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File:PXH MacheteSwordBattle Screenshot.jpg|The energy sword in a screenshot from [[Pre-Xbox Halo|Pre-Xbox ''Halo'']].
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===Halo 2===
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File:H2 ConceptArt ArbiterAndChief.png|Concept art of [[Thel 'Vadam]] wielding a ''Pelosus''-pattern energy sword.
File:H2 ConceptArt ArbiterAndChief.png|Concept art of [[Thel 'Vadam]] wielding a ''Pelosus''-pattern energy sword.
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===Halo 2: Anniversary===
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File:H2A-Rtas&Arbiter.jpg|[[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee activates his ''Pelosus''-pattern energy sword.
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===Halo Wars 2===
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File:HW2-Sangheilicommands.png|A Sangheili uses a ''Pelosus''-pattern energy sword to command his troops.
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Pelosus-pattern fireblade
H2A EnergySword-MP.png
Production overview

Manufacturer:

Assembly Forges[1]

Type:

Energy sword

Specifications

Length:

131.1 centimetres (51.6 in)[1]

Weight:

2.5 kilograms (5.5 lb)[1]

Ammunition type:

Superheated, shaped plasma[2][3][4]

Feed system:

100 battery units[2][3]

Effective range:

Short[3]

Service history

In service:

Human-Covenant War[5][6]

 

The Pelosus-pattern fireblade (UNSC Type classification: Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword, T-1 EW/S),[3] more commonly known as the energy sword, is a Covenant melee weapon manufactured by Assembly Forges.[1]

Overview

Design details

Main article: Energy sword (fiction)

The Pelosus-pattern fireblade is one of the many energy sword variants manufactured by the Covenant. The Pelosus-pattern is characterized by its circular blade contour around the hilt.[1] Some Pelosus-pattern energy swords contain a fail-safe mechanism that can permanently disable the weapon if the Sangheili wielding it drops it.[7] When dropped, the failsafe engages by deactivating the magnetic field before dispersing the plasma. The plasma then consumes the handle and thus destroys the weapon.[5]

Usage

The Pelosus-pattern fireblade is a weapon carried by high-ranking Sangheili; during the Battle of Installation 04 and the Battle of Installation 05, it saw extensive use among Ultras, Zealots, Stealth Sangheili, Sangheili Special Operations Officers, and Honor Guards.[5][6] During the Algolis Invasion, the Sangheili Itho 'Hesiikee was a known wielder of a Pelosus-pattern bloodblade, which he intended to use to execute the Jiralhanae Atriox, but he was killed by his own bloodblade when Atriox retaliated.[8][9]

Variants

  • Bloodblade - As with many other patterns of energy swords, the Pelosus-pattern energy sword can be customized as a bloodblade, with red-colored plasma.[10]
  • A Pelosus-pattern energy sword as a bloodblade.

    A Pelosus-pattern energy sword as a bloodblade.

Gameplay

Main article: Energy sword

The Pelosus-pattern energy sword was first introduced Halo: Combat Evolved, albeit unusable by players. It was then made available to players in Halo 2 and the Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer component in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The energy sword is a powerful melee weapon in close-quarters combat, capable of killing most foes with a single strike. It is a power weapon that appears on some multiplayer maps. In Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer, the bloodblade variant is held by infected players in Infection.

Production notes

In the remastered graphics of the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and the Halo 2: Anniversary campaign, the in-game model of the Pelosus-pattern energy sword was replaced by the energy sword from Halo: Reach. However, the remastered Halo 2: Anniversary cinematics still depicted the Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

Gallery

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.

Halo: Combat Evolved

  • The energy sword in a screenshot from Pre-Xbox Halo.

    The energy sword in a screenshot from Pre-Xbox Halo.

  • A Major wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword in the E3 2000 trailer.

    A Major wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword in the E3 2000 trailer.

  • John-117 wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword in the E3 2000 trailer.

    John-117 wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword in the E3 2000 trailer.

  • A Zealot wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

    A Zealot wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

  • A cloaked Sangheili wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

    A cloaked Sangheili wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

Halo 2

  • Concept art of Thel 'Vadam wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

    Concept art of Thel 'Vadam wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

  • A profile view of the Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

    A profile view of the Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

  • First-person view of the Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

    First-person view of the Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

  • A Zealot wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

    A Zealot wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

  • A Special Operations Officer wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

    A Special Operations Officer wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

  • An Honor Guard wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

    An Honor Guard wielding a Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

Halo 2: Anniversary

  • Rtas 'Vadumee activates his Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

    Rtas 'Vadumee activates his Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

  • First-person view of the Pelosus-pattern energy sword in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.

    First-person view of the Pelosus-pattern energy sword in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.

  • A Hoplite-clad Spartan using a Pelosus-pattern energy sword on Stonetown.

    A Hoplite-clad Spartan using a Pelosus-pattern energy sword on Stonetown.

  • First-person view of the Pelosus-pattern bloodblade in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.

    First-person view of the Pelosus-pattern bloodblade in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.

  • A Spartan using a Pelosus-pattern bloodblade on Stonetown.

    A Spartan using a Pelosus-pattern bloodblade on Stonetown.

Halo Wars 2

  • A Sangheili uses a Pelosus-pattern energy sword to command his troops.

    A Sangheili uses a Pelosus-pattern energy sword to command his troops.

  • Atriox facing a Pelosus-pattern bloodblade.

    Atriox facing a Pelosus-pattern bloodblade.

  • Close-up of Itho 'Hesiikee's bloodblade.

    Close-up of Itho 'Hesiikee's bloodblade.

  • Sangheili confronting Atriox with Pelosus-pattern energy swords.

    Sangheili confronting Atriox with Pelosus-pattern energy swords.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 307
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 349
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 63
  4. ^ Halo Waypoint, Energy Sword (Retrieved on Sep 21, 2011) [local archive] [external archive]
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Halo: Combat Evolved, Gameplay
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Halo 2, Gameplay
  7. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 74
  8. ^ Halo Wars 2, campaign level A New Enemy
  9. ^ Halo: Rise of Atriox, issue 2
  10. ^ Halo 2: Anniversary, Multiplayer gameplay

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