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==Known laws== | ==Known laws== | ||
*Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Epilogue</ref> | |||
*The modifying of Covenant and [[Forerunner]] technology without permission from the Hierarchs is heresy and the persons responsible shall be executed publicly;<ref name="CH">''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Chapter 9</ref><ref name="TCP">''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', Chapter 19</ref> this may lead to genocidal war when such heresy is conducted on a large scale.<ref name="CH"/> | *The modifying of Covenant and [[Forerunner]] technology without permission from the Hierarchs is heresy and the persons responsible shall be executed publicly;<ref name="CH">''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Chapter 9</ref><ref name="TCP">''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', Chapter 19</ref> this may lead to genocidal war when such heresy is conducted on a large scale.<ref name="CH"/> | ||
*Failure to obey an order, thus causing the endangerment of a [[San'Shyuum|Prophet]], is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 7</ref> | *Wielding an unsecured weapon near a Hierarch is punishable by death.<ref name="TCP"/> | ||
* | *Sangheili and San'Shyuum are first class citizens above all other species.<ref>[[Bestiarum]] "The Sangheili are, simply put, technological and societal equals of the Prophets yet, for a significant period, found themselves as the dominant military muscle for the entire Covenant structure"</ref> | ||
**Failure to obey an order, thus causing the endangerment of a [[San'Shyuum|Prophet]], is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 7</ref> | |||
**Murder of a [[Sangheili]] near a holy site is punishable by death.<ref>''[[Conversations from the Universe#Grunt Conversation|Conversations from the Universe]]''</ref> | |||
*A [[Kig-Yar]] not reporting non-violent contact with the enemy can result in castration.<ref>''Halo: The Cole Protocol'', Chapter 24</ref> | *A [[Kig-Yar]] not reporting non-violent contact with the enemy can result in castration.<ref>''Halo: The Cole Protocol'', Chapter 24</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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A strong legal system was used to keep the client species of the Covenant in line. Many strictures were established by the Hierarchs to underpin civil obedience, politics, economics and society.
Known laws
- Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact is punishable by death.[1]
- The modifying of Covenant and Forerunner technology without permission from the Hierarchs is heresy and the persons responsible shall be executed publicly;[2][3] this may lead to genocidal war when such heresy is conducted on a large scale.[2]
- Wielding an unsecured weapon near a Hierarch is punishable by death.[3]
- Sangheili and San'Shyuum are first class citizens above all other species.[4]
- A Kig-Yar not reporting non-violent contact with the enemy can result in castration.[7]
List of appearances
- Halo: The Flood (First appearance)
- Halo 2
- Halo: The Cole Protocol
- Halo: Contact Harvest
Sources
- ^ Halo: First Strike, Epilogue
- ^ a b Halo: Contact Harvest, Chapter 9
- ^ a b Halo: The Cole Protocol, Chapter 19
- ^ Bestiarum "The Sangheili are, simply put, technological and societal equals of the Prophets yet, for a significant period, found themselves as the dominant military muscle for the entire Covenant structure"
- ^ Halo: The Flood, Chapter 7
- ^ Conversations from the Universe
- ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, Chapter 24
