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'''ARGUS Drones''' are small, disc-like, one meter wide aerial Drones equipped with [[ARGUS]] detection systems, which stay aloft by a single shrouded rotor.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] Page 14</ref> They are also equipped with targeting computers and one or more [[Lancet Micro-missile]]s.<ref>Halo: Contact Harvest Page 16</ref> Their function was to detect and occasionally destroy explosives on motorways and in buildings. | {{Ship | ||
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|width=1 meter (3.3 feet) | |||
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|armament= [[Lancet Micro-missile]]s | |||
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|role=*Bomb detection | |||
*Destruction of small targets | |||
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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |||
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'''ARGUS Drones''' are small, disc-like, one meter wide aerial Drones equipped with [[ARGUS]] detection systems, which stay aloft by a single shrouded rotor.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] Page 14</ref> They are also equipped with targeting computers and one or more [[Lancet Micro-missile]]s.<ref>Halo: Contact Harvest Page 16</ref> Their function was to detect and occasionally destroy explosives on motorways and in buildings. Despite their widespread use, ARGUS Drones are not infallible, haveing wrongly identified explosives on an innocent civilian on at least one occasion. | |||
They are likely named after [[Wikipedia:Argus Panoptes|Argus Panoptes]] of Greek Mythology, a giant with a hundred eyes and servant of Hera. It killed the bull that ravaged [[Wikipedia:Arcadia|Arcadia]], which is also the name of a [[UNSC]] colony world, [[Arcadia]]. | They are likely named after [[Wikipedia:Argus Panoptes|Argus Panoptes]] of Greek Mythology, a giant with a hundred eyes and servant of Hera. It killed the bull that ravaged [[Wikipedia:Arcadia|Arcadia]], which is also the name of a [[UNSC]] colony world, [[Arcadia]]. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<ref>Halo: Encyclopdia Page 251</ref> | |||
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[[Category:UNSC]] | [[Category:UNSC]] | ||