Type-58 Ultra-Heavy Site Excavator/Embedded

Harvester

The Harvester is a gigantic six-legged vehicle first introduced in the Halo 4 Spartan Ops chapter titled Switchback. Similarly to the Scarab, it is controlled by a crew of Lekgolo worms. It is used for mining operations, and serves as an enormous troop transport. Fireteam Crimson was sent to investigate the Harvester after the disappearance of Fireteam Switchback with nothing more than IFF tags to show they were there. Crimson disabled the Harvester, but it was retaken sometime later by the Storm Covenant. Crimson revisited the Harvester in order to disable a beam holding the Infinity.

Trivia

 * It is the first known Covenant vehicle that is not named after a spectral entity or an insect.
 * Although it has a similar appearance to a giant insect. Harvester may be a reference to "harvest" artifacts, its function.
 * Lekgolo worms can be seen inside the Harvester. This resembles the Lekgolo worms you would see in a scarab.
 * The Harvester's mining beam is very similar to the Lich's beam weapon.
 * It is possible that the mining lasers seen by SPARTAN-104 near ONI Castle Base were the same mounted on Harvesters.
 * Although the Harvester is encountered during the course of Spartan Ops, this vehicle has not yet been seen in use on the battlefield.