A Beta Probe is a generic UNSC term referring to one of the Slipstream Space probes used by Remote Scanning Outposts. It sends out radio pings and analyzes the spectrum from radio to X-ray.[1] The Beta Probe, like all probes used by the RSOs, is designed to be able to survive the transition from Slipspace to normal space in order to collect data.
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The Beta Probe of the Archimedes, at the edge of the Sigma Octanus system, reported the same findings as the Alpha Probe. Both probes gave the mysterious object a mass of 20,000 tons.[2] The mysterious object was a Covenant Fleet en route to the system. William Lovell, stationed aboard the Archimedes at the time, collected the relevant data and logged the anomaly, which had been described by Fhajad-084 in an astrophysics paper published in 2540. This allowed Captain Jacob Keyes to properly alert the other ships in the system of the impending attack.
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- ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 136
- ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 137