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| {{Status|Canon}}
| | ==Summary== |
| [[File:Covenant Spy probe.jpg|250px|thumb|A spy probe depicted in the comic book adaptation of ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''.]]
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| Covenant '''spy probes''' are small, softball or baseball-sized automaton machines used by the Covenant for reconnaissance and intelligence roles.
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| == Overview ==
| | Small, softball sized automaton created by the [[Covenant]]. Spy Probes are small devices Covenant ships deploy at the scenes of battles. The Probe is capable of attatching itself to a ship using electromagnets. Usually it is painted dark gray, to blend in to the color of [[UNSC]] vessels, instead of the standard lavander color of Covenant Alloys. |
| These machines have a single photo eye for data collection. Over a number of days, it slowly builds up a charge as it collects data and information. Once it reaches critical energy, a tiny sliver of thallium nitride memory crystal is ejected at the speed of light, surrounded by a miniature [[slipspace]] field. The sliver is directed toward precise Slipspace coordinates where a waiting Covenant entity will recover it and the data it contains.{{Ref/Reuse|probe}}
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| During the [[Human-Covenant War]], probes were colored dark gray, so they can blend into the hull of UNSC vessels, instead of the standard lavender color of Covenant alloys.<ref name="probe">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 215-216''</ref>
| | The Probe has a single photo eye that gazes at the stars and collecting data to reference its current position. For several days, it will collect data and slowly build up a charge. When it reaches critical energy, a tiny sliver of thallium nitride memory crystal would be ejected at the speed of light, and a minature [[Slipspace]] field would generate around it. If its trajectory was perfect, it would intercept a Covenant Reciever or vessel located at precise coordinates in Slipspace. And the tiny probe would reveal to the Covenant everywhere the enemy ship had been. |
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| == Operational use ==
| | A Covenant Probe attatched itself to the ''[[Iroquois|UNSC Iroquois]]'' after [[The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. This led directly to them finding the location of [[Reach]] and eventually, [[The Battle of Reach]]. |
| An example use of the probe was at the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] where a probe attached to the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} and revealed the [[human]] presence at [[Reach]]. This culminated in the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|probe}}
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| == Trivia ==
| | [[Category: The Covenant]] |
| The spy probe is similar in function to the UNSC's [[telemetry probe]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:HE5_CovenantProbe.png|A Covenant spy probe used by [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group]] to spy on [[Fireteam Majestic]] in [[2558]].{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=5}}
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Malakost tracker]]
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| *[[Telemetry probe]]
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| [[Category:Covenant technology]]
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| [[Category:Sensors]]
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| [[Category:Robots]] | |
