Editing Covenant portable shield

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<center>''Did you mean the Halo 3 [[Covenant]] [[equipment]], the [[deployable cover]]?''</center>
[[File:HReach-StationaryShieldGenerator.png|thumb|250px|The Stationary Shield Generator as seen in ''Halo: Reach''.]]
A '''stationary shield generator'''<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 354''</ref> is a device used by the [[Covenant]] during offensive ground operations.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved'''</ref> These shields are larger versions of the [[Kig-yar point defense gauntlet|point defense gauntlets]] used by [[Kig-yar]] and some [[Sangheili]]. They are created by three small portable generators that are attached together and, when activated, generate an ovoid-shaped shield to provide extra protection for the Covenant troops. These are normally placed at strategic locations, like doors or building entrances, when the Covenant are guarding a small, temporary position. They can deflect all projectiles except rockets, explosions, or large amounts of [[plasma]] fire. If one fires at a shield with a projectile weapon, the shots may bounce back and do actual harm to them. This can be graphically demonstrated with a high-caliber weapon such as a [[sniper rifle]]. Only [[Plasma weaponry|plasma-based weapons]] are able to temporarily overload the shield's generator. The human counterpart for the stationary shield is the [[combat barrier]].

In ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' if one of these shields is hit by a [[vehicle]], it will be permanently disabled. In ''[[Halo 2]]'', vehicles cannot collapse them on impact.<ref>'''Halo 2'''</ref> In ''[[Halo 3]]'' it reappears, but is remade as a piece of [[Equipment]], the [[Deployable Cover]], where it can be deployed by troops.

In the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' level [[Nightfall]], a bank of stationary shield generators are set up on the far side of the bridge opposite the [[Stealth pylon|Covenant stealth pylon]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' level '''Nightfall'''</ref>
Also, in the level [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]], multiple stationary shield generators were set up on the raised platforms and in the corridors on the [[SDV-class heavy corvette|SDV-class Heavy Corvette]] ''[[Ardent Prayer]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' level '''Long Night of Solace'''</ref>

==Deployable cover==
{{Main|Deployable cover}}
The deployable cover replaced the stationary shield generator in ''Halo 3''. It is portable and curved rather than flat, and is destructible and much weaker from the other games.

==Trivia==
*The shield generated by a stationary shield generator is 2.49 meters, or 8.17 feet, high.
*The AI won't see past shield generators since it acts as a solid, opaque object to the AI.
*If a player has a [[Shotgun]], or other long barreled weapon, and they walk right up against a stationary shield, the barrel goes through the shield and one can shoot through it at opposing enemies. Similarly, it is possible to snipe enemies while never having to expose oneself and take cover again. The length of the weapon which is exposed should be disregarded, since the shot from most weapons come from the camera.
*In ''[[Halo 2]]'' on the level [[Delta Halo (level)|Delta Halo]], one can use the stationary shield generators placed at the entrance to one of the Covenant-held temple complexes to propel their vehicle away at a high speed by first disabling the shields, placing the vehicle on the generator and waiting until the device activates. This can also happen in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', though if the player is in a human vehicle, it is likely to fall out and die from fall damage.
*In ''Halo 2'', if one whacks a Grunt body into a stationary shield generator with the [[Sputnik Skull]] on, the body will hit the shield generator hard enough to disable it.
*In ''Halo 2'' if one stands on top of a deployed generator and shoots it with a [[Plasma Rifle]], the generator will overload and you will be floating on top of an invisible shield.

==Gallery==
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File:HCE-StationaryShieldGenerator.png|A stationary shield generator in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
File:Mawjunction.jpg|The Master Chief passing through one of many areas which the Covenant have set up shields.
File:HCEA StationaryShieldGenerators.jpg|A pair of stationary shield generators set up to protect a Shade on the level ''Truth and Reconcilition'' in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''.
File:H2 StationaryShieldGenerator.png|A stationary shield generator in ''Halo 2''.
File:H2_covshieldsteps_t.jpg|The three stages of a stationary shield generator, as seen in ''Halo 2''. When shot at, the shield generator overloads and temporarily deactivates. A few seconds later it reactivates, returning to the initial stage.
File:HReach-CovShieldSteps.jpg|The three stages of a stationary shield generator, as seen in ''Halo: Reach''.
File:Reach 25734113 Full.jpg|A bank of stationary shield generators in the ''Halo: Reach'' level [[Nightfall]], on the side of the bridge opposite the [[Stealth pylon|Covenant stealth pylon]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''

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