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===Service in the Covenant===
===Service in the Covenant===
Despite initial difficulties at contact due to the Lekgolo's alien methods of communication,{{Ref/Reuse|bestiarum}} the Covenant incorporated the Lekgolo into their ranks in [[784 BCE]].<ref name="ENC 114">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 114''</ref> The Mgalekgolo gestalts, armed with thick armor plates and [[assault cannon]]s, would come to serve the Covenant as shock troops. Even larger Lekgolo colony assemblages were weaponized as Covenant assault platforms, [[Type-47B Scarab|Scarab]] and the [[Type-58 Harvester|Harvester]], the latter of which is operated by a meta-colony referred to as a [[Sbaolekgolo]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> Individual Lekgolo worms, specifically conditioned not to ingest Forerunner alloys, were employed by the [[Asceticism|ascetic priests]] studying the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|ch}} A number of these Lekgolo stopped [[Mendicant Bias]] from taking off in the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] by short circuiting the ship's systems, themselves dying in the process.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 276''</ref>
Despite initial difficulties at contact due to the Lekgolo's alien methods of communication,{{Ref/Reuse|bestiarum}} the Covenant incorporated the Lekgolo into their ranks in [[784 BCE]].<ref name="ENC 114">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 114''</ref> The Mgalekgolo gestalts, armed with thick armor plates and [[assault cannon]]s, would come to serve the Covenant as shock troops. Even larger Lekgolo colony assemblages were weaponized as Covenant assault platforms, [[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Scarab]] and the [[Type-58 Harvester|Harvester]], the latter of which is operated by a meta-colony referred to as a [[Sbaolekgolo]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> Individual Lekgolo worms, specifically conditioned not to ingest Forerunner alloys, were employed by the [[Asceticism|ascetic priests]] studying the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|ch}} A number of these Lekgolo stopped [[Mendicant Bias]] from taking off in the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] by short circuiting the ship's systems, themselves dying in the process.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 276''</ref>


===Post-Covenant===
===Post-Covenant===
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File:Halo3-LekgoloDetail.jpg|A group of Lekgolo in a Scarab.
File:Halo3-LekgoloDetail.jpg|A group of Lekgolo in a Scarab.
File:1203558250 Hunter.jpg|A Hunter, one form of gestalt formed by Lekgolo.
File:1203558250 Hunter.jpg|A Hunter, one form of gestalt formed by Lekgolo.
File:ScarabH3.png|A [[Type-47B Scarab]], the largest known example of a Lekgolo colony.
File:ScarabH3.png|A {{Pattern|Deutoros|Scarab}}, the largest known example of a Lekgolo colony.
File:Halo3-HunterBack.jpg|Exposed Lekgolo worms in a Mgalekgolo's back as seen in ''Halo 3''.
File:Halo3-HunterBack.jpg|Exposed Lekgolo worms in a Mgalekgolo's back as seen in ''Halo 3''.
File:H3 Scarab Lekgolo.jpg|Lekgolo found in the core of a Scarab.
File:H3 Scarab Lekgolo.jpg|Lekgolo found in the core of a Scarab.