Editing Design pattern

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'''Design patterns''', commonly known simply as '''patterns''', are templates used by the [[Covenant]] and its [[Covenant remnants|remnants]] to make and classify the numerous different types of their technology. Design patterns comprise instructions fed to [[Nanotechnology|nanomachines]] that construct Covenant machinery. Many patterns are based on the analysis and replication of [[Forerunner]] technology; however, improving or substantially altering the work of the "gods" was heavily restricted by the [[Prophet]]s.<ref>''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', Glossary</ref>

==Equipment patterns==
===[[Covenant supply case|Supply case]]===
*Almar-pattern repository

===[[Plasma battery]]===
*Vantus-Pattern Eolipile

==Sangheili harness patterns==
===Combat harness===
The [[Sangheili]] [[Combat harness]]' helmet pattern was virtually unchanged for eleven hundred [[cycle]]s.<ref name="H3 armory">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''armor description''</ref>

===Commando harness===
The Sangheili [[Commando harness]]' helmet pattern for the Commando Unit formed in [[2552]] was based on a pre-contact ground forces pattern with upgrades that include hardened communications gear and uplink capabilities.{{Ref/Reuse|H3 armory}}

==Infantry weapon patterns==
===Beam Rifle===
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], after [[Human]] snipers showed that pinpoint firepower could throw entire armies into disarray, [[Type-50 particle beam rifle|Particle Beam Rifle]] patterns were quickly selected. Despite this, the Covenant do not distinguish the various Particle Beam Rifle patterns from one another, and simply group them together based on core components and intended use.<ref name="beam">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/beam-rifle '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Beam Rifle'']</ref>

===Needler===
[[Needler]] pre-Covenant design patterns use [[Subanese crystal]] in interesting but poorly understood ways. [[Sangheili]] artisan-armorers were researching to unlock the crystal's secrets after the fall of High Charity.<ref name="needler">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/needler '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Needler'']</ref>

===Plasma Rifle===
The most recognizable pattern of the [[Type-25 Plasma Rifle]] is believed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to date back at least 500 years with only minor modifications over time.<ref name="PlasmaRifle">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/plasma-rifle '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Plasma Rifle'']</ref> 

The [[Type-25 Brute plasma rifle|Brute Plasma Rifle]] was made when the artisan-engineers in the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s employment were allowed to modify the Plasma Rifle's sacred design pattern to suit the nature of the [[Jiralhanae]].{{Ref/Reuse|PlasmaRifle}}

===Plasma Pistol===
The design pattern of the Plasma Pistol was reverse engineered from a Forerunner tool of indeterminate function, which was standardized and blessed for full-scale replication.<ref name="PlasmaPistol">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/plasma-pistol '''Halo Waypoint''': Plasma Pistol'']</ref>

There are several patterns of Plasma Pistols, most of which are grouped under the [[Type-25 Plasma Pistol]] label, and with the loss of [[High Charity]], Plasma Pistols started to appear with numerous cases and variants.{{Ref/Reuse|PlasmaPistol}}

===Shade turrets===
[[Shade]] turrets for thousands of years, were simply provisioned to fleets, often of almost unrecognizable chassis shape and armament compared to contemporary patterns.<ref name="shade">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/shade '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Shade Turret'']</ref>

==Vehicles patterns==
===Banshee===
*[[Type-54 Banshee|Hesduros-pattern Banshee]]

===Insertion Pods===
*[[Covenant drop pod|''Suspa Al''-pattern insertion pod]]
===[[Scarab]]===
*[[Deutoros-pattern Scarab|''Deutoros''-pattern Scarab]]
*[[Protos-pattern Scarab|''Protos''-pattern Scarab]]

===[[Seraph]]===
*[[Kai-pattern Seraph|''Kai''-pattern Seraph]]
*[[Morsam-pattern Seraph|''Morsam''-pattern Seraph]]

===Spirit===
*[[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|''Dextro Xur''-pattern Spirit]]

===Tarasque===
Following the Covenant's end, the [[Keljiric-pattern Tarasque|Tarasque]] became less ubiquitous, but the success of its design pattern cast a long shadow over its successors and cousins, such as the [[Phantom]] dropship.<ref name="CF100">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/sweet-centennial '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder #100: Sweet Centennial'']</ref>

==Vehicle weapon patterns==
===[[Fuel rod cannon]]===
*''Novox''-pattern - Used on the Kai-pattern Seraphs.

===[[Heavy plasma cannon]]===
*''Murien''-pattern - Used on the ''Dextro Xur''-pattern Spirit.
*''Tevaas Mu''-pattern - Used on the ''Kai''-pattern Seraph.

==Ship patterns==

===[[Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner|blockade runner]]===
*''Hekar Taa''-pattern

===[[CAS-class assault carrier]]===
*''Kerel''-pattern
*''Syfon''-pattern

===[[CCS-class battlecruiser]]===
*''Elefen''-pattern<ref>[[Stephen Loftus]] on the [[Talk:Autumn-class heavy cruiser|''Autumn'' class' talk page]]</ref>
*''Ket''-pattern

===[[CPV-class heavy destroyer]]===
*''Sinaris''-pattern

==={{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}===
*''Zanar''-pattern

===[[DAS-class storm cutter]]===
*''Mutan Et''-pattern

===[[DSC-class support ship]]===
*''Mjern''-pattern

===[[ORS-class heavy cruiser]]===
*''Varric''-pattern

==Ship specification patterns==
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'''Repulsor engine'' (Maneuver Drive)'''''
*''Callipoas''-pattern - Used on the SDV-class heavy corvette.
*''Gablien''-pattern - Used on the ''Ket''-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.
*''Raphyus''-pattern - Used on the ''Kerel''-pattern CAS-class assault carrier.

'''Borer ''(Translight Engine)'''''
*''Ophon''-pattern  - Used on the ''Ket''-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.
*''Primus''-pattern - Used on the ''Kerel''-pattern CAS-class assault carrier.
*''Tyros''-pattern - Used on the SDV-class heavy corvette.

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'''Dispersal field generators ''(Shielding)'''''
*''Corvex''-pattern - Used on the ''Ket''-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.
*''Morelia''-pattern - Used on the SDV-class heavy corvette.
*''Tantalus''-pattern - Used on the ''Kerel''-pattern CAS-class assault carrier.

'''Stealth generator'''
*''Ushab''-pattern - Used on the SDV-class heavy corvette.
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==Ship armament patterns==
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'''[[Energy projector|Excavation beams]]'''
*''Profero''-pattern - Used on the ''Ket''-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.
*''Phar''-pattern - Used on the ''Varric''-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser.
*''Pherex''-pattern - Used on the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner.

'''Superheavy excavation beams'''
*''Infernus''-pattern - Used on the ''Sinaris''-pattern CPV-class heavy destroyer and the ''Kerel''-pattern CAS-class assault carrier.

'''[[Plasma lance]]s'''
*''Ignis''-pattern - Used on the ''Ket''-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.

'''Light plasma lances'''
*''Emri Ka''-pattern - Used on the ''Mutan Et''-pattern DAS-class storm cutter.

'''Heavy plasma lances'''
*''Ventrax''-pattern - Used on the ''Varric''-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser.

'''Superheavy plasma lances'''
*''Urpeon''-pattern - Used on the ''Kerel''-pattern CAS-class assault carrier

'''Plasma beam emitters'''
*''Aljordan''-pattern - Used on the ''Sinaris''-pattern CPV-class heavy destroyer.
*''Corven''-pattern - Used on the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner.
*''Enteros''-pattern - Used on the ''Mutan Et''-pattern DAS-class storm cutter.
*''Erex''-pattern - Used on the ''Zanar''-pattern CRS-class light cruiser.
*''Felo''-pattern - Used on the ''Varric''-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser.

'''Heavy plasma beam emitters'''
*''Luxor''-pattern - Used on the ''Kerel''-pattern CAS-class assault carrier.

'''[[Plasma cannon (starship)|Plasma cannons]]'''
*''Gaff Naran''-pattern - Used on the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner.
*''Sono''-pattern - Used on the ''Ket''-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.

'''Heavy plasma cannons'''
*''Melusean''-pattern - Used on the ''Sinaris''-pattern CPV-class heavy destroyer, the ''Varric''-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser, the ''Mjern''-pattern DSC-class support ship, and the SDV-class heavy corvette.

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'''[[Plasma torpedo|Plasma torpedo silos]]
*''Serpens''-pattern - Used on the ''Ket''-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.
*''Sintra''-pattern - Used on the ''Zanar''-pattern CRS-class light cruiser.
*''Jaet''-pattern - Used on the ''Sinaris''-pattern CPV-class heavy destroyer and the ''Mjern''-pattern DSC-class support ship.
*''Litrex''-pattern - Used on the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner.
*''Qur''-pattern  - Used on the ''Varric''-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser.

'''Heavy plasma torpedo silos'''
*''Mictix''-pattern - Used on the ''Kerel''-pattern CAS-class assault carrier.

'''[[Pulse laser turret|Pulse laser]]s'''
*''Eriu''-pattern - Used on the ''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner.
*''Ferriel''-pattern - Used on the ''Kerel''-pattern CAS-class assault carrier.
*''Gon''-pattern - Used on the ''Sinaris''-pattern CPV-class heavy destroyer, and the Ket-pattern CCS-class battlecruisers.
*''Pallio''-pattern - Used on the ''Mjern''-pattern DSC-class support ship.
*''Phot''-pattern - Used on the SDV-class heavy corvette.
*''Phot Et''-pattern - Used on the ''Varric''-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser and the ''Mutan Et''-pattern DAS-class storm cutter.
*''Pok''-pattern - Used on the CRS-class light cruiser.

'''[[Beam laser]]s'''
*''Pok''-pattern - Used on the ''Zanar''-pattern CRS-class light cruiser.

'''[[Plasma bombardment mortar]]s'''
*''Carnax Et''-pattern - Used on the ''Sinaris''-pattern CPV-class heavy destroyer.
*''Carnax Nu''-pattern - Used on the SDV-class heavy corvette.
*''Fet''-pattern - Used on the ''Varric''-pattern ORS-class heavy cruiser.
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==Sources==
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==See also==
*[[Type classification system]]
*[[Z classification system]]

[[Category:Covenant technology]]