Do we know if they are able to operate in space or not? I’m just curious…
The answer might be yes actually. They are full of gas and use it as ballast to float around in atmosphere, but if they can lower their internal pressure enough to just about keep themselves inflated in a vacuum, they should be ok. Same principle as Bigelowe Aerospace inflatable space stations (for real).
They move around by farting though, which requires an atmosphere from which to replenish gasses, so they wouldnt be able to really go anywhere, but might be able to survive in vacuum.
There was a scene in this during “contact harvest” and “Lighter than some” had to breathe a certain way to stay alive which was killing him in the process.
> There was a scene in this during “contact harvest” and “Lighter than some” had to breathe a certain way to stay alive which was killing him in the process.
Was that the time he had to save his Unggoy friend?
Do Huragot have any shielding? I would think they may need that to prevent getting hurt in space.
Yes and no they don’t.
Seeing as Huragok are basically machines and not living beings, I could imagine they’d be able to survive in space, at least to a limited degree.
Alright, I figured they were bio-mechanical and may be damaged in space without any form of shielding, but I honestly don’t know much beyond from what’s in the books.
I was curious because if the UNSC were to start employing them for repair’s and Forerunner-Human tech integration they may have to enter space in some instances (mostly for repairs I would bet).
Thanks for replying.
One last thing, was it in the book First Strike where the Chief accidentally kills an ODST in a fist fight? I’m wanting to re-read my books but I want to start with that one.
> Alright, I figured they were bio-mechanical and may be damaged in space without any form of shielding, but I honestly don’t know much beyond from what’s in the books.
>
> I was curious because if the UNSC were to start employing them for repair’s and Forerunner-Human tech integration they may have to enter space in some instances (mostly for repairs I would bet).
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
> One last thing, was it in the book First Strike where the Chief accidentally kills an ODST in a fist fight? I’m wanting to re-read my books but I want to start with that one.
Think the scene you are refering too is from Fall of Reach. You can also see it in the comic bootcamp:D
I’ll post the scene from contact harvest when i get off work.
Best I understand it, yes, they can survive in vacuum, but their method of movement I’m not sure of. In vacuum (or just lack of air) they can breathe their own internal gas, but it hurts them.
> Seeing as Huragok are basically machines and not living beings, I could imagine they’d be able to survive in space, at least to a limited degree.
But they’re basically alive and need to breath, no? In Contact Harvest, Lighter Than Some needed to use anaerobic respiration to help Dadab live.
> The gas sacs on its back were almost completely deflated. And the
> multichambered organ that dangled from the bottom of its spine looked unusually long and
> shriveled—stretched out like a deflated balloon.
> Lighter Than Some’s cilia-covered tentacles barely moved as it suggested: < Try. >
> Dadab tugged his mask away from his face with a wet pop. He took a cautious breath. The
> pod was full of cold, viscous methane that clung to the back of his throat—slunk down his
> larynx into his lungs. < Good. > Dadab signed, fighting the urge to cough. He clipped his mask
> to his shoulder harness so it wouldn’t float away in the pod’s zero gravity—but also to keep it
> handy in case he needed a supplementary drag from his tank.
> Lighter Than Some quivered, a gesture that was equal parts relief and exhaustion. As much
> as it had tinkered, the Huragok had been unable to coax the pod’s life-support system into
> generating the methane Dadab needed to survive…
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> Their stomachs passed the nastiest stuff—what other species would consider garbage
> or worse—to the anaerobic sacs that dangled from the bottom of their spinal column. These
> sacs were filled with bacteria that converted organic material to energy, giving off methane and
> trace amounts of hydrogen sulfide.
> Usually Huragok only resorted to anaerobic digestion as a last resort. Methane was a heavy
> gas relative to the helium that filled a good number of its dorsal sacs, and even minor weight
> shifts could cause dangerous changes in buoyancy. Plus, from a comfort point of view, Huragok
> just didn’t like the feeling of a bacteria-filled bag dangling between their lower tentacle pair. It
> stressed the limbs and decreased their mobility, making it much more difficult to talk.
> Unfortunately, the amount of methane Dadab required far exceeded what any Huragok
> could safely produce. Lighter Than Some had to suck down tremendous amounts of food to
> keep the bacterial process going, which made it very heavy. And to create sufficiently large
> batches, it had to force its anaerobic sac to swell, thinning out its walls. In short, keeping Dadab
> alive was a debilitating, painful process that would have been completely impossible in
> anything but a zero-gee environment…
That was from contact Harvest, ii know there is a scene in First Strike in which the spartans note the Engineers were in their own ships to repair others. so we know they can’t actually live in space. This was further mentioned in contact harvest with the drones doing repairs on the outside of the ship (pure vacuum) while the engineers had to work inside.
> Best I understand it, yes, they can survive in vacuum, but their method of movement I’m not sure of. In vacuum (or just lack of air) they can breathe their own internal gas, but it hurts them.
It was stated that drones work on the ships from the outside while Engineers work from the inside. I’ll post that when i find it.
Thanks Deva. I remember that scene well in the book.
I remember the scene when Lighter than Some died, made me so mad, I wanted Dadab kill Tartarus.
> There was a scene in this during “contact harvest” and “Lighter than some” had to breathe a certain way to stay alive which was killing him in the process.
^ This.
> Alright, I figured they were bio-mechanical and may be damaged in space without any form of shielding, but I honestly don’t know much beyond from what’s in the books.
>
> I was curious because if the UNSC were to start employing them for repair’s and Forerunner-Human tech integration they may have to enter space in some instances (mostly for repairs I would bet).
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
> <mark>One last thing, was it in the book First Strike where the Chief accidentally kills an ODST in a fist fight? I’m wanting to re-read my books but I want to start with that one.</mark>
Actually, it’s in Fall of Reach, and actually, it’s mentioned in Helljumpers comic, and actually, it’s multiple ODSTs, like 5, that John kills.