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| | [[File:M8 WolfSpider.png|thumb|250px|An M8 Wolf Spider turret in its active and inactive states.]] |
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| | The '''M8 Automated Defense System''', nicknamed the '''Wolf Spider''', was an automated defense turret manufactured by [[Misriah Armory]] and utilized by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] on sites labelled important by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name="evg">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 204''</ref> During the [[Fall of Reach]], four Wolf Spiders were deployed around [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey's]] lab at the [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|Forerunner artifact]] beneath [[SWORD Base]].<ref name="HR">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref> |
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| |service=[[Human-Covenant War]]
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| |ammotype=[[12.7×99mm Armor-Piercing]]{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
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| |capacity=10,000 rounds{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
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| The '''M8 Automated Defense System''' ('''M8 ADS'''), nicknamed the '''Wolf Spider''', is an automated defence turret manufactured by [[Misriah Armory]] and utilised by the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=183}} | |
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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| ===Design details=== | | ===Design=== |
| The Wolf Spider is one of the many automated turrets used by the UNSC for site defence, though it is a fairly rare sight when compared to others such as the [[M5 Talos]], [[M3045 deployable automated turret|M3045]], and [[M3063 deployable turret|M3063]]. The turret is housed inside a white cylindrical housing with a diameter of {{Convert|13.1|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}} and a height of {{Convert|12.1|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}, with a hatch located on the top of the mounting from which the gun itself emerges. The Wolf Spider's armament is a [[machine gun]] firing [[12.7×99mm Armor-Piercing]] ammunition, fed into the weapon via a 10,000-round drum. To sight and calculate targets, an optical sensor is mounted under the barrel.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} | | The Wolf Spider fires [[12.7x99mm Armor-Piercing]] rounds, which are contained in a 10,000-round drum. To sight and calculate targets, an optic sensor is mounted under the barrel. As a networked array of mounted turrets, the Wolf Spiders need to be deployed on overlapping field of fire to put their use into the best effect. They can attack both ground and air forces.<ref name="evg"/> |
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| As with most [[human]] automated defences, Wolf Spiders can be deployed with multiple units [[UNSC battle network|networked together]] to act as a single machine. In these scenarios, the turrets are generally deployed with overlapping fields of fire with which they can be used to their best effect.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} Defensive networks like this generally rely on an optical or [[laser]] sensor and an [[Identification friend or foe|IFF]] interrogator for target acquisition, which can then be shared across the network to best facilitate effective firing.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
| | ===Operation=== |
| | Multiple Wolf Spiders act as a single machine, sensing, tracking, and firing on targets. With overlapping fields of fire, they can easily eliminate said targets with their automatic fire.<ref name="evg"/> After being seriously damaged, the Wolf Spider trips a killswitch, which drops the weapon back into the pod and closes the hatch for protection, requiring a manual reactivation after they finished recharging. They could be linked to a [[heads up display]] that would display their structural integrity.<ref name="HR"/> |
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| After being seriously damaged, the Wolf Spider trips a killswitch which drops the weapon back into the pod and closes the hatch for protection, requiring a manual reactivation. They can be linked to a [[heads-up display]] to display vital information to an operator such as their structural integrity.{{Ref/Reuse|HR}}
| | ==Trivia== |
| | | The turret's firing sound and firepower is the same as the [[UH-144 Falcon]]'s [[M638 Autocannon|Autocannon]] and also seems to fire in bursts. This may indicate that the guns are related or that both use a different variant of the Autocannon, though they use different size of rounds. |
| ===Usage=== | |
| Wolf Spiders are exclusively used by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and deployed at sites they deem critical.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} During the [[Fall of Reach]], four Wolf Spiders were deployed around [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey's]] lab at the [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|Forerunner artifact]] beneath [[SWORD Base]]. These turrets were used by [[NOBLE Team]] to assist in their defence of the lab from invading [[Covenant]] forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=HR|HR|The Package}}
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| In [[2553]], two Wolf Spiders were used by [[Chen Bax|Dr. Chen Bax]] to defend the crash site of {{UNSCShip|Promise of Dawn}} from attackers. During her mission to the ''Dawn''{{'}}s crash site on [[Sephune III]], [[Linda-058]] was beset upon by the two turrets, and proceeded to destroy them.{{Ref/Comic|HLW|Issue=3}}{{Ref/Comic|HLW|Issue=4}}
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| == Trivia ==
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| In [[Halo Mash-Up: Minecraft Evolved]], the Shulker mob is retextured to look like the Wolf Spider turret.
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
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| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:HR ONIDefences Concept.jpg|Concept art of the M8 Automated Defense System. | | File:ReachConcept - M8Spider.png|Concept art of the M8 Automated Defense System. |
| File:M8 ADS WolfSpiderTurret Stages.jpg|In-game views of the M8 ADS Wolf Spider Turret in its active and inactive states in the Babd Catha Forerunner Complex in ''Halo: Reach''. | | File:M8 ADS WolfSpiderTurret Stages.jpg|In-game views of the M8 ADS Wolf Spider Turret in its active and inactive states in the Babd Catha Forerunner Complex in ''Halo: Reach''. |
| File:HLW3 WolfSpiders.png|Two Wolf Spider turrets deployed by Dr. Chen Bax in ''Halo: Lone Wolf''.
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| File:HLW4 WolfSpider Firing.png|Linda-058 fighting the Wolf Spider turrets at UNSC ''Promise of Dawn''.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| == List of appearances == | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Ground Command]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''
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| == Sources == | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:UNSC ground weapons]] | | [[Category:UNSC ground weapons]] |
| [[Category:Machine guns]] | | [[Category:Machine guns]] |
