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'''ARGUS drones''' are small, disc-shaped, one-meter wide unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with [[ARGUS]] detection systems, which stay aloft by a single shrouded rotor.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 14''</ref> They are also equipped with targeting computers and one or more [[Lancet micro-missile]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 16''</ref> Their function was to detect and, if possible, destroy explosives on motorways and in buildings. ARGUS drones are not infallible despite their widespread use, having wrongly identified explosives on an innocent civilian on at least one occasion. | '''ARGUS drones''' are small, disc-shaped, one-meter wide unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with [[ARGUS]] detection systems, which stay aloft by a single shrouded rotor.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', Prologue, ''page 14''</ref> They are also equipped with targeting computers and one or more [[Lancet micro-missile]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', Prologue, ''page 16''</ref> Their function was to detect and, if possible, destroy explosives on motorways and in buildings. ARGUS drones are not infallible despite their widespread use, having wrongly identified explosives on an innocent civilian on at least one occasion. | ||
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Revision as of 16:38, October 22, 2017
ARGUS drones are small, disc-shaped, one-meter wide unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with ARGUS detection systems, which stay aloft by a single shrouded rotor.[1] They are also equipped with targeting computers and one or more Lancet micro-missiles.[2] Their function was to detect and, if possible, destroy explosives on motorways and in buildings. ARGUS drones are not infallible despite their widespread use, having wrongly identified explosives on an innocent civilian on at least one occasion.
Trivia
Argus is a giant in Greek mythology who is noted to have 100 eyes.
List of appearances
- Halo: Contact Harvest (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Prologue, page 14
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Prologue, page 16
