User:FightWithHonor/Type-82 Ghoul Artillery Platform

Overview
Unlike its rough counterpart the Wraith, the Ghoul specializes in direct fire support. Its asymmetrical design makes it unique among Covenant vehicles, with a cockpit mounted at the extreme left and a curving "wing" on the right. The Ghoul is slower that the Wraith but the fact that it carries a wing-mounted battery of 8 Fuel Rod Launchers makes it a powerful craft.

Its is broadly comparable to the AA Wraith with the exception of its hull design and a few other design features.

Design
The Ghoul has a unique vertical boost feature that enables it to "jump" to about a 150 feet, fire its weapons and return to a normal hovering altitude before enemy forces can return fire. In addition to its Fuel Rod guns it also carries two small Plasma turrets for anti-infantry usage. But this heavy weaponry comes at a cost. the Ghoul is slow and unwieldy and without a horizontal boost its is vulnerable in the open. Therefore Covenant commanders prefer to tuck their Ghouls behind low hills, rather than exposed in the open.

Variants
The Ghoul's jump feature has lead Covenant engineers to modify it for use as a mobile watchtower, resulting in the creation of the Type-85 Ghoul Sentinel, a variant which lacks the Fuel Rod weaponry of its sister, but fitted with a more powerful vertical boost and a small horizontal boost.

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UNSC Remarks
"It's unnatural to see something that big hopping around spewing radioactive s***"