Banshee
Banshee noun - (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death.
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Phantom
Phantom noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.
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Covenant vehicles are known only by their UNSC designations, which are ethereal or supernatural beings — Ghost scout vehicles, Wraith tanks, Phantom and Spirit dropships, Banshee fliers, Seraph starfighters, Shadow troop transports, Vampire support fighters, Goblin Mini-Mecha, etc.
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Manny proceeds to ask Velasco what's under it, since it can't be an eye.Velasco: Oh, well, when I was alive I had an eyepatch like this... this one's just for the phantom pain... and that one eye socket used to scream like a banshee when the trade winds blew, so I plugged her.
Source: Video Game / Grim Fandango - The game introduces the Banshee, Phantom, and Brute, elite Reaper units capable of soaking tons of damage and dishing out just as much.
Source: One Hit Kill / Video Games
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