Editing Covenant Summit

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{{Disambig header|the Covenant building|the map in ''Halo 5: Guardians''|Summit}}
[[File:HW Covenant Summit Render.jpg|thumb|300px|The Covenant Summit.]]
The '''summit''' is a deployable structure used by the [[Covenant]] and its [[Covenant remnants|remnants]]. They serve as an extension option on the Covenant's [[Covenant citadel|citadel]] firebases,{{Ref/Site|Id=OHWCS|URL=http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Summit.aspx|Site=Official Halo Wars Community Site|Page=Covenant Summit|D=23|M=03|Y=2018|LocalArchive=Archive:Halowars.com/Covenant#Summit}} and are designed for the mass manufacture and maintenance of aerial vehicles.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Umbrage|Vertical Umbrage}}{{Ref/Site|Id=WPUmbrage|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-4-vertical-umbrage|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 4 - Vertical Umbrage|D=07|M=11|Y=2022}} It serves as a counterpart to the [[UNSC Airpad|air pad]] and [[Banished Apex|apex]] structures employed by the [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Banished]], respectively—with the latter bearing a considerable visual similarity to the summit itself.

==Overview==
The summit is a large deployable structure capable of being deployed as an extension on a Covenant citadel or [[Covenant citadel#Minibase|minibase]]. Under the command of summit-masters,{{Ref/Novel|Id=Moon|Battle for the Blood-Moon}} they serve as field airbases and are capable of being [[Slipspace translocation|teleported]] into their mounts from an orbiting [[Covenant starship]].{{Ref/Game|Id=Gameplay|HW|Gameplay}} 

Summits are capable of mass-manufacturing, maintaining and upgrading a large variety of Covenant vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|Umbrage}}{{Ref/Reuse|WPUmbrage}} These include the {{Pattern|Bkowe'nei|Vampire}} and the various [[design pattern]]s of [[Banshee]],{{Ref/Reuse|OHWCS}}{{Ref/Reuse|Gameplay}} and [[Phantom]].{{Ref/Reuse|Umbrage}}{{Ref/Reuse|WPUmbrage}} [[Huragok]] may also be serviced at a summit, when not housed in their own dedicated [[Huragok recharge station]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|OHWCS}}{{Ref/Reuse|Gameplay}}

==Operational history==
Summits were used by the imperial Covenant during their [[planetary warfare]] campaigns during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. These included deployments on [[Arcadia]]{{Ref/Level|HW|Dome of Light}} and [[Trove]].{{Ref/Level|HW|Beachhead}}

In the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war]] era, summits continued to see use in the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant remnant]] led by [[Jul 'Mdama]]. In [[2558#February|February 2558]], one such installation was deployed by 'Mdama's forces on [[Requiem]] and was the site of an attack by [[Fireteam Shadow]] during the [[Requiem Campaign]]. During the installation, the [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IVs]] used [[TQ-8 seeker drone]]s to help their attack on the base, though the mission was interruped with Shadow's recall for a more [[Operation: VERTICAL UMBRAGE|urgent mission]] to [[Naval boarding|board]] and destroy a {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}, ''[[Panom's Canticle]]''. To speed up their evacuation from the site, Shadow stole a Phantom dropship docked at the summit site to use for transportation.{{Ref/Reuse|Umbrage}}{{Ref/Reuse|WPUmbrage}}

==In-game information==
===''Halo Wars''===
[[File:HW CovenantSummit Screenshot.png|thumb|250px|The Summit in-game in ''Halo Wars''.]]
{{Quote|Covenant aircraft are constructed at the Summit. Aircraft upgrades are also in this structure.|In-game description}}
The Summit is a Covenant building featured in ''[[Halo Wars]]''. It costs {{HWResources|150}} and requires a tech level of {{HWTech|0}}.

The summit serves as the Covenant counterpart to the [[UNSC Airpad]] and constructs units such as [[Banshee]]s, [[Bkowe'nei-pattern Vampire|Vampires]] and [[Huragok|Engineers]]. All the air-based unit upgrades are researched at the Summit. Unlike the UNSC Airpad, which requires a tech level {{HWTech|2}}, the summit can be built at a tech level of {{HWTech|0}}, making an early "Banshee rush" fairly easy. Like all buildings in ''Halo Wars'', it takes the color of the player's team.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 75%;" 
! rowspan="2" style="width: 20%" | Name !! rowspan="2" style="width: 10%" | Type !! colspan="3" style="width: 30%" | Cost !! rowspan="2" style="width: 40%" | Description
|- 
| style="width: 10%" | '''Population''' || style="width: 10%" | '''Tech''' || style="width: 10%" | '''Resources''' 
|- style="height: 40px"
| Engineer || Support Unit || {{HWPop|1}} || {{HWTech|1}} || {{HWResources|250}} || A support unit that repairs and heals nearby allied units.
|- style="height: 40px"
| State of Grace || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|1}} || {{HWResources|350}} || Increases repair rate.
|- style="height: 40px"
| Harmonious Digestion || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|2}} || {{HWResources|700}} || Increases movement speed.

|- style="height: 40px"
| Banshee || Main Air || {{HWPop|2}} || {{HWTech|1}} || {{HWResources|200}} || Mainline air unit, Banshees are armed with both [[Heavy plasma cannon|plasma cannons]] and [[fuel rod cannon]]s.
|- style="height: 40px"
| Boost || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|1}} || {{HWResources|200}} || Enables Speed Boost Ability.
|- style="height: 40px"
| Repeating Cannon || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|2}} || {{HWResources|400}} || Increases the rate of fire for the Banshee's weapons.
|- style="height: 40px"
| [[Suicide attack|Sacrifice]] || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|3}} || {{HWResources|700}} || Banshees attempt to crash into ground targets and inflict area damage when destroyed.

|- style="height: 40px"
| Vampire  || Anti-Air || {{HWPop|2}} || {{HWTech|2}} || {{HWResources|250}} || Counter-air aircraft, [[Needle cannon|heavy needler turret]] can track and engage enemy air in a large area.
|- style="height: 40px"
| [[Stasis cannon|Stasis Drain]] || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|2}} || {{HWResources|400}} || Stasis Ability now drains target hitpoints and heals the Vampire.
|- style="height: 40px"
| [[Stasis bomb|Stasis Bomb]] || Upgrade || N/A || {{HWTech|3}} || {{HWResources|700}} || When a target is drained with the Stasis Ability, it explodes, doing area-effect damage. 
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HW Summit Concept.jpg|Various concept explorations of the Summit.
File:COVENANT Summit 1.jpg|The in-game asset for the Summit.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
*''[[Vertical Umbrage]]''
*''[[Battle for the Blood-Moon]]'' {{Mo}}

== Sources ==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{HW buildings}}
[[Category:Covenant buildings]]