Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit: Difference between revisions

Spirits are angular, tuning fork/'''U''' shaped spacecraft with two parallel personnel bays along the exterior of each "prong". They are known to be used to transport [[Sangheili|Elites]], [[Kig-yar|Jackals]], and [[Unggoy|Grunts]], (they are undoubtedly able to carry [[Brutes]] but it is unknown if it can ferry [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]], due to their large size) and have been known to ferry Covenant vehicles within the blue colored energy field between their prongs, usually [[Ghosts]] and [[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage|Wraith]]s, or other small objects such as supply canisters. Around the time of the [[First Battle of Earth]], it would seem that the Spirits were completely replaced with the more heavily built [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom]]s, though, since great numbers were probably produced, were still used in the [[Battle of Onyx]]. A modified Spirit was used by [[Spartan 117]] to get him and his team aboard the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' in [[Operation: First Strike]]. During the [[Battle of Harvest]], a destroyed Spirit was used by the [[Huragok]], [[Lighter Than Some]], as raw material to create a vehicle that would later be adopted by the [[Brutes]] as the "[[Type-25 Rapid Assault Vehicle|Brute Chopper]]".

It is speculated that the Spirit is not designed for combat drops, but is instead a Cargo transport, though it is armed with a light plasma cannon. The lack of effective offensive or defensive weaponry coupled with the small troop carrying capacity of the Spirit tends to support this. Since the Fleet stationed above Halo was originally a research operation, this use of non combat specific transportation would be understandable. During the events of the [[Battle of Installation 04]] Spirits might have been placed into combat roles by sheer necessity. The Spirits were the dropships the UNSC encountered on the first Halo and hated them for their ability to drop Covenant troops in places to assault the UNSC forces and to give them cover.