Editing Covenant comm node

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[[File:Communications Array.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A communication node used during the Battle of Installation 00.]]
'''Spikes of Obesience''', also known as '''Covenant comm relays'''<ref name="Spartan Games">[http://www.spartangames.co.uk/make-your-halo-table-look-awesome '''Spartan Games''': ''Make your Halo table look awesome!'']</ref> or '''comm nodes''',<ref name="Forge">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Forge]]''</ref> are mobile communication devices used by the [[Covenant]] on the battlefield. The first link in the Covenant's control began with the placement of these Spikes in areas they intended to dominate.<ref name="Spartan Games"/>

==Description==
The Spikes of Obesience were used by the hegemony as a means to connect to their [[Covenant battle network|battle network]] and functioned as a combination of proselytism, network up-links, communication hubs, and sensor relay nodes.<ref name="Spartan Games"/> The comm nodes are tall devices, consisting of a stalk protruding from a central structure, supported by a trio of "legs". They are primarily magenta, black, and silver in color.<ref name="TotS">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref>

==History==
Comm relays were used extensively during the Covenant's vicious [[Fall of Reach|assault]] on the planet [[Reach]],<ref name="TotS"/> as well as during the [[Battle of Earth]]<ref>'''Halo 3''' campaign level, ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> the [[Battle of Installation 05]],<ref name="Uprising">'''[[Halo 2]]''' campaign level, ''[[Uprising]]''</ref> and the [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref>'''Halo 3''' campaign level, ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The comm will remain active if one of its legs has been broken off, and it can still be picked up in [[Forge]]. To fully destroy it, one must break the tower off the base.<ref name="Forge"/>
*On the main body of the node, something resembling the [[List of Marathon references in the Halo series|Marathon]] symbol can clearly be seen.<ref name="TotS"/>

[[File:My Great Capture Screenshot 2019-02-08 21-27-22.png|thumb|A side view of the Halo 2: Anniversary communication node.]]
==Gallery==
<gallery>
[[File:My Great Capture Screenshot 2019-02-08 21-27-12.png|thumb|A front view of the Halo 2: Anniversary communication node.]]
File:Halo 2node.png|A comm node in ''[[Halo 2]]''
File:H3 Communications Module.jpeg|A comm node in ''[[Halo 3]]''
File:HReach Communications Module.jpg|A comm node in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]''

==Sources==
<references/>

[[Category:Covenant technology]]
[[Category:Communications technology]]
[[Category:Scenery]]
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-{{Status|Canon}}
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-[[File:HR Tempest Comm Node.png|300px|thumb|A Spike of Obeisance on [[Tempest]].]]
+[[File:Communications Array.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A communication node used during the Battle of Installation 00.]]
-'''Covenant comm nodes''',{{Ref/Mode|Id=Forge|H3|Forge/Halo 3|Forge}} also known as '''Covenant comm relays'''{{Ref/Site|Id=Spartan Games|URL=http://www.spartangames.co.uk/make-your-halo-table-look-awesome|Site=Spartan Games|Page=Make your Halo table look awesome!|D=21|M=11|Y=2016}} or '''''Spikes of Obeisance''''',{{Ref/Reuse|Spartan Games}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Announcement|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/into-the-storm|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Community Update - Into the Storm|D=19|M=10|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Note|Id=hld|Text=The name "Spikes of Obeisance" was attributed to the 'Covenant comm relay' modeled after its identical appearances in [[Halo 3]] and [[Halo: Reach]]. Whether or not this title applies to other depictions (such as those featured in [[Halo: CE]], [[Halo 2]], Halo: Reach, and [[Halo 4]]) is unspecified.}} are mobile communication devices employed by the [[Covenant]] for strategic ground command and control.{{Ref/Reuse|Spartan Games}}
+'''Spikes of Obesience''', also known as '''Covenant comm relays'''<ref name="Spartan Games">[http://www.spartangames.co.uk/make-your-halo-table-look-awesome '''Spartan Games''': ''Make your Halo table look awesome!'']</ref> or '''comm nodes''',<ref name="Forge">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Forge]]''</ref> are mobile communication devices used by the [[Covenant]] on the battlefield. The first link in the Covenant's control began with the placement of these Spikes in areas they intended to dominate.<ref name="Spartan Games"/>
-==Overview==
+==Description==
-===Design details===
+The Spikes of Obesience were used by the hegemony as a means to connect to their [[Covenant battle network|battle network]] and functioned as a combination of proselytism, network up-links, communication hubs, and sensor relay nodes.<ref name="Spartan Games"/> The comm nodes are tall devices, consisting of a stalk protruding from a central structure, supported by a trio of "legs". They are primarily magenta, black, and silver in color.<ref name="TotS">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref>
-The comm nodes come in several different variants, with the most common Spikes of Obeisance{{Ref/Reuse|Spartan Games}} depicted as tall devices, consisting of a stalk protruding from a round central structure, supported by a trio of 'legs'. They are primarily magenta, black, and silver in color.{{Ref/Level|Id=TotS|HR|Tip of the Spear}} Some comm nodes feature a tall antenna, but with a single large base structure,{{Ref/Game|H2|Covenant comm node in-game model}} while others are similar in appearance to the [[Covenant supply case]], bearing three equilateral antennas and a keyboard extending from within the base.{{Ref/Game|Id=HCE|HCE|Covenant comm node in-game model}}
-===Usage===
+==History==
-Comm nodes are primarily deployed on ground in areas requiring tactical communication between separate Covenant operators. They were used by the Covenant as a means to interlink their [[proselytization network|battle network]] and functioned as a combination of proselytism, network up-links, communication hubs, and sensor relay nodes.{{Ref/Reuse|Spartan Games}}{{Ref/Reuse|Announcement}}
+Comm relays were used extensively during the Covenant's vicious [[Fall of Reach|assault]] on the planet [[Reach]],<ref name="TotS"/> as well as during the [[Battle of Earth]]<ref>'''Halo 3''' campaign level, ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> the [[Battle of Installation 05]],<ref name="Uprising">'''[[Halo 2]]''' campaign level, ''[[Uprising]]''</ref> and the [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref>'''Halo 3''' campaign level, ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref>
-==Operational history==
-Covenant comm relays were used extensively during the Covenant's vicious [[Fall of Reach|assault]] on the planet [[Reach]],{{Ref/Reuse|TotS}} and the follow-up [[Battle of Installation 04]]{{Ref/Reuse|HCE}} as well as during the [[Battle for Earth]]{{Ref/Level|H3|Sierra 117}} the [[Battle of Installation 05]],{{Ref/Level|H2|Uprising}} and the [[Battle of Installation 00]].{{Ref/Level|H3|The Covenant (level)|The Covenant}}
 ==Trivia==
-*The comm will remain active if one of its legs has been broken off, and can still be picked up in [[Forge]]. To completely destroy it, one must break the tower from the base.{{Ref/Reuse|Forge}}
+*The comm will remain active if one of its legs has been broken off, and it can still be picked up in [[Forge]]. To fully destroy it, one must break the tower off the base.<ref name="Forge"/>
-*On the main body of the node, something resembling the [[List of Marathon references in the Halo series|Marathon]] symbol can clearly be seen.{{Ref/Reuse|TotS}}
+*On the main body of the node, something resembling the [[List of Marathon references in the Halo series|Marathon]] symbol can clearly be seen.<ref name="TotS"/>
+[[File:My Great Capture Screenshot 2019-02-08 21-27-22.png|thumb|A side view of the Halo 2: Anniversary communication node.]]
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-File:HCE CovenantCommNode.jpg|The ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' comm node.
+[[File:My Great Capture Screenshot 2019-02-08 21-27-12.png|thumb|A front view of the Halo 2: Anniversary communication node.]]
-File:HCE CovenantCommNode Closeup.jpg|A closeup of the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' comm node, bearing more resemblance to the Covenant supply case.
+File:Halo 2node.png|A comm node in ''[[Halo 2]]''
-File:HCE-CovenantComNode.png|Cutout of the ''Combat Evolved'' comm node.
+File:H3 Communications Module.jpeg|A comm node in ''[[Halo 3]]''
-File:HCEA SilentCartographer CommNode.jpg|The Covenant comm node as depicted in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''.
-File:HCEA Comm Node Keyboard.jpg|Closeup view of the comm node control pads.
-File:H2 Communications Module.png|A comm node in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
-File:H3 Communications Module.jpeg|A comm node in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
-File:H3 CovenantCommNode.jpg|A comm node next to a [[Covenant supply case]] on [[Installation 00]].
 File:HReach Communications Module.jpg|A comm node in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
-File:HR TipOfTheSpear Comm Node.png|A Comm Node on the mission [[Tip of the Spear]].
-File:HR CovenantCommAntenna Concept.jpg|Concept art of a Covenant communication antenna in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
-File:HR-CovenantComNode.png|A communications antenna in ''Reach''.
-File:H4-Concept-Covenant-Uplink.jpg|Concept art of a comm node in ''Halo 4''.
-File:H2A_CovenantCommNode.png|The ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' comm node on [[High Charity]].
-File:H2A_CovenantCommNode_Side.png|A comm node beside several Covenant supply cases.
 </gallery>
 ==List of appearances==
-*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]] {{1st}}
+*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
-*''[[Halo 2]]''
 *''[[Halo 3]]''
 *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
-*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
 *''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
-*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
 *''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
 *''[[Halo: Ground Command]]''
-*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' {{Mo}}
-==Notes==
-{{Ref/Notes}}
 ==Sources==
-{{Ref/Sources}}
+<references/>
 [[Category:Covenant technology]]
 [[Category:Communications technology]]
+[[Category:Scenery]]