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| '''Clarion spy drones''' are small probes used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. They can be programmed to follow a course, and can propel themselves through space. They use a variety of sensors and cameras to scan space and transmit data to any ship, station, or planet in range.<ref name="HFSC29">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', Chapter 29</ref> | | '''Clarion spy drones''' are small probes used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] that can propel themselves through space under their own power by either remote or computer guidance. They use a variety of sensors and cameras to scan space and transmit data to any ship, platform, planet, etc. They are standard issue on most UNSC vessels.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''pages 264-265''</ref> |
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| ==History==
| | They are mainly used for reconnaissance but have a variety of uses, including being used as decoys. [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] used one of these devices when spying on the [[Covenant]] while the {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} hid behind a [[natural satellite|moon]] during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 328''</ref> |
| ===Massacre at Eridanus Secundus===
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| In [[2552#September|September, 2552]], after a [[Covenant cruiser]] appears near the [[Eridanus Secundus]] asteroid base [[John-117]] discovers that the {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}} only has three Clarion spy drones in its launch tubes. [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] has John launch two of them to keep an eye on the cruiser. After a plan is devised to use the ''Gettysburg's'' magnetic coils to shape the plasma for ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'s'' one working turret, [[Cortana]] uses the drones to calculate her shot from behind cover, enabling them to fire on the cruiser before it can enter firing range itself. The cruiser is destroyed while the action leaves one of the drones destroyed as well.{{Ref/Reuse|HFSC29}}
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| ===Operation: FIRST STRIKE===
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| After returning to the ''Gettysburg'' after rigging the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' to blow, the Spartans are informed by Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]] that they have a drone almost in place to watch the coming destruction of the station. After realizing that Whitcomb intends to use ''Ascendant Justice'' as a lure, John orders a link to be opened with ''Ascendant Justice'', bouncing it off of the drone. When Johnson is unable to do it, [[Frederic-104]] manages to get the link. Through the camera of the drone, the crew of the ''Gettysburg'' watches as Whitcomb and Lieutenant [[Elias Haverson]] succeed in luring most of the Covenant fleet in close to the ''Unyielding Hierophant'' resulting in their destruction when the station explodes. After pulling the drone back briefly for safety, it is used to observe the aftermath, discovering that only about a dozen ships out of around five hundred survived.<ref name="HFSC36">''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 36</ref>
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| [[Category:UNSC drones]] | | [[Category:UNSC drones]] |
