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'''Huragok''' ([[Latin]] ''Facticius indoles''<ref name="Bestiarum">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> meaning "artificial genius"),<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Bestiarum Latin names translated'']</ref> are a race of biomechanical [[Sentience|sentient]] beings that were created by the [[Forerunner]]s to maintain their technology{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} and, in some cases, biological beings. These remarkably helpful and docile pseudo-organisms are exceedingly patient, rarely communicate with other species, and are almost single-mindedly devoted to their work.<ref name="primer">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=697 '''Bungie.net''': ''The Covenant Primer'']</ref> Huragok are known to exist in two varieties; those that used to serve the [[Builder]]s, referred to by some individuals as '''Engineers''',{{Ref/Reuse|goo237}} and the rarer [[Lifeworker]] Huragok, who were designed to repair and maintain biological lifeforms.<ref name="ll130">'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 9, ''page 130'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | '''Huragok''' ([[Latin]] ''Facticius indoles''<ref name="Bestiarum">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> meaning "artificial genius"),<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Bestiarum Latin names translated'']</ref> are a race of biomechanical [[Sentience|sentient]] beings that were created by the [[Forerunner]]s to maintain their technology{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} and, in some cases, biological beings. These remarkably helpful and docile pseudo-organisms are exceedingly patient, rarely communicate with other species, and are almost single-mindedly devoted to their work.<ref name="primer">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=697 '''Bungie.net''': ''The Covenant Primer'']</ref> Huragok are known to exist in two varieties; those that used to serve the [[Builder]]s, referred to by some individuals as '''Engineers''',{{Ref/Reuse|goo237}} and the rarer [[Lifeworker]] Huragok, who were designed to repair and maintain biological lifeforms.<ref name="ll130">'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 9, ''page 130'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||
They were the only known non-combatant race of the [[Covenant]] aside from the [[San'Shyuum]], though some were rigged to explode like [[suicide attack|suicide bombers]] during the [[ | They were the only known non-combatant race of the [[Covenant]] aside from the [[San'Shyuum]], though some were rigged to explode like [[suicide attack|suicide bombers]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="ODST">'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref> This also served the purpose of asset denial, preventing their capture and redeployment by enemy factions. Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], most Huragok mysteriously disappeared,{{Ref/Reuse|tw50}} although some remained aligned with [[Covenant remnants|splinter factions]] of the original Covenant, including the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the [[Ussan]]s, while a number ended up working with the [[United Nations Space Command]]. Similarly, there were many in service to the [[Banished]], who not only continued the Covenant’s practice of fitting them with explosive harnesses, but utilized crueler, more creative methods to modify their behavior. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||