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In the battlefield, Watchers act in a supporting role, assisting Promethean ground units with aerial combat screening and often forcing opponents to engage the Sentinel first. Each [[Promethean Knight]] unit carries a single Watcher or more in the back of their armored carapace, from which the Watcher can be deployed at will. Watchers are essentially low-level [[ancilla]]s based on the Promethean Knight from which they originate. The watcher's AI is housed in its upper carapace above the "head".<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 53''</ref> | In the battlefield, Watchers act in a supporting role, assisting Promethean ground units with aerial combat screening and often forcing opponents to engage the Sentinel first. Each [[Promethean Knight]] unit carries a single Watcher or more in the back of their armored carapace, from which the Watcher can be deployed at will. Watchers are essentially low-level [[ancilla]]s based on the Promethean Knight from which they originate. The watcher's AI is housed in its upper carapace above the "head".<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 53''</ref> | ||
The Watcher is capable of healing and augmenting damaged allies, providing them with [[Z-90 Photonic Coalescence Emitter/Aegis|hard light shields]], and can catch and return enemy ordnance, such as [[grenade]]s, with a [[Anti-gravity technology|gravity-displacement field]].<ref name="H4 Characters"/> They are armed with a built-in [[Z-110 Directed Energy Pistol|Boltshot]].<ref name="gi"/> Watchers can resurrect destroyed Knights from the small orb of light they leave behind upon death; however, this can only be performed once for each individual Knight.<ref name="Return">'''[[Making Halo 4: Return of the Forerunners]]'''</ref> They are also capable of summoning [[Promethean Crawler]]s to the battlefield by conjuring the Crawlers' forms from raw material in the ground.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/06/20/The-Halo-Bulletin-62012.aspx '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''The Halo Bulletin: 6.20.12'']</ref> Watchers are also capable of building [[Z- | The Watcher is capable of healing and augmenting damaged allies, providing them with [[Z-90 Photonic Coalescence Emitter/Aegis|hard light shields]], and can catch and return enemy ordnance, such as [[grenade]]s, with a [[Anti-gravity technology|gravity-displacement field]].<ref name="H4 Characters"/> They are armed with a built-in [[Z-110 Directed Energy Pistol|Boltshot]].<ref name="gi"/> Watchers can resurrect destroyed Knights from the small orb of light they leave behind upon death; however, this can only be performed once for each individual Knight.<ref name="Return">'''[[Making Halo 4: Return of the Forerunners]]'''</ref> They are also capable of summoning [[Promethean Crawler]]s to the battlefield by conjuring the Crawlers' forms from raw material in the ground.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/06/20/The-Halo-Bulletin-62012.aspx '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''The Halo Bulletin: 6.20.12'']</ref> Watchers are also capable of building [[Z-510 focus turret|focus turret]]s.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Infinity (Halo 4 level)|Infinity]]''</ref> | ||
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