Shadow
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Shadow is the name applied to a series of Covenant Troop/Vehicle Transports.[1]
Summary
Shadows are large troop carriers utilized by the Covenant and its remnants for the purposes of transporting infantry, cargo, and light vehicles.[2] Despite its size, Shadow has been seen to move at impressive speeds over open terrain.[3]
Variants
Adsk-pattern
- Adsk-pattern Shadow: Troop transport vehicle employed by the Covenant. This variant is older in design, featuring a rotating twin plasma cannons on its rear.[4]
Adsk-pattern Shadow.
Death Wagon
- Eklon'dal Workshop Death Wagon: A variant of the Shadow made by Unggoy and utilized by forces of the Banished, serving under Yapyap and his rebellion against Atriox. The Death Wagon is outfitted with methane launchers, as opposed to the conventional Shadow's plasma cannons and troop payload.[2]
Eklon'dal Workshop Death Wagon.
Ruwaa-pattern
- Ruwaa-pattern Shadow: Troop transport vehicle employed by the Covenant. This variant is capable of transporting Ghosts in its underbelly, or hosting up to eight soldiers.[1][5]
Ruwaa-pattern Shadow.
Cargo tug
- Covenant cargo tug: This vehicle is not explicitly related to the Shadow family of vehicles, but does have an almost identical outward appearance. This vehicle is capable of flight.[6]
Covenant cargo tug.
Sources
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Universe - Vehicles - Shadow (Retrieved on Apr 23, 2021) [archive]
- ^ a b Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs: Methane Wagon
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level Outskirts
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Cannon Fodder: Digsite Dissection (Retrieved on Jul 28, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 276
- ^ Halo: Escalation, issue #3
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