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{{Quote|I don't exactly understand how the Huragok work—no surprise there—but they can fix just about anything you can break. They can also hook up to just about any kind of computer hardware in the galaxy. Forerunner, Covenant, and even human.|[[Edward Buck]]}} | {{Quote|I don't exactly understand how the Huragok work—no surprise there—but they can fix just about anything you can break. They can also hook up to just about any kind of computer hardware in the galaxy. Forerunner, Covenant, and even human.|[[Edward Buck]]}} | ||
'''Huragok''' ([[Latin]] ''Facticius indoles'' | '''Huragok''' ([[Latin]] ''Facticius indoles''<ref name="Bestiarum">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> meaning "artificial genius"),<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Bestiarum Latin names translated'']</ref> are a race of biomechanical [[Sentience|sentient]] beings that were created by the [[Forerunner]]s to maintain their technology<ref name="Bestiarum"/> and, in some cases, biological beings. These remarkably helpful and docile pseudo-organisms are exceedingly patient, rarely communicate with other species, and are almost single-mindedly devoted to their work.<ref name="primer">[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=697 '''Bungie.net''': ''The Covenant Primer'']</ref> Huragok are known to exist in two varieties; those that used to serve the [[Builder]]s, referred to by some individuals as '''Engineers''',<ref name="goo237"/> and the rarer [[Lifeworker]] Huragok, who were designed to repair and maintain biological lifeforms.<ref name="ll130">'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 9, ''page 130'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||
They were the only known non-combatant race of the [[Covenant]] aside from the [[San'Shyuum]], though some were rigged to explode like [[suicide attack|suicide bombers]] during the [[Great Schism]].<ref name="ODST">'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref> Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], most Huragok | They were the only known non-combatant race of the [[Covenant]] aside from the [[San'Shyuum]], though some were rigged to explode like [[suicide attack|suicide bombers]] during the [[Great Schism]].<ref name="ODST">'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref> Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], most Huragok mysteriously disappeared,<ref name="tw50"/> although some remained aligned with [[Covenant remnants|splinter factions]] of the original Covenant, including the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the [[Ussan]]s, while a number ended up at the hands of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
The Huragok were created by the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Builder]]s prior to the | The Huragok were created by the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Builder]]s prior to [[Great Purification|the activation]] of the [[Halo Array]] with nanocellular technology to serve as maintenance, repair, and enhance engineers.<ref name="Bestiarum"/><ref name="bc78">'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''pages 78-79'' (Google Play edition)</ref> They served as "servant-tools" to the Builders, the highest [[rate]] in Forerunner society. The [[Lifeworker]]s also employed a type of Huragok specializing in living things and medicine rather than machinery.<ref name="hitd">'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'''</ref><ref name="ll130"/> Huragok often served aboard semi-automated maintenance stations, including a number of facilities within the [[San'Shyuum]] [[San'Shyuum home system|home system]]. They were rarely accorded personhood in Forerunner society, and some found their anaerobic metabolism and gas bladders disgusting. For this reason, they were never allowed in public.<ref name=c144>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 144''</ref> | ||
Being mechanical structures rather than organic life forms, they survived the activation and some remained aboard various [[M-series facility|M-series facilities]].<ref name="Bestiarum"/> Several were left within one of the Forerunners' [[shield world]]s, [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]], and would remain there for the next 100,000 years.<ref name="gl191"/> | Being mechanical structures rather than organic life forms, they survived the activation and some remained aboard various [[M-series facility|M-series facilities]].<ref name="Bestiarum"/> Several were left within one of the Forerunners' [[shield world]]s, [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]], and would remain there for the next 100,000 years.<ref name="gl191"/> | ||
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===Post-war=== | ===Post-war=== | ||
After the dissolution of the Covenant, the Huragok dispersed, leaving the Sangheili at a loss without their mastery of technology.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 54''</ref> | After the dissolution of the Covenant, the Huragok either died or dispersed, leaving the Sangheili at a loss without their mastery of technology.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 54''</ref> However, a small number of Huragok remained at the hands of the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] as well as other Sangheili factions.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 47'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||
Between November 2552 and March 2553, [[Lucy-B091]] discovered four Huragok inside [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]] in [[Onyx]]. These Huragok eventually helped the human survivors in the [[shield world]] reestablish contact with the UNSC.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 140''</ref> By [[2553#March|March 2553]] [[Requires Adjustment]] and the three Huragok from the shield world were stationed aboard {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. In the time since arriving on ''Infinity'' they created several new Huragok to aid them. The Huragok aboard ''Infinity'' made various improvements to the ship, enhancing its slipspace capabilities to be faster and more accurate and reworked the communications system, enabling ''Infinity'' to maintain contact from slipspace.<ref name="tw50">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 50''</ref> Two Huragok were also assigned on [[Kilo-Five]]'s [[prowler]]—{{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}}—in order to provide it with the same upgrades as ''Infinity''.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 250''</ref> | |||
Many Huragok are strategically employed by the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], primarily to assist in the reverse-engineering of Covenant technology or deciphering Forerunner data terminals.<ref name="wp huragok"/> During the events surrounding the capture of the Covenant [[flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' and [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] in late [[2552]], the UNSC had successfully captured a number of Huragok aboard {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} and successfully brought them to [[Earth]]. These Huragok met various of fates in the final weeks of the Covenant War; the survivors were assigned to work on ''Infinity'' as well as top-priority Forerunner research sites such as [[Trevelyan|ONI Research Facility Trevelyan]].<ref name="Bulletin924"/> | Many Huragok are strategically employed by the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], primarily to assist in the reverse-engineering of Covenant technology or deciphering Forerunner data terminals.<ref name="wp huragok"/> During the events surrounding the capture of the Covenant [[flagship]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' and [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] in late [[2552]], the UNSC had successfully captured a number of Huragok aboard {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} and successfully brought them to [[Earth]]. These Huragok met various of fates in the final weeks of the Covenant War; the survivors were assigned to work on ''Infinity'' as well as top-priority Forerunner research sites such as [[Trevelyan|ONI Research Facility Trevelyan]].<ref name="Bulletin924"/> | ||