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The '''antigravity belt''', sometimes shortened to '''antigrav belt''',<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 1''</ref> is a [[San'Shyuum]] personal transportation device. Worn around the waist of the user, the belt | The '''antigravity belt''', sometimes shortened to '''antigrav belt''',<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 1''</ref> is a [[San'Shyuum]] personal transportation device typically used when a San'Shyuum chooses to vacate their [[anti-gravity chair]]. Worn around the waist of the user, the belt reduces the gravitational pull the user is subjected to, allowing the San'Shyuum to walk more freely as they are a fairly feeble race.<ref name="hbc5">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 5''</ref> The belt's gravity-manipulation mechanism can also support its wearer during extreme acceleration of a spacecraft, for example, preventing them from being thrown about uncontrollably.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 10''</ref> | ||
While often used merely to mitigate local gravity to tolerable levels,<ref name="hbc5"/><ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 214''</ref> some antigravity belts can also be adjusted to [[Anti-gravity technology|levitate]] its wearer above the ground.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 5''</ref> The [[Prophet of Stewardship]] preferred to levitate using his belt in the presence of his subordinates either out of habit, or because it allowed him to loom over otherwise taller races such as the [[Sangheili]], granting him a form of artificial physical power symbolic of the political and religious power wielded by the Prophets within the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 94''</ref> | |||
During the [[San'Shyuum-Sangheili War]] in the ancient past, San'Shyuum [[Reformist]] warriors—including the [[Steward]]s of [[High Lord]]s—wore antigravity belts.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 1''</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' | *''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' | ||
Revision as of 04:31, November 26, 2014
The antigravity belt, sometimes shortened to antigrav belt,[1] is a San'Shyuum personal transportation device typically used when a San'Shyuum chooses to vacate their anti-gravity chair. Worn around the waist of the user, the belt reduces the gravitational pull the user is subjected to, allowing the San'Shyuum to walk more freely as they are a fairly feeble race.[2] The belt's gravity-manipulation mechanism can also support its wearer during extreme acceleration of a spacecraft, for example, preventing them from being thrown about uncontrollably.[3]
While often used merely to mitigate local gravity to tolerable levels,[2][4] some antigravity belts can also be adjusted to levitate its wearer above the ground.[5] The Prophet of Stewardship preferred to levitate using his belt in the presence of his subordinates either out of habit, or because it allowed him to loom over otherwise taller races such as the Sangheili, granting him a form of artificial physical power symbolic of the political and religious power wielded by the Prophets within the Covenant.[6]
During the San'Shyuum-Sangheili War in the ancient past, San'Shyuum Reformist warriors—including the Stewards of High Lords—wore antigravity belts.[7]
List of appearances
- Halo: The Flood (First appearance)
- Halo: Broken Circle
