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| [[File:HSS Armor Ability Seeker Drone.png|thumb|350px|A seeker drone in flight.]] | | {{Stub}} |
| | [[File:Drone.png|thumb|250px|An image of a Seeker Drone.]] |
| {{Quote|Elites can dodge just about anything you shoot their way. Luckily, seeker drones don't care much for gymnastics.|Private [[Jamie O'Neal]]}} | | {{Quote|Elites can dodge just about anything you shoot their way. Luckily, seeker drones don't care much for gymnastics.|Private [[Jamie O'Neal]]}} |
| The '''TQ-8 seeker drone''' is an explosive homing drone in service with the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Game|Id=SA|HSA|Seeker Drone in-game ability}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Umbrage|Halo: Vertical Umbrage}} | | The '''seeker drone''' is an explosive homing drone in service with the [[UNSC Defense Force]]. It is used as an [[Armor abilities|armor plug-in]] by [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV supersoldiers]]. Once deployed it flies toward an enemy; if no enemies are found, it self-destructs after six seconds. A small device, it flies using a pair of turbines. Its status (active or inactive) is denoted by a light on the cowling.<ref>'''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]'''</ref> |
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Design===
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| The TQ-8 seeker drone is used as an [[Armor abilities|armor plug-in]] by [[Spartan]] supersoldiers equipped with [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|GEN2]] [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]. A small device, the drone consists of a center fuselage flanked by a pair of rotors that provide it with lift.{{Ref/Reuse|SA}} Within the fuselage is a lightweight but high-yield explosive charge.{{Ref/Reuse|Umbrage}} Its status—active or inactive—is denoted by a light on its forward cowling.{{Ref/Reuse|SA}}
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| The drone can operate autonomously or controlled by a Spartan after their MJOLNIR is fully synced with the device.{{Ref/Reuse|SA}}{{Ref/Reuse|Umbrage}} In its autonomous mode, the drone will toward any nearby targets and attempt to [[self-destruct]]. If no enemies are found after being activated, it self-destructs after six seconds.{{Ref/Reuse|SA}} A Spartan's GEN2 MJOLNIR is capable of controlling several TQ-8 seeker drones in a "flock" mode.{{Ref/Reuse|Umbrage}}
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| ===Usage===
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| TQ-8 seeker drones saw use with [[Fireteam Shadow]] during the [[Requiem Campaign]]. On [[2558#February|February 14, 2558]], Fireteam Shadow was assigned a mission to destroy a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] [[Summit (building)|summit]] site in close proximity to a [[Forerunner]] facility known as [[The Refuge (Requiem location)|The Refuge]]. Their plan called for Spartan [[Jason Kidman]] to use a flock of seeker drones to blow down the summit's exterior doors so that the team could destroy it from the inside. However, before their plan was enacted, Spartan [[Jared Miller]] redirected the fireteam to assist [[Fireteam Crimson]].{{Ref/Reuse|Umbrage}}
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| ==Gameplay== | | ==Gameplay== |
| The seeker drone is an [[armor ability]] in ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''. Its recharge time is six seconds. | | The seeker drone's recharge time is six seconds. |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Vertical Umbrage]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:UNSC drones]] | | [[Category:UNSC drones]] |
| [[Category:Armor abilities]] | | [[Category:Armor abilities]] |
