Editing Ekesan-pattern Umbra

{{Title|''Ekesan''-pattern Umbra}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Vehicle infobox
|name=''Ekesan''-pattern heavy transport
|image=[[File:Enc22 Umbra.jpg|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Assembly Forges]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=275}}
|model=
|cost=
|length={{Convert|64.3|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width={{Convert|39.4|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|height={{Convert|22.3|ft|m|sp=us|disp=flip}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass={{Convert|68|MT}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|max speed=
|engine=[[Boosted gravity propulsion drive]]
|hull=[[Nanolaminate]] plating
|armament=1 medium [[plasma cannon]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|crew=One driver and one gunner{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|complement=20 infantry {{Ref/Novel|Id=HO13|Oblv|Chapter=13}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|firstuse=
|service=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|role=Troop carrier{{Ref/Reuse|HO13}}
|affiliation=[[Covenant]]
}}
The '''''Ekesan''-pattern heavy transport'''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}, known to [[human]]ity as the '''Umbra''', is a fast, lightly armored [[Covenant]] surface transport vehicle used to ferry troops into battle.{{Ref/Reuse|HO13}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The Umbra is an arch-shaped ground vehicle that features [[Boosted gravity propulsion drive|the same]] [[anti-gravity technology]] most standard Covenant ground vehicles use. At the top of the Umbra's arch is the driver's cockpit and a gunner's seat with a [[plasma cannon]]. Below the driver and gunner seats is the carrier pod. On each side of the Umbra's carrier pod is a square, luminous touchpad that, when pressed, releases the lock and causes the outer wall to lower and extend a ramp leading into the vehicle.{{Ref/Reuse|HO13}} The ramp on each side of the vehicle leads to ten troop stations for a total of twenty troop stations per carrier pod.{{Ref/Novel|Id=H016|Oblv|Chapter=16}}

===Usage===
The Umbra is generally used to conduct long-term ground occupations by the [[Covenant military]], with regular usage on the worlds of the Covenant's client species. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], it was used to cement Covenant garrisons on contested [[Human colonies]], helping to prevent collateral damage to the [[Forerunner]] artefacts humanity had unknowingly built atop of.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Operational History==
===Usage on Netherop===
In 2526, [[Kelly-087]] witnessed the Covenant deploy two Umbras via air drop by a {{Pattern|Mokol'ta|Spirit}} on [[Netherop]]. With some assistance, Kelly-087 was able to secure an Umbra {{Ref/Reuse|HO13}} and rendezvous with [[Amalea Petrov]]  and her First Platoon in order to aid [[John-117]] and the rest of [[Blue Team]] on their mission to secure the Covenant frigate, ''[[Lucky Break]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|H016}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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{{Covenant Ground Vehicles}}
[[Category:Covenant vehicles]]