Scarab
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"Scarab" is the name applied to a series of Covenant quadrupedal mining platforms.[1]
Summary
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Variants
Banished Scarab
- Banished Scarab - A model heavily modified by the Banished.
Type-29 Scarab
- Type-29 Scarab - The largest model with the most powerful focus cannon, known as the Super Scarab.
Type-36 Scarab
- Type-36 Scarab - A model with similar armament to the Type-27 Mantis.
Type-47 Scarab
Two models of the Type-47, the default and most common, Scarab exist: the Deutoros and the Protos. Both models are extremely powerful, possessing potent armament and armor.
- Type-47A Scarab - A model of the Scarab specialized for artifact-retrieval.
- Type-47B Scarab - The most common Type-47 Scarab.
Unidentified Scarab encounters
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Fall of Reach
During the Fall of Reach after discovering the Forerunner ruins under Menachite Mountain on Reach, the Covenant attempted to use several Scarabs to dig deep into the mountain's caverns. However, the walkers were destroyed by Type-26 Wraiths manned by Spartan-IIs.[2]
Battle of Havana and the Onyx Conflict
During the Battle of Havana on Earth, Spartan-II Blue Team destroyed a Scarab.[3] Another Scarab that had an onboard reactor was deployed during the Onyx Conflict by the Joyous Exultation Covenant.[4][5]
Trivia
Like all known Excavators, the Scarab is named after an insect rather than a supernatural entity like most Covenant vehicles. However, scarabs do have do have significant supernatural relevance in Egyptian mythology.
List of appearances
Sources
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Universe: Scarab
- ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 142-143 (2011)
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 206-209
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 306
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 240
