Protos-pattern Scarab: Difference between revisions
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{{Quote|We've all run the [[War Games|simulations]]. They're tough, but they ain't invincible!|[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Johnson]]<ref name="Metropolis">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Metropolis]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|We've all run the [[War Games|simulations]]. They're tough, but they ain't invincible!|[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Johnson]]<ref name="Metropolis">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Metropolis]]''</ref>}} | ||
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===Mobility=== | ===Mobility=== | ||
Unlike most vehicles deployed by the Covenant, the Scarab does not employ [[Anti-gravity technology|anti-gravity propulsion]] to move; it instead uses a quadrupedal "leg" assembly for locomotion. These jointed legs are very powerful, capable of crushing vehicles ranging from civilian cargo trucks to [[M808B Scorpion]] tanks. | Unlike most vehicles deployed by the Covenant, the Scarab does not employ [[Anti-gravity technology|anti-gravity propulsion]] to move; it instead uses a quadrupedal "leg" assembly for locomotion. These jointed legs are very powerful, capable of crushing vehicles ranging from civilian cargo trucks to [[M808B Scorpion]] tanks.{{Ref/Reuse|Metropolis}} | ||
===Armaments=== | ===Armaments=== | ||
Protos Scarabs are armed with two seperate suspensor-mounted [[heavy plasma repeater]]s that are optimized for anti-aerospace use. There is also a fine-tunable [[focus cannon]] and specialized sensor arrays. | Protos Scarabs are armed with two seperate suspensor-mounted [[heavy plasma repeater]]s that are optimized for anti-aerospace use. There is also a fine-tunable [[focus cannon]] and specialized sensor arrays.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} | ||
===Development history=== | ===Development history=== | ||
The Protos Scarab has unknown origins to even the Covenant who used it. | The Protos Scarab has unknown origins to even the Covenant who used it.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} | ||
==Operational History== | ==Operational History== | ||
{{Quote|You may find this hard to believe, but most people find Scarabs to be rather unsettling.|[[Cortana]] to [[John-117]], during the [[Battle of Mombasa]]<ref>'''[[Halo Evolutions]]''', "[[Palace Hotel]]", ''page 348'' (Collection); ''page 201'' (Volume II)</ref>}} | {{Quote|You may find this hard to believe, but most people find Scarabs to be rather unsettling.|[[Cortana]] to [[John-117]], during the [[Battle of Mombasa]]<ref>'''[[Halo Evolutions]]''', "[[Palace Hotel]]", ''page 348'' (Collection); ''page 201'' (Volume II)</ref>}} | ||
The Covenant rarely used the Protos Scarab in direct combat, using it more as a specialized artifact-retrieval vehicle during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The features of this Scarab were rarely observed by [[human]] forces, as Protos Scarabs quickly burned their way through [[UNSC]] defenses. | The Covenant rarely used the Protos Scarab in direct combat, using it more as a specialized artifact-retrieval vehicle during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The features of this Scarab were rarely observed by [[human]] forces, as Protos Scarabs quickly burned their way through [[UNSC]] defenses.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} | ||
Unprecedented numbers of the Protos Scarab were deployed during the [[Fall of Reach]] and later the [[Battle for Earth]]. | Unprecedented numbers of the Protos Scarab were deployed during the [[Fall of Reach]] and later the [[Battle for Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} When the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] invaded [[Earth]], he deployed at least five Type-47 Scarabs to [[Mombasa]], [[Africa]], where at least two of them were the Protos Scarab.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-scarab-tactics '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder 7/2/2015: Issue 31 Scarab Tactics'']</ref> Two Scarabs were placed in [[New Mombasa]], while another three were deployed in [[Old Mombasa]]. One of the Scarabs in New Mombasa was apparently charged with destroying the [[Mombasa Tether]],<ref>'''Halo Evolutions''', "Palace Hotel", ''page 363'' (Collection); ''page 221'' (Volume II)</ref> though [[John-117]] managed to board and destroy the walker just minutes before ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' jumped into [[slipstream space]].{{Ref/Reuse|Metropolis}} Shortly after, the {{UNSCShip|Brasidas}} managed to disable another Protos in the city with its [[MAC]]. A nearby detachment of UNSC Marines promptly engaged the surviving Covenant forces in an attempt to recover the Scarab for themselves.<ref name="mombasa waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/new-mombasa '''Halo Waypoint''': Universe, Locations, ''New Mombasa'']</ref> | ||
During the [[Battle of Installation 05]], a Protos was parked at a Brute encampment close to [[Installation 05]]'s [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]]. During an attack by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], several UNSC prisoners escaped and Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]] took control of the Scarab. Communicating from its control center, Johnson negotiated a truce with the Arbiter to stop their mutual enemy [[Tartarus]] from activating the [[Halo Array]]. Johnson proceeded to drive the Scarab to the Control Room, escorted by the Arbiter in a Banshee along with other Covenant separatist forces. Upon reaching the Control Room, Johnson used the Scarab's [[focus cannon]] to blow open the sealed doors before parking the machine and disembarking to directly aid in stopping Tartarus within the Control Room. | During the [[Battle of Installation 05]], a Protos was parked at a Brute encampment close to [[Installation 05]]'s [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]]. During an attack by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], several UNSC prisoners escaped and Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]] took control of the Scarab. Communicating from its control center, Johnson negotiated a truce with the Arbiter to stop their mutual enemy [[Tartarus]] from activating the [[Halo Array]]. Johnson proceeded to drive the Scarab to the Control Room, escorted by the Arbiter in a Banshee along with other Covenant separatist forces. Upon reaching the Control Room, Johnson used the Scarab's [[focus cannon]] to blow open the sealed doors before parking the machine and disembarking to directly aid in stopping Tartarus within the Control Room.{{Ref/Reuse|TGJ}} | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
