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 <center>''This article describes the cloaking technology. For other uses, see [[Camouflage|Camouflage (Disambiguation)]].''</center>
-The term '''Active Camouflage''' (often shortened to '''Active Camo''') refers to various light-bending technologies, both [[UNSC]]<ref name="evo">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'', page 477</ref> and [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. Most commonly, the term is applied to Covenant-developed cloaking equipment that is generally stored in small, deliberately fragile containers.
+The term '''Active Camouflage''' (often shortened to '''Active Camo''' or '''Av-Cam''') refers to various light-bending technologies, both [[UNSC]]<ref name="evo">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'', page 477</ref> and [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. Most commonly, the term is applied to Covenant-developed cloaking equipment.
 ==Description==
-In ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]'', it is stored in a small, glass-like pyramid; in ''[[Halo 3]]'' it is suspended in a spherical force-field. A person can use the light-bending energy by merely coming into physical contact with the container, which will cause it to break and release its contents. Upon release, the energy envelops the wearer and bends light around their skin, [[armor]], or [[shielding]], conforming to their form and rendering them almost invisible. At that point, the energy will gradually dissipate and wear off, slowly revealing its user.
-The effect lasts only for ten seconds, and only prevents visual detection; those using Active Camo can be observed by other means, including motion tracking, noise, and enviromental disturbances (things like footprints on soft terrain).
+Covenant active camouflage technology uses a field of energy to bend light around the user, thus making them effectively invisible. The armor used by Spec-Ops and Stealth Sangheili, as well as that of Arbiters and [[Jiralhanae Stalker]]s, include built-in active-camo generators.
+For personnel not equipped with built-in active camouflage, it can be provided by a variety of devices. Typically, the energy used to provide the effect is suspended inside a small, transparent pyramidal container, or a larger spherical force-field. Personnel can use the light-bending energy by coming into physical contact with the container or force-field, which will cause it to break and release its contents. Upon release, the energy envelops the wearer and bends light around their skin, [[armor]], or [[shielding]], conforming to their form and rendering them almost invisible. After a short period of time, the energy will gradually dissipate and wear off, slowly revealing its user.
+The active camouflage provided by these devices lasts for ten seconds, and only prevents visual detection; those using Active Camo can be observed by other means, including motion tracking, noise, and enviromental disturbances (footprints on soft terrain, etc.).
 Being a Covenant device, Active Camo is most commonly used by [[Special Operations Elites]], [[Stealth Elites]], and [[Brute Stalker]]s. However, all varieties of [[MJOLNIR]] armor that is [[Mark V]] and beyond can use it.