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|manufacturer=Covenant | |name=Energy stave | ||
| | |manufacturer=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | ||
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|type=Melee weapon | |type=Melee weapon | ||
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| | |size=Length: 527 centimeters (17.3 feet) | ||
| | |damage per hit=Unknown | ||
| | |magazine=None | ||
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|operation=Close quarters combat | |||
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|era=[[Human-Covenant War]] | |||
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|affiliation=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | |||
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The '''energy stave''' | The '''energy stave''' is a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[melee]] weapon, typically 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>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref><ref name="wars">'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Escape]]''</ref> | ||
==Types== | ==Types== | ||
===Ceremonial stave=== | ===Ceremonial stave=== | ||
Ceremonial energy staves feature an elaborate, forked tip with ornate panels similar in color to the glowing armor panels of their wielders. They are used exclusively by the [[Honor Guard of the Covenant|Honor Guard]] [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] and [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae]] and [[Honor Guard Ultra|Lights of Sanghelios]].<ref name="grave">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> | |||
The energy 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 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"/> | ||
===Non-ceremonial stave=== | ===Non-ceremonial stave=== | ||
This version of the energy stave is more ascetic in design than the | This version of the energy stave is more ascetic in design than the ceremonial stave. Metallic gray in overall coloration, it incorporates a twin-bladed tip with blue paneling. Unlike the ceremonial staves only used by Honor Guards, these weapons can also be wielded by regular Sangheili, including [[Sangheili Minor|Minors]]. During the [[Battle of the Flood-controlled Shield World]], a group of Sangheili guards assigned to protect [[The Apex|the Apex site]] on the [[Flood-controlled Shield World|Shield World]] were equipped with energy staves.<ref name="wars"/> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery widths="150"> | ||
File:HonorGuard02.jpg|A Sangheili Honor Guardsman holding an energy stave. | |||
File:HonorGuard02.jpg|A Sangheili Honor Guardsman holding an energy stave | 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 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
{{Appearances|Halo: Graphic Novel|Halo Wars|Halo: First Strike|Halo 2|Halo: Uprising|Halo 3|Halo 3: ODST|Halo Legends}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Melee Weapons}} | {{Melee Weapons}} | ||
{{Covenant | {{Covenant Weapons}} | ||
[[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]] | [[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]] | ||
[[Category:Melee Weapons]] | |||
