Barukaza Workshop Locust
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8.8 meters (28.9 ft)[3] |
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9.3 meters (30.5 ft)[3] |
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6.6 meters (21.5 ft)[3] |
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7.8 metric tons (7.7 LT; 8.6 ST)[3] |
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Quadrupedal leg assembly |
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Energy shields[4] |
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1 unstable focus cannon[4][3]
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Siege vehicle |
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The Barakuza Workshop Siege Crawler is a variant of the Locust line of vehicles operated by the Banished.[3][4]
Overview
Design details
The Locusts used by the Banished bear heavy resemblance to their Covenant-era counterparts, the Shua'ee-pattern Locust. As with most Banished equipment, they are considerably up-armoured and coated in a red and grey paint scheme. Unlike their forebears, the Barukaza Locust design is primarily intended as a combat support vehicle and not as an excavator - as such many of the hardware limitations imposed on Covenant Locust designs by the San'Shyuum have been removed, allowing for a much higher tier of power in its use.[3]
Armaments
The Banished have modified the standard focus cannon armament on their Locust to be much more unstable, making them more dangerous than their Covenant counterparts.[4]
Crew and complement
The Barukaza Locust design, unlike the Shua'ee-pattern before it, employs a pruned colony of Rhulolekgolo to power many of its underlying mechanisms, with a single control console capable of hosting a lone Unggoy pilot to direct the vehicle.[3][1]
The use of the Lekgolo control clusters allows the Locust heightened abilities, which harken back to ancient designs.[3]
Development history
The Locust design used by the Banished were developed by the Barukaza Workshop, and are now-manufactured by the Armory of Barukaza.[3]
The Banished Foundry's garage and its kit assembly line allows the requisition of a Banished Locust at any Banished Outpost.[2]
UNSC classification
This specific Locust is Record "J-458-T-30" in the UNSC Threat Database.[1]
Operational history
- "They should start calling me the Locust of doom!"
- — An eager Unggoy Locust pilot during the Second Ark Conflict.[6]
In April 2559, Banished forces used Locusts against the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire during the Second Ark Conflict.[6]
Gameplay
Halo Wars 2
- Info: Anti-Building, Sustained damage, Long range, Weak armor
- Tier: 2
- Cost: Population 4, Supplies 300, Power 200
Locusts can be built at the Banished Foundry by all Banished leaders. Locusts perform well against structures, okay against infantry and vehicles, and poorly against aircraft. In Blitz Locusts cost 60 energy, Bloodfuel Locusts cost 80 energy, and Enduring Locusts cost 90 energy. Bloodfuel Locusts siphon health from enemies while Enduring Locusts will spawn Grunt squads when it is destroyed.
Gallery
Models of the Banished Locust in Halo Wars 2.
A Banished Locust in the Halo Wars 2 Open Beta.
A Locust with two Bloodfuel Locusts and a Huragok in the Halo Wars 2 - Blitz Beta.
Locusts firing their cannons.
Armies of Locusts attack each other.
An army of Locusts in Halo Wars 2.
An army of Locusts attack a Banished Banished outpost.
A Banished Locust with Sangheili Rangers and a Barukaza Workshop Chopper.
Blitz card of a Locust.
Blitz card of a Bloodfuel Locust.
Blitz card of an Enduring Locust.
An Enduring Locust with a Reaver in Blitz Firefight.
The Locust with Submersible capabilities.
All Locust variants firing their Focus Cannon.
Comparison with all Variants of the Locust.
Under Vehicle Symbiote effect.
Trivia
- This is one of the few vehicles of non-human origin known to be submersible, with the others being the Type-47B,[7] Banished Wraith and Scarab.[8]
List of appearances
- Halo Wars 2 (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b c Halowaypointstore: HALO WARS 2 LOCUST SCHEMATIC PREMIUM TEE
- ^ a b Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs, Banished Buildings - Foundry
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 457
- ^ a b c d Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs: Locust
- ^ Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs: Hunters
- ^ a b Halo Wars 2, Gameplay
- ^ Halo 3: ODST, campaign level Coastal Highway
- ^ Halo Wars 2, campaign level From the Deep
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