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[[File:Gallery_pic_3447_0_30025.jpg|thumb|300px|The proselytization network communications centre on the {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}, ''[[Ardent Prayer]]''.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=77}}]] | [[File:Gallery_pic_3447_0_30025.jpg|thumb|300px|The proselytization network communications centre on the {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}, ''[[Ardent Prayer]]''.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=77}}]] | ||
{{Quote|I've hacked into the Covenant battlenet. They're actually broadcasting tactical data on unencrypted channels. We should show them who they're dealing with.|[[Cortana]] to [[John-117]] on [[Installation 04]].}} | {{Quote|I've hacked into the Covenant battlenet. They're actually broadcasting tactical data on unencrypted channels. We should show them who they're dealing with.|[[Cortana]] to [[John-117]] on [[Installation 04]].}} | ||
The '''proselytization network'''{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | The '''proselytization network''',{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} informally termed the '''Covenant battle network''',{{Ref/Novel|TF|Page=38}} or '''Covenant battle net''',{{Ref/Level|Id=halo|CE|Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo}} or simply the '''battlenet''',{{Ref/Novel|FS|Page=55}} 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. Following the defeat of the Covenant, various [[Covenant remnants]] have been shown to use the battle net or modifications of it for their own purposes. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[File: | [[File:H2A High Charity Comm Node.png|150px|thumb|Covenant communications nodes were used to receive information from the proselytization network.]] | ||
In contrast to its [[UNSC]] [[UNSC battle network|counterpart]], proselytization network was used by the Covenant for domestic, religious and military functions - as opposed to the humans' purely military use cases. The system was designed as a top-down tool for use by the [[San'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili]] leadership on [[High Charity]] to transmit orders down the chain, but not to receive updates from subordinate nodes. Various methods were used across the network to spread its messages, depending on the importance of the message in question. Central leadership on High Charity could use [[superluminal communications]] links to broadcast orders via [[FLEETCOM (Covenant)|FLEETCOM]] to tithe-worlds and [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] directly, with these imperatives modified by local satraps and commanders spread via the use of less sophisticated [[Covenant comm node|comm nodes]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=217}} All star systems inhabited by the Covenant are fitted with regional [[coordination platform]]s - space stations managed by the [[Ministry of Concert]] to serve a variety of functions involved with the managing of the Covenant's day-to-day affairs with their ancillary functions including serving as nodes in the proselytization network.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=224}} The battlenet is standard equipment aboard all Covenant vessels, which have both intra- and inter-ship battlenets.{{Ref/Novel|FS|Page=63}} | In contrast to its [[UNSC]] [[UNSC battle network|counterpart]], proselytization network was used by the Covenant for domestic, religious and military functions - as opposed to the humans' purely military use cases. The system was designed as a top-down tool for use by the [[San'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili]] leadership on [[High Charity]] to transmit orders down the chain, but not to receive updates from subordinate nodes. Various methods were used across the network to spread its messages, depending on the importance of the message in question. Central leadership on High Charity could use [[superluminal communications]] links to broadcast orders via [[FLEETCOM (Covenant)|FLEETCOM]] to tithe-worlds and [[Covenant fleet|fleets]] directly, with these imperatives modified by local satraps and commanders spread via the use of less sophisticated [[Covenant comm node|comm nodes]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=217}}{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=69}} All star systems inhabited by the Covenant are fitted with regional [[coordination platform]]s - space stations managed by the [[Ministry of Concert]] to serve a variety of functions involved with the managing of the Covenant's day-to-day affairs with their ancillary functions including serving as nodes in the proselytization network.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=224}} The battlenet is standard equipment aboard all Covenant vessels, which have both intra- and inter-ship battlenets.{{Ref/Novel|FS|Page=63}} In the field, [[Scarab]] excavator platforms may occasionally forgo their heavy weaponry systems to instead fit proselytization arrays.{{Ref/Site|Id=WPScarab|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/scarab|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Scarab|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}} The {{Pattern|R'ea'kuk|command shuttle}} is equipped with [[capital ship]]-scale proselytization arrays for field command functions.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFLore|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-cutting-room-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Cutting Room Lore|D=26|M=7|Y=2022}} | ||
As a consequence of their generally lax computer security and its use in civil and military affairs, the proselytization network was often broadcast entirely on unencrypted channels - something able to be employed against the Covenant via the use of human [[artificial intelligence]] systems. These networks could be accessed by even the communications equipment inside a suit of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V MJOLNIR]] armor, with the AI [[Cortana]] able to access and gain information on Covenant force deployments several times throughout the [[Battle of Installation 04|campaign]] on [[installation 04]].{{Ref/Reuse|halo}}{{Ref/Level|CE|The Truth and Reconciliation}} The chaos introduced into the ranks of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] by the [[Flood]] outbreak was sufficient to overload the fleet's network, making it near-impossible to access information through it.{{Ref/Level|CE|Two Betrayals}} | As a consequence of their generally lax computer security and its use in civil and military affairs, the proselytization network was often broadcast entirely on unencrypted channels - something able to be employed against the Covenant via the use of human [[artificial intelligence]] systems. These networks could be accessed by even the communications equipment inside a suit of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V MJOLNIR]] armor, with the AI [[Cortana]] able to access and gain information on Covenant force deployments several times throughout the [[Battle of Installation 04|campaign]] on [[installation 04]].{{Ref/Reuse|halo}}{{Ref/Level|CE|The Truth and Reconciliation}} The chaos introduced into the ranks of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] by the [[Flood]] outbreak was sufficient to overload the fleet's network, making it near-impossible to access information through it.{{Ref/Level|CE|Two Betrayals}} | ||