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| {{Status|Canon}}
| | '''Spy Probes''' are small, softball sized automaton deployed by [[Covenant]] ships. Probes are capable of attaching itself to ships using electromagnets. During the [[Human-Covenant War]] probes were colored dark gray to 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> |
| [[File:Covenant Spy probe.jpg|250px|thumb|A spy probe depicted in the comic book adaptation of ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''.]] | |
| 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 ==
| | Probes have a single photo eye for data collection. Over a number of days it slowly builds up a charge as it collects. 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 name="probe"/> |
| 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>
| | 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 [[Battle of Reach]].<ref name="probe"/> |
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| == Operational use ==
| | The Spy Probe may have been inspired by the UNSC's [[Telemetry Probe]], given the Covenant proclivity to imitate rather than innovate. |
| 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 ==
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| 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== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| ==See also==
| | [[Category:The Covenant]] |
| *[[Malakost tracker]]
| | [[Category:Technology]] |
| *[[Telemetry probe]]
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| [[Category:Covenant technology]] | |
| [[Category:Sensors]]
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| [[Category:Robots]] | |