Editing Unggoy Heavy

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{{Unit infobox|variant=Cov
|name=Heavy
|image=[[File:H2A-Unggoy-Heavy.png|315px]]
|species=[[Unggoy]]
|affiliation=[[Covenant]] <br> [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]<br> [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group]]<br>[[Banished]]
|branch=
|mission=Combat support, defense, heavy weapons experts
|equipment=[[Unggoy combat harness]]
<br>Optics articulator 
|notable=
}}

'''Heavy''' is a specialist combat role for [[Unggoy]] within the [[Covenant]] and its [[Covenant remnants|remnants]].<ref> '''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', page 87 </ref>

==Description==
===Covenant===
Heavies are designated for the use of heavy [[weapons]], turrets, and some vehicles.<ref> '''Halo Encyclopedia''', pages 142-143 </ref>

===Jul 'Mdama's Covenant===
These Unggoy are used to engage high-tier enemies through the use of augmented armor, explosives such as the [[Type-33 fuel rod gun]]. This class is composed of experienced and formidable Unggoy warriors, who are often fully capable of engaging light armed vehicles effectively. Unggoy of this role are rarely encountered on the battlefield though.<ref name="h4guide">[[Halo_4_Interactive_Guide#Enemies|'''Halo 4 Interactive Guide''' ''- Enemies: Covenant - Grunt Heavy'']]</ref>

===Banished===
Banished Unggoy Heavies were heavily augmented by machinery on [[Installation 00]]. Like their Covenant counterparts they focus on heavy weapon use. The Banished Unggoy Heavies are led by the [[Shadow Master of Buwan]].<ref name="HoG">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/haze-of-glory '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Haze of Glory'']</ref> 

==Equipment==
===Covenant harnesses===
The original Unggoy Heavies wore distinctive sage-green armor, typically with a full-face methane breather and a cylindrical methane tank on their back, similar to the [[Unggoy Ultra]]. Their armor provided significantly more protection that that of an [[Unggoy Minor]] or [[Unggoy Major|Major]] but it wasn't nearly as strong as an Ultra's or a [[Special Operations Unggoy]]s in terms of durability.<ref name="HR">'''[[Halo: Reach]]'''</ref>
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File:HReach - Heavy Unggoy.png|An Unggoy Heavy wearing the harness.
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===Slim-stock tank harness===
The Heavies of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] wear a helmet with full-face protective rebreathers, enhanced optical sensors with optics articulators, and ultra-dense battle harnesses that has a slim-stock tank with analog eye sockets of Unggoy predators. The harness is issued in orange, blue, silver, green, and magenta.<ref name="h4guide"/> The combat harness also allows for the Heavies to use the methane tank as a makeshift thruster pack, allowing for easy access in various terrains.<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'''</ref>
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File:H4-UnggoyHeavy.png|An Unggoy Heavy wearing the Slim-stock tank harness.
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==Gameplay==
[[File:1218481089 Heavygrunt.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Stationed on a [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom]]'s side, this particular Unggoy Heavy shows one of the many duties of its rank: operating [[Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon|plasma turret]]s or heavy weaponry.]]
Unggoy Heavies are usually seen in conjunction with other Covenant infantry, operating as heavy support units and are usually operating heavy weapon systems such as [[Type-42 plasma cannon|T-42]] or [[Type-52 plasma cannon|T-52 plasma turret]]s, [[Shade]] turret and [[Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon|fuel rod gun]]s with deadly effect.

They will usually not flee from their position unless the player is too close or out of range of their [[weapon]], in which case they will pull out a [[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|plasma pistol]] and attack like a normal Unggoy. They are easily dispatched using most tactics. Their armor seems to be slightly tougher than the average Unggoy, most likely to protect them from explosives and the possible backfiring of their powerful weapons. Unlike most Unggoy, it is strangely rare for Heavies to throw [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|plasma grenade]]s.

Note that the cannon is free for a player to use after taking out its operator. In ''[[Halo 2]]'' an Unggoy Heavy must first deploy its plasma cannon before it can be used. If the Heavy carrying the plasma cannon is killed before it can deploy it then it cannot be used. This is not the case in ''[[Halo 3]]'', since most of the plasma cannons encountered are already deployed, with the exception of a few. They can still be used even if they are detached from their tripod mount.

In ''Halo 3'', Unggoy Heavies are seen utilizing many different heavy [[weapons]] and [[vehicles]]. They are commonly seen driving [[Type-32 Rapid Attack Vehicle|Ghost]]s and seem to be skillful drivers, especially on higher difficulties. Due to their low target profile, they are also much harder to kill in a Ghost from head on. Unggoy will attempt to ram enemies and will keep their distance from advancing foes. Unggoy Heavies may also work in teams on higher difficulties, in which case one rams a foe and another shoots the foe out of what they are driving. Usually, if they are not piloting a Ghost, they are manning plasma turrets or carrying a [[Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon|fuel rod gun]]. 
Like [[Special Operations Unggoy|Special Operations]] and [[Unggoy Ultra]]s, they are some of the most dangerous and tactical Unggoy. When not manning a vehicle or turret or carrying a fuel rod gun, Unggoy Heavies will usually use [[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|plasma pistol]]s, but on higher difficulties they may use [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]]s.

==Trivia==
*The only time a non-Heavy Unggoy is seen deploying a [[Type-42 Directed Energy Support Weapon|plasma turret]] is in ''Halo 2'' at the beginning of the level [[The Arbiter]] where a [[Special Operations Unggoy]] is carrying one. This is because the only [[Unggoy]] allies encountered in the level are Special Operations units.
*In ''Halo 3'', if a Heavy panics while carrying an undeployed [[Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon|plasma turret]], it will wave the turret around in the air with only one hand. This is because Unggoy usually use small single-handed weapons, and no separate animation was created for Unggoy Heavies using turrets.
*Unggoy Heavies are classified as Special Operations Unggoy in [[Firefight]], whereas [[Unggoy Ultra]]s are simply classed as regular Unggoy. Actual Special Operations Unggoy are only seen manning the side-mounted plasma turrets on the Phantoms. Something similar happens in ''[[Halo 4]]'', where Unggoy Heavies are classified as Ultras by the [[List of Halo 4 Commendations|Commendations]] along with some other enemies who have also been mislabeled.
*In ''Halo: Reach'' [[campaign]] level [[ONI: Sword Base]], Unggoy Heavies are seen with [[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle|plasma rifle]]s on higher difficulties.

==Gallery==
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File:Turret Grunt.jpg|An Unggoy Heavy with a [[Type-42 plasma cannon]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:H2 Heavy Grunt.png|Detailed view of an Unggoy Heavy from ''Halo 2''.
File:GH firing spiker.jpg|An Unggoy Heavy firing a [[Type-25 Spiker]] on the mission ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]'' in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
File:GruntHeavyCutout.png|An Unggoy Heavy in ''Halo 3''.
File:TurretGrunt.jpg|An Unggoy Heavy operating the [[Type-52 plasma cannon]] on a [[Type-26 Wraith]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:H4 Grunt Heavy.png|Two variants of the Unggoy Heavy in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
File:H4-BlueUnggoyHeavy.png|A blue-armored Unggoy Heavy aboard the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}.
File:Heavyandco.jpg|An Unggoy Heavy, with a [[Sangheili Warrior]] and [[Sangheili Ranger]] on [[Requiem]].
File:H5G-RadUnggoyHeavy.png|An Unggoy Heavy in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
File:H5G-UnggoyHeavy&Storm.png|An Unggoy Heavy and [[Unggoy Storm]] aboard a [[Type-57 Phantom]].
File:H5G-EvilUnggoyHeavy.png|A green-armored Unggoy Heavy.
File:H5G-RainbowUnggoyHeavys.png|The many colored-armors for Unggoy Heavies in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:HW2-BlitzUnggoyHeavy.jpg|[[Blitz]] card of Unggoy Heavies in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]''
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''

==Sources==
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{{Unggoy Ranks}}
[[Category:Unggoy culture]]