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Media has since confirmed that the Covenant know how to use hard light.

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 *The holo-drone may have been inspired by similar holographic decoy technology featured in the 1990 film ''[[Wikipedia:Total Recall (1990 film)|Total Recall]]''.
 *The [[Armor abilities#Hologram|Hologram armor ability]] appears to be a less sophisticated version of this technology, producing a holographic decoy of the user that is only able to move in a straight line.
-*The holo-drone's ability to physically interact with its environment and even directly inflict damage suggests that this may be accomplished through the use of [[hard light]]. According to the ''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]'' story ''[[Wages of Sin]]'', however, the Covenant never managed to reverse-engineer Forerunner hard light technology;<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]] Volume II''', ''"[[Wages of Sin]]"'', ''page 291''</ref> thus it is likely that the core principle behind the holo-drones is different from the hard light used by the Forerunners.
+*The holo-drone's ability to physically interact with its environment and even directly inflict damage suggests that this may be accomplished through the use of [[hard light]].
 *In the ''[[Halo 2]]'' campaign level ''[[The Oracle]]'', there is a glitch allowing the player to [[Finding the Holo-Drone|find the holo-drone]] near the beginning of the level without triggering the scripted sequence in which the drone is activated.