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Description
The Type-30 Light Excavation/Anti-Fortification Platform (T-30 LE/AFP),[1] more commonly known as the Locust, is a quadrupedal Covenant vehicle used for mining and combat purposes.

Design Details
The Locust is a smaller, tank-sized counterpart to the Scarab, which is also a repurposed mining platform. It does not share the Scarab's spiked 'feet', though it is capable of using its legs to climb over obstacles in a similar manner to its larger cousin.[5] Like Type-47B Scarabs the Locust can be piloted by a Sangheili or Jiralhanae.[6] The Locust possesses one rotating turret, which is very similar in appearance to a Type-26 Banshee's cockpit. The turret houses a single plasma cannon that fires a linear pink beam; this beam is effective against both ground and air targets and can outrange most equivalent weapons. The Locust has a regenerating shield that is capable of protecting the vehicle from a limited amount of weapons fire.

Trivia
Like all known Excavators, the Locust is named after an insect rather than a supernatural entity like most Covenant vehicles. Locusts are members of the grasshopper family that are infamously known for rapidly stripping fields of crops. The walker's similar "building killer" usage may be the reason for the vehicle's name

Description
The Type-30 Light Excavation/Anti-Fortification Platform (T-30 LE/AFP),[1] more commonly known as the Locust, is a quadrupedal Covenant vehicle used for mining and combat purposes.

Design Details
The Locust is a smaller, tank-sized counterpart to the Scarab, which is also a repurposed mining platform. It does not share the Scarab's spiked 'feet', though it is capable of using its legs to climb over obstacles in a similar manner to its larger cousin.[5] Like Type-47B Scarabs the Locust can be piloted by a Sangheili or Jiralhanae.[6] The Locust possesses one rotating turret, which is very similar in appearance to a Type-26 Banshee's cockpit. The turret houses a single plasma cannon that fires a linear pink beam; this beam is effective against both ground and air targets and can outrange most equivalent weapons. The Locust has a regenerating shield that is capable of protecting the vehicle from a limited amount of weapons fire.

Trivia
Like all known Excavators, the Locust is named after an insect rather than a supernatural entity like most Covenant vehicles. Locusts are members of the grasshopper family that are infamously known for rapidly stripping fields of crops. The walker's similar "building killer" usage may be the reason for the vehicle's name