Promethean Crawler

The Crawler is an autonomous Forerunner defense construct, designed by the Promethean Warrior-Servants as a means of asymmetrically combating the Flood.

Overview
Crawlers are small, quadrupedal machines capable of both ranged and close-quarters combat, using a small energy beam as their primary weapon; this weapon disintegrates targets to prevent their biomass from being co-opted by the Flood. Unlike the majority of Forerunner automatons, they appear to lack anti-gravity capabilities of any kind. Crawlers are ferociously aggressive, having been specifically designed to hunt down and eliminate any foreign threats, their inorganic nature making them immune to Flood infection. They travel in large packs and work together to destroy enemies by overwhelming them from every conceivable angle, relying on skirmishing tactics.

Crawlers are often directed by Promethean Knights, who regard them as cannon fodder. They are protected by Watcher Sentinels, which can create new Crawlers from raw materials in the ground. In addition to the basic type of Crawler, a more heavily armed unit and a long-range unit are also employed.

Numerous Crawlers were encountered by UNSC Defense Force and Covenant personnel on the shield world Requiem in summer 2557.

Subtypes

 * Crawler Snipe
 * Alpha Crawler

List of appearances

 * Reclaimer Trilogy
 * Halo 4