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{{era|H2|H3}}

{{Forerunner Infobox

|name= Constructor

|image= [[Image:H3_Constructor.jpg|250px]]

|aprox. size= Small (around the size of a Covenant [[Plasma Pistol]] and a [[Plasma Rifle]])

|purpose= Repair damages to [[Forerunner]] facilities.

|strength= Weak

|first seen= [[Installation 05|Delta Halo]], [[2552]]

|primary= [[Construction Beam|Small green beam]] (can be damaging)

|secondary=

|weaponry strength= Very Weak

|other abilities=

|defense= Quick Speed

'''Constructors''' are small devices that repair damage to all [[Forerunner]] structures they find that are damaged. The [[Sentinels]] will come to their aid if they are attacked, as they have no weapon systems of their own to defend themselves. Since the [[Construction Beam]] is fired from the top half of the Constructor, the bottom half is most likely where the power supply is held, but the constructors on [[The Ark]] fire their beams from the bottom meaning the top is now their power supply. Sentinel Constructors also play another role as a security grid. When a Constructor is attacked, an unknown signal causes the [[Sentinel Launcher]]s to begin deploying Sentinels. Constructors form an excellent security perimeter.

==Role==

[[Image:Constructor.jpg|left|thumb|A Halo 2 Constructor.]]

'''Constructors''' are devices similar to Sentinels in design, that mainly repair damage to any [[Forerunner]] structure they can find, using weak energy beams similar to [[Sentinel Beam]]s. The beams are small and blue, and are harmful if they come into contact with an organism. This is unknown whether they will harm the Constructor itself, though.  

The [[Sentinels]] will come to their aid if they are attacked, as they are ill-suited for combat, having no weapon systems of their own; however, their beams will damage you if you get caught in the path (on Legendary difficulty their beams can kill in seconds). They also use their beams to lower the shields on [[Piston]]s, allowing them to move throughout the [[Sentinel Wall]] quickly. Constructors are encountered only during the levels [[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]] and [[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]] and are distantly visible on the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer maps, [[Isolation]] and [[Construct]], but they can be seen on [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]] (where the light bridge must be activated) and [[The Oracle (Level)|The Oracle]].<ref>[[Isolation (Level)|Isolation]]</ref><ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level [[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]</ref>

Also, in ''[[Halo 3]]'', a small [[Easter egg]] can be witnessed if a player watches one of the groups of constructors on the multiplayer map [[Construct]]. They will fly normally for a while, but when they near a wall, they will hop like bunnies, before passing out of the map, and to a destination unknown, possibly re-spawning on the other side. You can destroy them and the [[Sentinel]]s in the level. 

The Constructors first appeared in the beginning of [[The Library (Level)|The Library]] although only one or two can be seen floating around the corridors and into the air shafts. They also appeared in the opening moments of "Sacred Icon", where a swarm of them flies about trying to fix the platform you start on, then moves away further into the [[Sentinel Wall]]. They don't really affect anything in game, they show red on your reticule and you may shoot them if you like, although they won't bother you. If you jump in front of one in the beginning of "Sacred Icon", you can get hurt, though very little, by their thin beams depending on the difficulty level you are playing on.

==Appearances==

When they appear in the [[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]] level, they appear at the end of the level when the player fights [[Flood]]-controlled [[Scorpion]] and [[Wraith]] tanks along with many Flood using Covenant [[Ghost (Vehicle)|Ghosts]] and a [[Spectre]], and two Sentinel [[Enforcer]]s fight against the Flood near a downed [[Human]] [[Pelican]] drop ship.<ref>[[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]]</ref> During all this chaos, if the player watches one of the large and deep trenches, a large cloud of Constructors fly off into the sky. You can also see Constructors at the beginning of the level [[Sacred Icon]]. Also on the ''Halo 3'' maps [[Isolation]] and [[Construct]], small groups of Constructors can be seen flying around in the distance.

== Trivia ==

*A player can get up close and even touch a Constructor on [[Construct]]. First he/she must overload the map with [[trip mines]]. When the map is overloaded the player must go through the hole where the purple lift beams are projected. A player then can easy be touched by a Constructor but cannot be moved. They can be destroyed, mainly with a [[Spartan Laser]] or a [[Flamethrower]]. Note that even when one is destroyed another immediately replaced it in the same place. So in other words, you will see the debris from a destroyed Constructor fall from a full and complete one.

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