Sumda'te-pattern Scarab
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The Type-36 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform,[2] colloquially known as the Super Scarab, is a Covenant quadrupedal artillery assault platform and essentially a larger and more powerful model of the standard Type-47 Scarab.
Operational history
During the Battle of Arcadia in 2531, a Type-36 Scarab was used by the Covenant to guard their Forerunner excavation site on Arcadia. Stationed at the entrance to the main complex, the Covenant attempted to use technology from the Forerunner relic to upgrade the Scarab on-site.[3] Despite being stationary, the Super Scarab caused significant difficulty to the UNSC ground forces attempting to breach the Covenant defenses; the humans were forced to approach the site head-on, enabling the Scarab to fire on them with its main focus cannon. Powered by a series of generators scattered about the area, the Scarab's head swept the area in a consistent scanning motion, firing on any UNSC forces caught in its line of fire and not hesitating to destroy lesser Forerunner ruins the humans used as cover, including a cluster of structures sheltering the UNSC's local Firebase. However, the humans were able to take advantage of the Scarab's systematic scan pattern, destroying the power nodes which in turn slowed down the rate at which the Scarab was able to turn its head. After taking down the power nodes, the UNSC forces attacked and destroyed the Scarab.[1]
Production note
According to Catalog, the Scarab that appears in Halo 2 is designated Type-36.[4] This contradicts Halo: The Essential Visual Guide as well as Palace Hotel, both of which identify the Halo 2 Scarab as a Type-47. For more information, see Stephen Loftus' comment here.
List of appearances
- Halo Wars (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b Halo Wars, campaign level Scarab
- ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 130
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Battle for Arcadia
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction - Page 51
