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{{Era|FS|H2}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{seealso|Honor Guard}}
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{{Rename|Energy Stave|Halo:Contact Harvest mentioned honor guard elites carrying a forked "energy stave" which is most likeley this.}}
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*length: 427.5 centimeters (14 feet)
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[[Image:HonorGuard02.jpg|right|thumb|82px|[[Honor Guard Elite]] holding a pike.]]
The '''Honor Guard Pike''' is a [[Covenant]] [[weapon]].


It is a [[melee]] weapon used exclusively by the [[Honor Guard]]s. They look like a normal, metal staff, but have a series of glowing orange panels near the top.
The '''energy stave''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=ch|HCH|Chapter=Epilogue}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=95}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=307}} also known as the '''energy pike''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=tcp|TCP|Chapter=69}} is a [[Covenant]] [[melee]] weapon, consisting of a long metal staff and a bladed tip with a series of glowing panels. Different variants of the energy stave are used for both practical and ceremonial purposes.{{Ref/Level|H2|Sacred Icon}}{{Ref/Level|Id=wars|HW|Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape}}


These weapons are long staves with a spear-like end that is similar in color to the "fins" of their wielders. Not much is known about these exotic weapons, except that they have a length of 427.5 centimeters, or about 14 feet. They do not seem to have much of a combat purpose but more a ceremonial one, as the Honor Guard use [[Plasma Rifles]] and [[Energy Swords]] in real combat. However they were used by Brutes to subdue/knock out any Grunts and Jackals that came too close to the Council Chamber during one of the [[High Prophet of Truth]]'s sermon regarding the discovery of the [[Sacred Icon]]. This weapon is never used in Gameplay by other characters.
Despite their appearance generally lacking the distinct [[plasma]] blades of [[Energy sword (fiction)|energy swords]] and their cousins, energy staves (as their name implies) are fully-powered weapons and emit a great heat when activated,{{Ref/Novel|HOblv|Chapter=5}} alongside a crackling sound of sparks emitting.{{Ref/Reuse|ch}} At least one variant of the energy stave does employ an energy mechanism containing blue plasma.{{Ref/Reuse|tcp}}
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==Types==
===Ceremonial stave===
The ceremonial energy stave features an elaborate, forked tip with ornate panels similar in color to the armor worn by the [[Covenant Honor Guard]], serving as a symbol of office.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} They were originally used by the Honor Guard's [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] personnel, including the [[Lights of Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Reuse|ch}} Following the [[Changing of the Guard]] use of the stave fell to their [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae successors]].{{Ref/Level|Id=grave|H2|Gravemind (level)|Gravemind}} Following the end of the Human-Covenant War [[Sangheili Zealot]]s in [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] irregularly used the ceremonial stave for guarding prisoners.{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=22}}


They can be seen in the hands of the [[Brute Honor Guard]] during the opening cinematic of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' level ''[[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]]'', but are tossed aside, as the Brutes prefer their own weapons.
The energy stave's function is largely ceremonial. The Honor Guard Sangheili mostly used {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}}s, [[Energy sword (fiction)|energy sword]]s, and {{Pattern|Vostu|carbine}}s in combat. However, they were used by [[Jiralhanae]] to subdue any [[Unggoy]] and [[Kig-Yar]] who came too close to the [[High Council Chamber]] during one of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]'s sermons regarding the discovery of [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 05]]'s [[Activation Index|"Sacred Icon"]].{{Ref/Reuse|grave}}


===Non-ceremonial stave===
This version of the energy stave is more ascetic in design than the one used by the Honor Guard. Metallic gray in color, it incorporates a twin-bladed tip with blue paneling. Unlike the ceremonial staves used by the Honor Guard, these weapons can also be wielded by regular Sangheili, including [[Stealth Sangheili]]. During the [[Battle of Trove]], a group of Sangheili guards assigned to protect the [[Apex Site]] on the [[Trove|shield world]] were equipped with energy staves.{{Ref/Reuse|wars}} The Honor Guardsmen escorting the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s on the shield world wielded combat energy staves in addition to wearing non-ceremonial armor.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}


[[Category:The Covenant]]
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H2 HonorGuardPike.png|The pike in ''Halo 2''.
File:HonorGuard02.jpg|A Sangheili Honor Guardsman holding an energy stave in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:HW6.png|A group of Stealth Sangheili using energy staves in ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
File:HE22 Break-in.jpg|Two Hesduros Zealots with energy staves being killed by [[Ayit 'Sevi]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
File:H2A-HighCouncilSession.jpg|Sangheili Honor Guardman with energy staves in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
</gallery>


[[Category:Weapons]]
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[The Babysitter]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''
**''[[Contact]]''
**''[[Reckoning]]''


[[Category:Covenant Weapons]]
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
{{Melee Weapons}}
{{Covenant sidearms}}
[[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]]
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