Talk:Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit

Technical Issues?
Are you sure it was gotten rid of due to technical issues? I mean if thats the case then why didn't they just fix it?
 * Yeah, that looks like speculation. I've removed it. --Dragonclaws 02:41, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Spirt Dropship
I want to know what the proper name of it is.
 * As far as I know, it hasn't been revealed. --Dragonclaws 19:24, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Apparently it just has: See this post. Despite the bungie.org address, KP is in fact a Bungie employee. --Andrew Nagy 68.44.13.236 19:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Looking through the thread I see that:


 * Harbinger is the unofficial fan name of it althought Apparation is used too
 * Apparantly on Pg 195 of Ghosts of Onyx, it is mentioned, once or twice with the Phantoms. I just finished the book and that is only reference to that name I've ever seen. "-Phantoms, Spirits and even Banshees--" (195).
 * When Peptuck from the forum says, "I would make the call that the U-shaped dropships are actually "Spirit" transports". KP or Kevin Paul seems to confirm the name by stating, "Yeah, it's the U-shaped dropship from Halo 1.- KP"


 * So should this article be moved to "Spirt Covenant Dropship"? -- Esemono 22:35, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I would move it to "Spirit". If we move it to "Covenant Dropship", we will need to adjust the title of every vehicle for consistancy, and I think the pages should just be the real name. --Dragonclaws 22:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

This is the only place I'v seen it being called Spirit so someone should change it back to dropship.--prophit of war 21:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Bungie confirms. --Dragonclaws 23:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I heard a marine call it a "Bandit" in the level "Halo".--User:JohnSpartan117 23:09, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

The term "Bandit" usually means enemy, he wasn't calling the dropship by a name, he was just pointing out that there were enemies around. User:Joshua 029

Bandit and Bogie are common names for enemy aircraft.

DX-class Dropship
Where did this name come from? --Dragonclaws(talk) 00:54, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 286.

"Something..." Y'gar leaned closer to examine the wavering reply signal.

Voro Moved to his station.

"It's one of ours." Voro declared. "Send it to the ship's Oracle for pattern match."

"Yes, sir." Y'gar replied. "Ship ID . . . DX Class."

"A Dropship? Identify the parent ship registry."

Yeah... Eric Nylund appears to get the rights to name things. It may or may not ever be in a game, but since Y'gar said it's a DX Class and Voro knew it was a Dropship, DX must mean Dropship, or Spirit. --68.160.110.166 03:12, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Logistics
The are between the fork appears perfect for ferrying large numbers of covenant supply cases that would be clumsy in a Phantom. The spirit looks perfect for a logistical support aircraft possessing only light armor and armament. On the first Halo, they might have been repurposed as combat dropships. A lack of phantoms available to the covenant on Halo would support the theory. If, at the battle of Reach, all or most of the phantoms were already ferrying troops to the planet and those ships that pursued the Pillar of Autumn left without their phantoms. Then only a handful or reduced number of phantoms would be with the fleet and be used only sparingly for important assignments such as Rtas Vadumee's retaking of the Infinite Succor. Thus, the logistical/non-combatant dropships would be used to fill the role.