- ^ a b GameInformer, October 2012 edition (digital content)
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Making Halo 4: Return of the Forerunners
- ^ Halo Waypoint: The Halo Bulletin: 6.20.12
- ^ Halo 4, campaign level Infinity
- ^ Attackofthefanboy.com: Two new Halo 4 enemies outed via…toy box?
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