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This article is about the technology. For the Halo 3 equipment item, see Portable gravity lift.

The Solemn Penance's gravity lift.

The gravity lift is a form of transport derived from Forerunner technology by the Covenant. A gravity lift can safely transport individuals or goods vertically without the need for a physical lift.^[1]

Applications

John-117 and Fire Team Charlie board the gravity lift of the Truth and Reconciliation.

The Forerunners made extensive use of gravity-manipulating technology, including gravity lifts.^[2] This technology was eventually discovered and reverse-engineered by the Covenant. The usage of gravity lifts is commonplace in many of the Covenant's structures and installations, including their former holy city High Charity; there, gravity lifts served as the primary form of vertical transport, often in the form of long tubes that ran inside the city's towers.

Gravity lifts can also be projected from the underside of most Covenant starships. They can be used to lift ground-based troops and equipment onto a ship, or to safely transport troops to a planetary surface. Covenant citadels employ gravity lifts to lift supplies to and from orbit. before they are stored in the base's warehouses.^[3] They are also used as means of transport between the decks of ships. Some smaller craft, including Phantom dropships, some Spirit dropships, and Lich dropships, as well as deployable lookout towers are also equipped with gravity lift technology. Larger military emplacements such as spires possess gravity lifts for transport between the structure's various levels. Small, infantry-portable versions of the gravity lift are used by Covenant forces.

Variations

A variety of technologies employ gravity manipulation similar to gravity lifts; these include the man cannon, which propels individuals or objects in a tilted angle as opposed to a vertical span, or the gravity bridge, which consists of a horizontally-oriented gravity field.

Appearances

Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo: The Flood

In Halo: Combat Evolved and the corresponding novel Halo: The Flood, the gravity lift of the CCS-class battlecruiser plays a particularly important role. During the levels The Truth and Reconciliation, Spartan-II John-117 and ODSTs must fight their way aboard the battlecruiser using the gravity lift which is heavily defended by Covenant forces. Later, in the level Keyes, the Master Chief must fight his way back aboard the battlecruiser using the gravity lift after overwhelming Flood forces causes the Master Chief to jump out of the ship.

When the human forces take control of the battlecruiser in Halo: The Flood, the gravity lift is one of two methods of entry used to gain access to the ship. It is then deactivated as the humans prepare to depart Installation 04 in the Truth and Reconciliation.

Halo: First Strike

In Halo: First Strike, Fred-104 and Kelly-087 use the gravity lift on a Covenant crusier during the Fall of Reach to send a Fury tactical nuclear weapon aboard the ship and destroy it along with the troops gathered underneath.

Halo 2

In Halo 2, an early objective is for the Master Chief to reach the Solemn Penance's gravity lift to board the assault carrier and capture the Prophet of Regret. However, after the Master Chief destroys a Scarab, the Solemn Penance instead flees through slipspace to Installation 05. Later, the Master Chief utilizes the gravity lifts on High Charity to help move around.

Halo 3: ODST

In the level Uplift Reserve, taking place shortly after the departure of the Solemn Penance, ODST Taylor "Dutch" Miles helps other UNSC forces take the carrier's former landing zone which still contains the deactivated bottom of the ship's gravity lift.

Halo: Silent Storm

In Halo: Silent Storm, during Operation: SILENT STORM, Blue Team uses gravity lifts leading from the fabrication barns on the Ring of Mighty Abundance to send HAVOK tactical nuclear weapons aboard the Covenant supercarrier Hammer of Faith and destroy it.

Halo Wars 2

In Halo Wars 2, as part of Isabel's plan to destroy the Banished CAS-class assault carrier Enduring Conviction, she has ground forces from the UNSC Spirit of Fire take over the carrier's gravity lift while more ground forces use a particle cannon to take down the carrier's shield. In the level Under the Dark, Spartan Jerome-092 works to take the gravity lift with the help of Alice-130, hampered by Banished defenses sent down from the carrier using the lift. After positioning Kodiak tanks, the UNSC forces are able to take out the defenses around the gravity lift while Douglas-042 and Professor Ellen Anders take down the shields. Jerome and Isabel board the ship through the gravity lift and Isabel uses the Enduring Conviction's energy projector to provoke the Ark's Sentinels into attacking the ship. The Sentinels sever the ship in two, knocking out power to the gravity lift which ends up in the part of the ship Jerome is not in. With no other choice, Jerome is forced to jump from the ship to the surface of the Ark.

Gallery

The gravity lift disc on the underbelly of the Truth and Reconciliation in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
The gravity lift disc on the underbelly of a CCS-class battlecruiser in Halo: Combat Evolved.
The Truth and Reconciliation projecting its gravity lift.
Concept art for the gravity lift used by the Solemn Penance in Halo 3: ODST.
A Covenant Vehicle gravity lift on Forge World in Halo: Reach.
A Forerunner gravity lift in Halo: Reach.
A Covenant gravity lift on display in SWORD Base.
A gravity lift developed by the UNSC preparing to arm a Broadsword.
A Gravity Lift platform in Halo 4 multiplayer.
Closeup detail of the gravity lift platform disc in Halo 4 multiplayer.
A Forerunner gravity lift at Lockup.
Concept art of a Banished gravity lift for Halo Wars 2.

List of appearances

Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
Halo: The Flood
Halo: First Strike
Halo 2
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Halo 3
Halo: Contact Harvest
Halo Wars
Halo 3: ODST
Halo: Reach
Halo: Cryptum
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Halo 4
- Spartan Ops
Halo: Escalation
Halo 2: Anniversary
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo: Shadow of Intent
Halo Wars 2
Halo: Silent Storm

Sources

^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Truth and Reconciliation
^ Halo: Cryptum
^ Official Halo Wars Community Site: Game Info - Covenant - Warehouse

[1] Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Truth and Reconciliation

[2] Halo: Cryptum

[3] Official Halo Wars Community Site: Game Info - Covenant - Warehouse

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 ==Variations==
 A variety of technologies employ gravity manipulation similar to gravity lifts; these include the [[man cannon]], which propels individuals or objects in a tilted angle as opposed to a vertical span, or the [[gravity bridge]], which consists of a horizontally-oriented gravity field.
+==Appearances==
+===''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo: The Flood''===
+In ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and the corresponding novel ''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', the gravity lift of the {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} plays a particularly important role. During the levels ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]'', [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] and ODSTs must fight their way aboard the battlecruiser using the gravity lift which is heavily defended by Covenant forces. Later, in the level ''[[Keyes]]'', the Master Chief must fight his way back aboard the battlecruiser using the gravity lift after overwhelming [[Flood]] forces causes the Master Chief to jump out of the ship.
+When the human forces take control of the battlecruiser in ''Halo: The Flood'', the gravity lift is one of two methods of entry used to gain access to the ship. It is then deactivated as the humans prepare to depart [[Installation 04]] in the ''Truth and Reconciliation''.
+===''Halo: First Strike''===
+In ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', [[Fred-104]] and [[Kelly-087]] use the gravity lift on a [[Covenant crusier]] during the [[Fall of Reach]] to send a [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] aboard the ship and destroy it along with the troops gathered underneath.
+===''Halo 2''===
+In ''[[Halo 2]]'', an early objective is for the Master Chief to reach the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'s'' gravity lift to board the assault carrier and capture the [[Prophet of Regret]]. However, after the Master Chief destroys a [[Type-47A Scarab|Scarab]], the ''Solemn Penance'' instead flees through slipspace to [[Installation 05]]. Later, the Master Chief utilizes the gravity lifts on [[High Charity]] to help move around.
+===''Halo 3: ODST''===
+In the level ''[[Uplift Reserve (level)|Uplift Reserve]]'', taking place shortly after the departure of the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'', ODST [[Taylor Miles|Taylor "Dutch" Miles]] helps other UNSC forces take the carrier's former landing zone which still contains the deactivated bottom of the ship's gravity lift.
+===''Halo: Silent Storm''===
+In ''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', during [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], [[Blue Team]] uses gravity lifts leading from the fabrication barns on the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] to send [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s aboard the [[Covenant supercarrier]] ''[[Hammer of Faith]]'' and destroy it.
+===''Halo Wars 2''===
+In ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', as part of [[Isabel]]'s plan to destroy the [[Banished]] {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'', she has ground forces from the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} take over the carrier's gravity lift while more ground forces use a [[particle cannon]] to take down the carrier's shield. In the level ''[[Under the Dark]]'', Spartan [[Jerome-092]] works to take the gravity lift with the help of [[Alice-130]], hampered by Banished defenses sent down from the carrier using the lift. After positioning [[M400 Kodiak|Kodiak tanks]], the UNSC forces are able to take out the defenses around the gravity lift while [[Douglas-042]] and Professor [[Ellen Anders]] take down the shields. Jerome and Isabel board the ship through the gravity lift and Isabel uses the ''Enduring Conviction's'' [[energy projector]] to provoke [[Installation 00|the Ark's]] Sentinels into attacking the ship. The Sentinels sever the ship in two, knocking out power to the gravity lift which ends up in the part of the ship Jerome is not in. With no other choice, Jerome is forced to jump from the ship to the surface of the Ark.
 ==Gallery==