Shank

"Death flies on tarnished wings."

- Grimoire description

Shanks are small flying robotic drones used by the Fallen.

Overview
Shanks use a pair of vertical jet engines for primary mobility, typically hovering several feet off the ground. Standard Shanks are equipped with small Arc energy weapons located on their underside, but variants exist with a variety of weapons and damage types. Shanks are very fragile, and can be destroyed with only a few shots. They can be deployed from Devil Walkers.

Shanks acquire a Solar shield during Nightfall Strikes and certain Public Events, making them more difficult to dispatch. The House of Wolves also employs three variants of the Shank: the Repeater Shank, equipped to shoot faster, the Exploder shank, acting as a suicide bomber, and the Tracer Shank, acting as a sniper variant.

Variants

 * Elder Pit Shank—Heroic Difficulty
 * Elite Pit Shank
 * Exploder Shank—Shank that detonates near Guardians
 * Heavy Shank—Large, durable Shank outfitted with heavy turrets.
 * Noble Shank—Epic Difficulty (Solar Shield)
 * Noble Pit Shank
 * Pit Shank
 * Reaver Shank—Major
 * Repeater Shank—also known as a Turret Shank, it has a larger weapon and a higher rate of fire
 * Sensor Shank
 * Sniper Shank
 * Splicer Shank
 * Splicer Reaver Shank—Major
 * Fused Shank
 * Enhanced Shank
 * Perfected Shank
 * Splicer Repeater Shank
 * Splicer Turret Shank—Major
 * Splicer Tracer Shank
 * Splicer Sniper Shank—Major
 * Splicer Exploder Shank
 * Voltage Eater
 * Surveillance Shank
 * Tracer Shank—House of Wolves Shank armed with a Wire Rifle
 * Resilient Shank
 * Scavenged Shank

Known Shanks

 * S.A.B.E.R.-2
 * S.A.B.E.R.-0.6

Gallery
 File: Destiny-FallenShank.jpg File:Shank sketches 02 by alex chin yu chu.jpg|Concept art of Shank. File:Destiny E3 2013 Demo, Close up on Fallen Shanks.png|A pair of Shanks. File:Destiny E3 2013 Demo, Fallen Shank.png|A Guardian is engaged by a Shank. File:Destiny-DevilWalker-FallenShanks.jpg|Fallen Shanks being deployed from a Devil Walker. File:Fallen troops.jpg|A Shank with Fallen troops. File:Shank Red.png| File:Destiny-ExploderShank-Screen.jpg|Screenshot of an Exploder Shank. File:Destiny-RepeaterShank-Screen.jpg|Screenshot of a Repeater Shank. File:Destiny-TracerShank-Screen.jpg|Screenshot of a Tracer Shank. File:Fallen Shank.jpg|A Shank on Nessus. 

List of appearances

 * Destiny
 * Destiny 2