Type-36 Ultra-Heavy Siege Platform

For more uses of the term "Scarab," see its disambiguation page.
The Type-36 Ultra-Heavy Siege Platform, more commonly known as the Scarab, is a Covenant walker, which is classified as a Tier-Four in the Covenant's Excavator rating scale.
Type-36 Scarabs are defined by the fact that they are fitted with a powerful Class-4 plasma cannon similar to those used by Type-27 "Mantis" AACs. The Type-36 Scarab, like all other Scarabs, is operated by a gestalt of Lekgolo worms under the command of a supervisor. Gestalts are seldom allowed complete control over the vehicles due to the presence of unruly strains of Lekgolo worm in most colonies inhabiting Scarabs, which could cause problems if not kept in check.
It has been speculated with almost absolute certainty that this particular Scarab variant is a field modification, a conclusion bolstered by the fact that this particular Scarab has been sighted with a large range of chassis designs. Despite this, however, the performance of the vehicles in practical scenarios remains mostly uniform across these designs.
==Trivia==
*Catalog once erroneously identified the Scarab seen during the Battle of Mombasa in Halo 2 and Halo 2: Anniversary as a Type-36 Scarab, in direct contradiction to the Halo: Evolutions short story Palace Hotel and Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, both of which state that it is a Type-47.
**It was later clarified by Jeff Easterling in a Halo Waypoint universe article that the Halo 2-era Scarab was in fact a Type-47A Protos, and that the Type-36 was a completely separate, unrelated model of Scarab.
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==Related Pages==
*Type-29 "Super Scarab" UHSE - The "Super" Scarab variant seen in Halo Wars level Scarab.
*Type-47 "Scarab" UHAP - The designation encompassing both Scarab variants seen in Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach and Halo 2: Anniversary.
*Type-30 "Locust" LE/AFP - A similar but smaller and less powerful excavator, which appears in Halo Wars.
*Type-58 "Harvester" UHSE/E - An ultra-heavy mining excavator similar to the Scarab, albeit a tier above them in the Covenant's rating scale.
*Lekgolo - The worm-like aliens that control Scarab walkers.
Category:Covenant Vehicles