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| |image= [[File:H2-EnergyStave.png|300px]] | | |image=[[File:H2_honorguard_pike.jpg|300px]] |
| |manufacturer=Covenant | | |name=Energy stave |
| |series= | | |manufacturer=[[Covenant]] |
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| |type=Melee weapon | | |type=Melee weapon |
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| |variant= | | |size=Length: 527 centimeters (17.3 feet) |
| |service=[[Human-Covenant War]] <br> [[Great Schism]]<br>[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | | |damage per hit=Unknown |
| |affiliation=[[Covenant]] | | |magazine=None |
| *[[Honor Guard]]
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| | |operation=Close quarters combat |
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| | |era=[[Human-Covenant War]] |
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| | |affiliation=[[Covenant]] |
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| 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}} | | The '''energy stave''' is a [[Covenant]] ceremonial [[melee]] [[weapon]]. It is used exclusively by the [[Honor Guard]] [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] and [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae]] and [[Light of Sanghelios]]. It is a long metal staff, and has a forked tip with a series of glowing panels.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref><ref name="grave">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> While regular Honor Guardsmen use more elaborate staves featuring ornate panels similar in color to the glowing armor panels of their wielders, [[Sangheili Minor]]s assigned to guard duties have been known to wield more ascetic versions of these weapons with more simplistic, blue-glowing panels.<ref name="wars">'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Escape]]''</ref> |
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| 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==
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| ===Ceremonial stave===
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| 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}}
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| 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}}
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| ===Non-ceremonial stave===
| | The energy stave mostly serves a ceremonial purpose as opposed to a combat one; the stave has been used as an actual offensive weapon in rare cases only. The Honor Guard Sangheili mostly use [[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle|Plasma Rifles]], [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|Energy Swords]], and [[Type-51 Carbine|Covenant Carbines]] in real combat. However, they were used by [[Jiralhanae]] to subdue any [[Unggoy]] and [[Kig-yar]] that came too close to the [[Council Chamber]] during one of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]'s sermons regarding the discovery of the [[Activation Index|"Sacred Icon"]].<ref name="grave"/> |
| 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}}
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery widths="150"> |
| File:H2 HonorGuardPike.png|The pike in ''Halo 2''.
| | File:HonorGuard02.jpg|A [[Sangheili Honor Guard]] holding an energy stave. |
| File:HonorGuard02.jpg|A Sangheili Honor Guardsman holding an energy stave in ''[[Halo 2]]''. | | File:HW6.png|A group of Sangheili using energy staves in combat during the [[Battle of the Flood-controlled Shield World]]. |
| 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]]''.
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| File:H2A-HighCouncilSession.jpg|Sangheili Honor Guardman with energy staves in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars]]''
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[The Babysitter]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| **''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''
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| **''[[Contact]]''
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| **''[[Reckoning]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}} | | <references/> |
| | | {{Appearances|Halo: Graphic Novel|Halo Wars|Halo: First Strike|Halo 2|Halo: Uprising|Halo 3|Halo 3: ODST|Halo Legends}} |
| {{Melee Weapons}} | | {{Melee Weapons}} |
| {{Covenant sidearms}} | | {{Covenant Weapons}} |
| [[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]] | | [[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]] |
| | [[Category:Melee Weapons]] |
