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The Barukaza Locust design, unlike the ''Shua'ee''-pattern before it, employs a pruned colony of [[Rhulolekgolo]] to power many of its underlying mechanisms, with a single control console capable of hosting a lone [[Unggoy]] pilot to direct the vehicle.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|T-shirt}} The use of the [[Lekgolo]] control clusters allows the Locust heightened abilities, which harken back to ancient designs.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

The Locust design used by the Banished were developed by the [[Barukaza Workshop]], and are now-manufactured by the [[Armory of Barukaza]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The [[Banished Foundry]]'s garage and its kit assembly line allows the requisition of a Banished Locust at any Banished [[Outpost]].{{Ref/Game|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Foundry}}

Unlike their predecessors, the Banished do not employ their Locusts as excavators, but instead as combat vehicles. They serve the Banished as siege engines and assault walkers tasked with supporting the advances of infantry and vehicle forces. This often takes the form of long-ranged support fire, designed to eliminate enemy structures and even targets such as [[Sentinel]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Variants==

A few further-modified models of Locust are employed by the Banished.

*[[Enduring Locust]] - variant equipped with increased armour.

*[[Bloodfuel Locust]] - variant equipped with a siphon cannon.

File:HW2-EnduringLocustblitz.jpg|The [[Enduring Locust]].

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In [[2559#April|April 2559]], [[Banished]] forces used Locusts against the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} during the [[Second Ark Conflict]].{{Ref/Reuse|HW2}} During the campaign, Locusts were used by Banished forces to cut through the remains of old [[Covenant starship]]s for salvaging purposes - and were used to cut through the wreckage of [[High Charity]] at the onset of the [[Outbreak on Installation 00]].{{Ref/Game|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Tread Carefully}} The design was at some point recorded by the [[United Nations Space Command]] and entered into the [[UNSC Threat Database]] under record J-458-T-30.{{Ref/Reuse|T-shirt}} The ''T-30'' may indicate that the Barukaza Locust has been [[Type classification system|type-classified]] as the Type-30 Locust.

*'''Cost''': {{HW2Pop|4}}, {{HW2Supplies|300}}, {{HW2Power|200}}

Locusts can be built at the [[Banished Foundry]] by all Banished leaders. Locusts perform well against structures, okay against infantry and vehicles, and poorly against aircraft. In [[Blitz]] Locusts cost {{HW2BlitzEnergy|60}} energy, Bloodfuel Locusts cost {{HW2BlitzEnergy|80}}, and Enduring Locusts cost {{HW2BlitzEnergy|90}}. Bloodfuel Locusts siphon health from enemies while Enduring Locusts will spawn Grunt squads when it is destroyed.

File:HW2 Submersible Locust.png|The Locust with submersible capabilities.

File:HW2 Locust variants firing.png|All Locust variants firing their focus cannons.

File:HW2 Locust variants in VS effect.png|A Locust under the Vehicle Symbiote effect.

File:HINF - Emblem icon - Locust Plague.png|The ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' Locust Plague emblem.