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==Overview==
==Overview==
===Organization and identification===
===Organization===
{{Quote|I do wish they’d learn to use proper ships’ names like ''Victory'' and ''Bellepheron'', don’t you? Theirs sound like color swatches from an ecclesiastical paint catalog.|[[Black Box]] commenting on the name of Covenant ships.{{Ref/Novel|TTW|Chapter=13}}}}
{{Main|Covenant fleet}}
{{Main|Covenant fleet}}
The starships of the Covenant were commanded under different ministries. The [[Ministry of Resolution]] commanded ships, and was responsible for directing offensive actions by the Covenant.<ref>''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', Core Rulebook - page 7</ref> The [[Ministry of Tranquility]] managed the fleet of relic hunting and missionary ships.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Contact Harvest|Page=155}}
The starships of the Covenant were commanded under different ministries. The [[Ministry of Resolution]] commanded ships, and was responsible for directing offensive actions by the Covenant.<ref>''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', Core Rulebook - page 7</ref> The [[Ministry of Tranquility]] managed the fleet of relic hunting and missionary ships.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Contact Harvest|Page=155}}
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==History==
==History==
===Pre-Great Purification===
[[File:HM WarOfWills.jpg|200px|thumb|[[San'Shyuum]] starships during the [[War of Wills]].]]
{{Main|Great Purification}}
Millenia prior to the forming of the Covenant, the San'Shyuum were [[San'Shyuum#Prehistory|a spacefaring civilization]], [[Human-San'Shyuum alliance|allied]] with [[Prehistoric human civilization|humans]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Cryptum|Page=269}}
===Pre-Writ of Union===
===Pre-Writ of Union===
Prior to joining the Covenant, in a time known as "The Former Age", the [[Sangheili]] had developed their own spaceships.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg270|Enc22|Page=270-271}} This included the {{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}}, the {{Pattern|Rwaru|carrack}}, {{Pattern|R'sikosh|man o' war}}, and the {{Pattern|Lursu|brigantine}}.{{Ref/Site|Id=cfholidayships|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-holiday-shipping|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Holiday Shipping}} In the case of the ''R'sikosh''-pattern man o' war specifically, it was built using information [[Forerunner]] artifacts far before the [[War of Beginnings]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg270}}
Prior to joining the Covenant, in a time known as "The Former Age", the [[Sangheili]] had developed their own spaceships.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg270|Enc22|Page=270-271}} This included the {{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}}, the {{Pattern|Rwaru|carrack}}, {{Pattern|R'sikosh|man o' war}}, and the {{Pattern|Lursu|brigantine}}.{{Ref/Site|Id=cfholidayships|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-holiday-shipping|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Holiday Shipping}} In the case of the ''R'sikosh''-pattern man o' war specifically, it was built using information [[Forerunner]] artifacts far before the [[War of Beginnings]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg270}}

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