Unidentified energy sword pattern
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Superheated, shaped plasma[1] |
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100 battery units[1] |
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This unidentified energy sword pattern (UNSC Type classification: Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword, T-1 EW/S),[5] more commonly known as the energy sword, is a Covenant melee weapon manufactured by the Merchants of Qikost.[1]
Overview
Design details
- Main article: Energy sword (fiction)
This unidentified energy sword is one of the many energy sword variants manufactured by the Covenant. It is characterized by a widened gap between the two blades above its hilt.[1][3] The exact mechanism by which the energy sword functions was still under investigation by United Nations Space Command in 2552.[5]
Usage
Within the Covenant, this energy sword is a weapon typically carried by high-ranking Sangheili, like Sangheili Ultras, Sangheili Generals and Sangheili Zealots.[3] Bloodblade of this variant were employed by the Silent Shadow.[6][7]
Variants
- Bloodblade - As with many other patterns of energy swords, this energy sword pattern can be customized as a bloodblade, with red-colored plasma.[6][7]
Two members of the Silent Shadow wielding bloodblades.
Gameplay
- Main article: Energy sword
This energy sword pattern is featured in Halo: Reach. The energy sword is a powerful melee weapon in close-quarters combat, capable of killing most foes with a single strike. It is a power weapon that appears on some multiplayer maps.
Gallery
Screenshots
Concept art of a Sangheili fighting with the energy sword in Halo: Reach.
The HUD icon for the energy sword in Halo: Reach.
First-person view of the energy sword in the Halo: Reach Beta.
First-person view of the energy sword in the final build of Halo: Reach.
Reference chart for the energy sword hilt in Halo: Reach.
Reference chart of the energy sword in Halo: Reach.
A Zealot wielding an energy sword in Halo: Reach.
A Zealot charges with an energy sword in Halo: Reach.
A Spartan-III wielding an energy sword in Halo: Reach.
Assassination between two Sangheili using the energy sword in multiplayer.
A Zealot wielding an energy sword in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
Artwork
Thel 'Vadam fighting with the energy sword in Halo: Escalation.
Thel 'Vadamee wielding the energy sword in Halo 2: Anniversary terminals.
Usze 'Taham fighting with the energy sword during Operation: FAR STORM in Halo Mythos.
Silent Shadow members using the the energy sword in Hunting Party.
A Sangheili Minor fighting with the energy sword in Halo: Collateral Damage.
Avu Med 'Telcam with the energy sword in Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition).
List of appearances
- Deliver Hope (First appearance)
- Halo: Reach
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Halo: Escalation
- Halo 2: Anniversary
- Halo: Tales from Slipspace
- Halo: Collateral Damage
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 63
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 349
- ^ a b c Halo: Reach, Gameplay
- ^ Halo Mythos
- ^ a b Bungie.net, Halo: Reach Ordnance Page (Retrieved on Feb 7, 2021) [archive]
- ^ a b Halo: Evolutions - Headhunters (story): motion comic
- ^ a b Halo: Tales from Slipspace: Hunting Party
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