Editing Spoofer

{{Status|Canon}}
[[File:Spoofer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A spoofer attached to a Forerunner door.]]
The '''spoofer''' is a small device used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces to force open [[door]]s and override certain pieces of equipment by sending in an electrical current that stabilizes the device that may be locked, damaged, or otherwise unable to function.<ref name="tf">'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 173''</ref>

==Description==
They are standard equipment to [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] [[fireteam]]s when deployed into ground engagements. They appear to be very advanced, as they are capable of even overriding the [[Forerunner]] locks on doors in Installation 04.{{Ref/Reuse|tf}}

In [[2552]], [[Private]] [[Kappus]] used one to open the door to the [[Flood containment facility]] on Installation 04. He was ordered by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] to open the door that happened to be the only thing holding back the [[Flood]]. Unwillingly and unknowingly, Kappus unleashed the Flood on [[Installation 04]], dooming him and the rest of his squad,<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|tf}} with the exception of [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sgt. Johnson]] and the "[[paranoid Marine]]". When the Master Chief later arrives, he opens the same door by pushing a button on the spoofer.

==Trivia==
*The spoofer is referred to as the "lockpick" in the game files of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
*In the action horror film ''[[Wikipedia:Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' and the video game ''[[Wikipedia:Aliens versus Predator 2|Aliens vs. Predator 2]]'', one of the marines uses a device similar or identical to the spoofer. In fact, considering how most of the game is based of the aspects of the movie, it could have been inspired by the device in the movie.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Kappus_tap.JPG|Private Kappus uses the spoofer on a Forerunner door.
File:HCE-Spoofer-Kappus-Tap.jpg|In-game recording footage from Private [[Wallace A. Jenkins]]'s helmet recorder of Kappus activating the spoofer.
File:HCE-SpooferDevice-screen.png|The spoofer device attached to a Forerunner door in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:lockpick.jpg|The texture file for the spoofer.
File:HCE-SpooferDeviceProfiles.png|In-game profile views of the spoofer lockpick device from ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]
**''[[Breaking Quarantine]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
== Sources ==
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[[Category:Electronic warfare technology]]