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==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
{{Quote|Remind me to ask Isabel to add air conditioning.|A Mantis pilot during the Banished occupation of Installation 00.<ref name="HW2"/>}} | {{Quote|Remind me to ask Isabel to add air conditioning.|A Mantis pilot during the Banished occupation of Installation 00.<ref name="HW2"/>}} | ||
The Mantis was created as a result of two parallel exoskeleton programs, HRUNTING and YGGDRASIL, the latter of which encompassed initiatives aimed at incorporating MJOLNIR technologies into UNSC combat vehicles. During the [[Battle of Meridian]] between [[2548]] and [[2551]], the first prototype of the Mantis engaged in an action known as the "Cherbourg Run" successfully engaging eighteen heavily guarded [[Type-27 Mantis|Type-27 Anti-Aircraft Cannon]]s, which also bore the title of "Mantis". The success of the prototype in the "Cherbourg Run" is one of the theories behind the origin of the moniker of "Mantis".<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 111''</ref> However, the Mantis was only introduced into widespread service after the Covenant War ended.<ref name="universe"/> | The Mantis was created as a result of two parallel exoskeleton programs, HRUNTING and YGGDRASIL, the latter of which encompassed initiatives aimed at incorporating MJOLNIR technologies into UNSC combat vehicles. During the [[Battle of Meridian]] between [[2548]] and [[2551]], the first prototype of the Mantis engaged in an action known as the "Cherbourg Run" successfully engaging eighteen heavily guarded [[Type-27 Mantis|Type-27 Anti-Aircraft Cannon]]s, which also bore the title of "Mantis". The success of the prototype in the "Cherbourg Run" is one of the theories behind the origin of the moniker of "Mantis".<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 111''</ref> However, the Mantis was only introduced into widespread service after the Covenant War ended.<ref name="universe"/>{{Ref/Note|The "Entered Service" field on the Mantis's page on Halo Waypoint claims that the vehicle was introduced in 2403. Descriptions of the Mantis's development history on the very same page as well as the ''Halo 4 Essential Visual Guide'' contradict this, the former noting that the Mantis incorporates technologies originally developed for MJOLNIR and the latter stating that the first prototype of the vehicle was fielded late in the war. The "HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX" designation also implies that the Mantis was developed on top of a technology lineage that did not exist until well into the 26th century, making it impossible for it to have been developed in 2403.}} | ||
[[File:Mantis in action.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A Mantis during the Battle of Requiem.]] | [[File:Mantis in action.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A Mantis during the Battle of Requiem.]] | ||