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During the reign of the Covenant, the creation of new design patterns was a heavily-bureaucratic process. New designs were subject to intense scrutiny, and attempting to improve, build upon or substantially alter the work of the "gods" was heavily restricted.{{Ref/Book|Id=HWFG|HWF|Section=Glossary}} Attempting to alter [[Hierarchs|hierarch]]-approved designs could be viewed as blasphemous at best and heretical at worst,{{Ref/Reuse|HWPR}}{{Ref/Game|H5G|List of REQ cards|REQ Card|Detail=[[Scourge of Fire]] Description|Quote=Modifying design patterns to enhance their performance was once considered apostasy. Improved Plasma Caster that fires two plasma bolts per shot and does not overheat.}} as the Covenant tried to enforce strict controls over pattern standardisation to minimise problems.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p261}} Despite this, the Byzantine politics of the Covenant meant that certain [[Ministry|ministerial organisations]], or even particularly notable heroes and influential figures of Covenant high society, could commission specific design patterns for their own ends.{{Ref/Site|Id=HWPR|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/plasma-rifle|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Plasma Rifle|D=23|M=10|Y=2021}} In one such case, the [[Ministry of Concert]]'s {{Pattern|Kewu|battleship}} was able to break a number of the usual pattern approval processes and go to manufacture thanks to a direct (and unorthodox) blessing from the Hierarchs themselves.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=267}} | During the reign of the Covenant, the creation of new design patterns was a heavily-bureaucratic process. New designs were subject to intense scrutiny, and attempting to improve, build upon or substantially alter the work of the "gods" was heavily restricted.{{Ref/Book|Id=HWFG|HWF|Section=Glossary}} Attempting to alter [[Hierarchs|hierarch]]-approved designs could be viewed as blasphemous at best and heretical at worst,{{Ref/Reuse|HWPR}}{{Ref/Game|H5G|List of REQ cards|REQ Card|Detail=[[Scourge of Fire]] Description|Quote=Modifying design patterns to enhance their performance was once considered apostasy. Improved Plasma Caster that fires two plasma bolts per shot and does not overheat.}} as the Covenant tried to enforce strict controls over pattern standardisation to minimise problems.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p261}} Despite this, the Byzantine politics of the Covenant meant that certain [[Ministry|ministerial organisations]], or even particularly notable heroes and influential figures of Covenant high society, could commission specific design patterns for their own ends.{{Ref/Site|Id=HWPR|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/plasma-rifle|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Plasma Rifle|D=23|M=10|Y=2021}} In one such case, the [[Ministry of Concert]]'s {{Pattern|Kewu|battleship}} was able to break a number of the usual pattern approval processes and go to manufacture thanks to a direct (and unorthodox) blessing from the Hierarchs themselves.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=267}} | ||
In perhaps the most high-profile examples of such meddling, in the Covenant's final years the [[Prophet of Truth]] commissioned an armoury's worth of new design patterns in secret to be constructed by the [[Sacred Promissory]]. These weapons were intended for the [[Jiralhanae]] in the [[Great Schism]], and in many cases - such as their [[ | In perhaps the most high-profile examples of such meddling, in the Covenant's final years the [[Prophet of Truth]] commissioned an armoury's worth of new design patterns in secret to be constructed by the [[Sacred Promissory]]. These weapons were intended for the [[Jiralhanae]] in the [[Great Schism]], and in many cases - such as their [[Kewi R'shi'k-pattern plasma rifle|custom-made plasma rifle]] - contained upgrades that would have been deemed outright heresy were it not for the Hierarch's personal blessing.{{Ref/Reuse|HWPR}} | ||
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