Editing Protos-pattern Scarab

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|firstuse=*[[Human-Covenant War]]

{{Quote|We've all run the [[War Games|simulations]]. They're tough, but they ain't invincible!|[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Johnson]]<ref name="Metropolis">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Metropolis]]''</ref>}}

 

==Design Details==

On the Protos Scarab, an [[Energy shielding|energy shield]] can be produced in front of the corridor leading to the cockpit in order to hamper boarding actions.<ref name="TGJ">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref>

Unlike most vehicles deployed by the Covenant, the Scarab does not employ [[Anti-gravity technology|anti-gravity propulsion]] to move; it instead uses a quadrupedal "leg" assembly for locomotion. These jointed legs are very powerful, capable of crushing vehicles ranging from civilian cargo trucks to [[M808B Scorpion]] tanks.{{Ref/Reuse|Metropolis}}

===Armaments===

Protos Scarabs are armed with two seperate suspensor-mounted [[heavy plasma repeater]]s that are optimized for anti-aerospace use. There is also a fine-tunable [[focus cannon]] and specialized sensor arrays.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

The Protos Scarab has unknown origins to even the Covenant who used it.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

{{Quote|You may find this hard to believe, but most people find Scarabs to be rather unsettling.|[[Cortana]] to [[John-117]], during the [[Battle of Mombasa]]<ref>'''[[Halo Evolutions]]''', "[[Palace Hotel]]", ''page 348'' (Collection); ''page 201'' (Volume II)</ref>}}

The Covenant rarely used the Protos Scarab in direct combat, using it more as a specialized artifact-retrieval vehicle during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The features of this Scarab were rarely observed by [[human]] forces, as Protos Scarabs quickly burned their way through [[UNSC]] defenses.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

During the [[Battle of Meridian]], the Covenant use a Protos Scarab to excavate a Forerunner artifact beneath the town of [[Brume-sur-Mer]]. It is destroyed when [[Owen-B096]], [[Victor Gallardo]], [[Dorian Nguyen]], [[Evelyn Rousseau]] and [[Saskia Nazari]] destroy the energy shield surrounding the dig site with [[skinner]]s, the chain reaction also taking out the Scarab.{{Ref/Novel|MerDi|Chapter=7}} However, when [[Salome]] shows Evie and Dorian footage of the dig site, they discover that Covenant [[Huragok]]s are attempting to repair the Scarab.{{Ref/Novel|MerDi|Chapter=9}}

Unprecedented numbers of the Protos Scarab were deployed during the [[Fall of Reach]] and later the [[Battle for Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} When the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] invaded [[Earth]], he deployed at least five Type-47 Scarabs to [[Mombasa]], [[Africa]], where at least two of them were the Protos Scarab.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-scarab-tactics '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder 7/2/2015: Issue 31 Scarab Tactics'']</ref> Two Scarabs were placed in [[New Mombasa]], while another three were deployed in [[Old Mombasa]]. One of the Scarabs in New Mombasa was apparently charged with destroying the [[Mombasa Tether]],<ref>'''Halo Evolutions''', "Palace Hotel", ''page 363'' (Collection); ''page 221'' (Volume II)</ref> though [[John-117]] managed to board and destroy the walker just minutes before ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' jumped into [[slipstream space]].{{Ref/Reuse|Metropolis}} Shortly after, the {{UNSCShip|Brasidas}} managed to disable another Protos in the city with its [[MAC]]. A nearby detachment of UNSC Marines promptly engaged the surviving Covenant forces in an attempt to recover the Scarab for themselves.<ref name="mombasa waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/new-mombasa '''Halo Waypoint''': Universe, Locations, ''New Mombasa'']</ref>

During the [[Battle of Installation 05]], a Protos was parked at a Brute encampment close to [[Installation 05]]'s [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]]. During an attack by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], several UNSC prisoners escaped and Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]] took control of the Scarab. Communicating from its control center, Johnson negotiated a truce with the Arbiter to stop their mutual enemy [[Tartarus]] from activating the [[Halo Array]]. Johnson proceeded to drive the Scarab to the Control Room, escorted by the Arbiter in a Banshee along with other Covenant separatist forces. Upon reaching the Control Room, Johnson used the Scarab's [[focus cannon]] to blow open the sealed doors before parking the machine and disembarking to directly aid in stopping Tartarus within the Control Room.{{Ref/Reuse|TGJ}}

The ''[[Halo 2]]'' Scarab was almost indestructible and immune to damage in the game. Its movement was entirely scripted, and no damageable parts appear to have been coded for it. It was only destroyed in a cutscene. When the T-47A Scarab fires, some molten, green liquid (possibly coolant or excess plasma) will leak out below the main cannon. The forward plasma turret could be destroyed with just a few melee attacks, as could the rear plasma turret. The flaps on the main gun could be destroyed only by using a Scorpion tank. Also, the underside grate could be destroyed.

*In ''Halo 2'', the player can obtain the "[[Scarab Gun]]" on the level ''Outskirts'' and ''Metropolis''. The weapon uses the [[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle|Plasma Rifle]] chassis, though it fires the same plasma stream as the Scarab's main gun, never overheats, and can fire indefinitely. Obtaining the Scarab Gun in [[Halo 2 (Windows Vista)|''Halo 2'' for Windows Vista]] rewards the player with an achievement. Obtaining the Scarab Gun in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' will grant the player the Scarab Lord achievement for 20 Gamerscore.

*In the game world, the Scarab encountered in ''[[Halo 2]]'s'' ''[[Metropolis]]'' is the only one that the player cannot directly destroy and must board and take out its crew. In the other games, the Scarabs fought by the players have vulnerable reactor cores located at the back that can be targeted to destroy the vehicle aside from the [[Type-29 Scarab|Super Scarab]] in ''[[Halo Wars]]''.

File:H2_Mylar_Print.jpg|''Halo 2'' concept art depicting two Scarabs.

File:H2-T47ScarabUHAP.png|A Protos model Scarab in ''Halo 2''.

File:HGN-CovenantScarab.png|The highly stylized Protos Scarab featured in ''Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa''.

File:Hornet war.jpg|A Protos Scarab under fire in an early build of ''Halo Wars''.

File:H2A_Scarab_Exterior_Concept.jpg|''Halo 2: Anniversary'' concept art of the T-47A.

File:H2A_Scarab_Interior_Concept.jpg|''Halo 2: Anniversary'' concept art of the T-47A interior.

File:L4ifvDY.jpg|A Protos Scarab reveals itself on the streets of New Mombasa.

File:H2A_Protos_Scarab_interior_1.png|A Protos Scarab interior.

File:H2A Scarab Focus Turret.jpg|A Protos Scarab focus turret.

File:H2A Scarab back.jpg|The back of the Protos Scarab.

File:H2A - Scarab console.jpg|A console in a Protos Scarab.

File:H2A - Scarab cannon.jpg|The Protos Scarab focus turret.

[[Category:Excavators|Scarab, Type-47A 'Protos']]