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'''Ministries''' were a political and military subdivision of the [[Covenant]] empire. Based in the [[Tower Districts]] of [[High Charity]], these various bodies were lead by [[minister (title)|minister]]s and [[vice minister]]s.{{Ref/Book|Halo: Contact Harvest|Page=304}} Following the [[Fall of High Charity]], the Covenant ministries were overrun by the [[Flood]] invasion.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Wages of Sin}}{{Ref/Novel|HSoI}} | '''Ministries''' were a political and military subdivision of the [[Covenant]] empire. Based in the [[Tower Districts]] of [[High Charity]], these various bodies were lead by [[minister (title)|minister]]s and [[vice minister]]s.{{Ref/Book|Halo: Contact Harvest|Page=304}} Following the [[Fall of High Charity]], the Covenant ministries were overrun by the [[Flood]] invasion.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Wages of Sin}}{{Ref/Novel|HSoI}} | ||
==Function== | ==Function== | ||
In Covenant governance, the [[High Council]] tasked [[lesser council]]s with bureaucratic oversight and day-to-day governance of the empire, with lesser councils thus issuing edicts to the various subordinate ministries to enact their decrees and laws. In practice however, each ministry was effectively an independent body and acted with impunity | In Covenant governance, the [[High Council]] tasked [[lesser council]]s with bureaucratic oversight and day-to-day governance of the empire, with lesser councils thus issuing edicts to the various subordinate ministries to enact their decrees and laws. In practice however, each ministry was effectively an independent body and acted with impunity.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=236-237}} | ||
Each ministry acted as a governing body of the Covenant, directing vital religious and secular activites within the empire. The power and prestige of their groups waxed and waned as they waged bloody internal wars for bureaucratic dominance and promotion of their particular brand of orthodoxy. Ministries controlled a large number of independent martial organisations, with the empire as a whole not having one strict [[Covenant military|standing military]]. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], three ministries served as the primary military force encountered by humans.<ref name="fb7">''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', Core Rulebook - p.7</ref> | Each ministry acted as a governing body of the Covenant, directing vital religious and secular activites within the empire. The power and prestige of their groups waxed and waned as they waged bloody internal wars for bureaucratic dominance and promotion of their particular brand of orthodoxy. Ministries controlled a large number of independent martial organisations, with the empire as a whole not having one strict [[Covenant military|standing military]]. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], three ministries served as the primary military force encountered by humans.<ref name="fb7">''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', Core Rulebook - p.7</ref> |