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[[File:HSS Armor Ability Seeker Drone.png|thumb|350px|A seeker drone in flight.]]
[[File:HSS Armor Ability Seeker Drone.png|thumb|250px|A seeker drone in flight.]]
{{Quote|Elites can dodge just about anything you shoot their way. Luckily, seeker drones don't care much for gymnastics.|Private [[Jamie O'Neal]]}}
{{Quote|Elites can dodge just about anything you shoot their way. Luckily, seeker drones don't care much for gymnastics.|Private [[Jamie O'Neal]]}}
The '''TQ-8 seeker drone'''{{Ref/Site|Id=umbrage|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-4-vertical-umbrage|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 4 - Vertical Umbrage|D=7|M=11|Y=2022}} is an explosive homing drone in service with the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Armed Forces|Armed Forces]].{{Ref/Reuse|SA}}
The '''TQ-8 seeker drone''' is an explosive homing drone in service with the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Armed Forces|Armed Forces]].{{Ref/Game|Id=SA|[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]}}{{Ref/Site|Id=umbrage|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-4-vertical-umbrage|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 4 - Vertical Umbrage|D=7|M=11|Y=2022}}


==Overview==
==Overview==
===Design===
===Design===
It is used as an [[Armor abilities|armor plug-in]] by [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV supersoldiers]]. Once deployed it flies toward an enemy; if no enemies are found, it self-destructs after six seconds. A small device, it flies using a pair of turbines. Its status (active or inactive) is denoted by a light on the cowling.{{Ref/Game|Id=SA|[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]}} They can also be used in a "flock" mode.{{Ref/Reuse|umbrage}}
The TQ-8 seeker drone is used as an [[Armor abilities|armor plug-in]] by [[Spartan]] supersoldiers equipped with [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|GEN2]] [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]. A small device, the drone consists of a center fuselage flanked by a pair of turbines that provide it with lift.{{Ref/Reuse|SA}} Within the fuselage is a lightweight but high-yield explosive charge.{{Ref/Reuse|umbrage}} Its status—active or inactive—is denoted by a light on its forward cowling.{{Ref/Reuse|SA}}
 
The drone can operate autonomously or controlled by a Spartan after their MJOLNIR is fully synced with the device.{{Ref/Reuse|SA}}{{Ref/Reuse|umbrage}} In its autonomous mode, the drone will toward any nearby targets and attempt to [[self-destruct]]. If no enemies are found after being activated, it self-destructs after six seconds.{{Ref/Reuse|SA}} A Spartan's GEN2 MJOLNIR is capable of controlling several TQ-8 seeker drones in a "flock" mode.{{Ref/Reuse|umbrage}}


===Usage===
===Usage===
TQ-8 seekers saw use with [[Fireteam Shadow]] during the [[Requiem Campaign]].{{Ref/Reuse|umbrage}}
TQ-8 seeker drones saw use with [[Fireteam Shadow]] during the [[Requiem Campaign]]. On [[2558#February|February 14, 2558]], Fireteam Shadow was assigned a mission to destroy a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] [[Summit (building)|summit]] site in close proximity to a [[Forerunner]] facility known as [[The Refuge (Requiem location)|The Refuge]]. Their plan called for Spartan [[Jason Kidman]] to use a flock of seeker drones to blow down the summit's exterior doors so that the team could destroy it from the inside. However, before their plan was enacted, Spartan [[Jared Miller]] redirected the fireteam to assist [[Fireteam Crimson]].{{Ref/Reuse|umbrage}}


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Vertical Umbrage]]''
*''[[Vertical Umbrage]]''
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