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The '''Covenant battle network''',<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 38''</ref> often referred to as the '''Covenant battle net''',<ref name="halo">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]''</ref> or simply the '''battlenet''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 55''</ref> is the term for [[Covenant]] communication systems maintained to allow instantaneous contact between units, vessels and planets. It is the equivalent to the [[human]] [[COM]] systems.

Covenant battle network channels are sometimes broadcast on the same frequencies as the [[UNSC]] [[COM]], but to date, there is no explanation why; given the fact that this would broadcast the communications of both sides and potentially give up plenty of battle plans for the enemy. The Covenant have been known to broadcast their tactical data through unencrypted battlenet channels.{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} The battlenet can be isolated for deep space broadcast, as well as inter-ship and between units. The battlenet is standard equipment aboard all Covenant vessels, which have both intra- and inter-ship battlenets.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 63''</ref> It can also be accessed through ground communication equipment such as [[Covenant communication node|communication nodes]].

Through John-117's in-suit communications array, Cortana accessed the Covenant battlenet several times over the [[Battle of Installation 04|Battle of]] [[Installation 04]] in order to gain intelligence. The battlenet was broadcast over all of Installation 04 and by monitoring it, Cortana was able to discern Covenant activity over the ring.{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} Some of the things she was able to find out provided needed answers about the Covenant activity and the nature of the installation.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref> Cortana also used it to find the crashed {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} in order to destroy Installation 04. At this point, Cortana mentioned that she was going to search "what's left" of it, indicating that all the chaos threw the battlenet into serious disarray.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref> While raiding the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' a second time, Cortana discovered that the battlenet was in such disarray that she couldn't even bring up ship schematics. As a result, she had to rely on records from the last raid to figure out where to go inside the ship.

Near the end of the Human-Covenant War, during the [[Battle for Earth]], a [[Quick to Adjust|defected Huragok]] was captured by [[Alpha-Nine|a squad of ODSTs]], and the Huragok agreed to share information in the Covenant battlenet after interrogated by [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson]].<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref> Two days later, the battlenet fell into disarray again, this time following the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s departure through the [[Portal at Voi]] at the close of the [[Battle of Voi]].<ref name="loot2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref>

*'''Covenant F-Band'''<ref name="ping">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 297''</ref>