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'''ARGUS Drones''' are small, disc-like, one meter wide aerial Drones 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 occasionally destroy explosives on motorways and in buildings. | {{Ship | ||
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|armament= [[Lancet Micro-missile]]s | |||
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|role=*Bomb detection | |||
*Destruction of small targets | |||
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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |||
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'''ARGUS Drones''' are small, disc-like, one meter wide aerial Drones 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 occasionally destroy explosives on motorways and in buildings. Despite their widespread use, ARGUS Drones are not infallible, haveing wrongly identified explosives on an innocent civilian on at least one occasion. | |||
They are likely named after [[Wikipedia:Argus Panoptes|Argus Panoptes]] of Greek Mythology, a giant with a hundred eyes and servant of Hera. It killed the bull that ravaged [[Wikipedia:Arcadia|Arcadia]], which is also the name of a [[UNSC]] colony world, [[Arcadia]]. | They are likely named after [[Wikipedia:Argus Panoptes|Argus Panoptes]] of Greek Mythology, a giant with a hundred eyes and servant of Hera. It killed the bull that ravaged [[Wikipedia:Arcadia|Arcadia]], which is also the name of a [[UNSC]] colony world, [[Arcadia]]. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<ref>Halo: Encyclopdia Page 251</ref> | |||
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[[Category:UNSC]] | [[Category:UNSC]] | ||
Revision as of 23:14, March 5, 2010
ARGUS Drones are small, disc-like, one meter wide aerial Drones 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 occasionally destroy explosives on motorways and in buildings. Despite their widespread use, ARGUS Drones are not infallible, haveing wrongly identified explosives on an innocent civilian on at least one occasion.
They are likely named after Argus Panoptes of Greek Mythology, a giant with a hundred eyes and servant of Hera. It killed the bull that ravaged Arcadia, which is also the name of a UNSC colony world, Arcadia.
Sources
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest Page 14
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest Page 16
- ^ Halo: Encyclopdia Page 251
