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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|H2|FS|GOO|HGN|UP}} |
| {{Weapon infobox | | {{Ratings}} |
| |image= [[File:H2-EnergyStave.png|300px]] | | {{Clear}} |
| |manufacturer=Covenant | | {{Weapon |
| |series= | | |image=[[Image:HonorGuardPike.JPG|300px]] |
| |type=Melee weapon | | |name=Energy Stave |
| | |manufacturer=[[Covenant]] |
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| | |type=Melee Weapon |
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| |variant= | | |size=Length: 427.5 centimeters (14.03 feet) |
| |service=[[Human-Covenant War]] <br> [[Great Schism]]<br>[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | | |damage per hit=Unknown |
| |affiliation=[[Covenant]] | | |magazine= |
| *[[Honor Guard]]
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| |optics= | | |range=Close Combat |
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| | |affiliation=[[Covenant]] |
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| The '''energy stave''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=ch|HCH|Chapter=Epilogue}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=95}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=307}} also known as the '''energy pike''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=tcp|TCP|Chapter=69}} is a [[Covenant]] [[melee]] weapon, consisting of a long metal staff and a bladed tip with a series of glowing panels. Different variants of the energy stave are used for both practical and ceremonial purposes.{{Ref/Level|H2|Sacred Icon}}{{Ref/Level|Id=wars|HW|Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape}} | | The '''Energy Stave''' is a [[Covenant]] [[melee]] [[weapon]]. It is used exclusively by the [[Honor Guard]]s and [[Light of Sanghelios]]. They look like a normal, metal staff, but have a series of glowing orange panels near the top. |
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| Despite their appearance generally lacking the distinct [[plasma]] blades of [[Energy sword (fiction)|energy swords]] and their cousins, energy staves (as their name implies) are fully-powered weapons and emit a great heat when activated,{{Ref/Novel|HOblv|Chapter=5}} alongside a crackling sound of sparks emitting.{{Ref/Reuse|ch}} At least one variant of the energy stave does employ an energy mechanism containing blue plasma.{{Ref/Reuse|tcp}}
| | These weapons are long stave's with a spear-like end that is similar in color to the "fins" of their wielders. Not much is known about these exotic weapons, except that they have a length of 427.5 centimeters, or 14.03 feet. They do not seem to have much of a combat purpose but more a ceremonial one, as the [[Honor Guards]] will use [[Plasma Rifles]] and [[Energy Swords]] and also [[Covenant Carbines]] in real combat. However, they were used by [[Brutes]] to subdue any [[Grunt]]s and [[Jackal]]s that came too close to the [[Council Chamber]] during one of the [[High Prophet of Truth]]'s sermons regarding the discovery of the [[Sacred Icon|Index]]. This weapon is never used in game-play by other characters. |
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| ==Types==
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| ===Ceremonial stave===
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| The ceremonial energy stave features an elaborate, forked tip with ornate panels similar in color to the armor worn by the [[Covenant Honor Guard]], serving as a symbol of office.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} They were originally used by the Honor Guard's [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] personnel, including the [[Lights of Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Reuse|ch}} Following the [[Changing of the Guard]] use of the stave fell to their [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae successors]].{{Ref/Level|Id=grave|H2|Gravemind (level)|Gravemind}} Following the end of the Human-Covenant War [[Sangheili Zealot]]s in [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] irregularly used the ceremonial stave for guarding prisoners.{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=22}}
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| The energy stave's function is largely ceremonial. The Honor Guard Sangheili mostly used {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}}s, [[Energy sword (fiction)|energy sword]]s, and {{Pattern|Vostu|carbine}}s in combat. However, they were used by [[Jiralhanae]] to subdue any [[Unggoy]] and [[Kig-Yar]] who came too close to the [[High Council Chamber]] during one of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]'s sermons regarding the discovery of [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 05]]'s [[Activation Index|"Sacred Icon"]].{{Ref/Reuse|grave}}
| | [[Image:HonorGuard02.jpg|80px|thumb|right|[[Honor Guard Elite]] holding a pike.]] |
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| ===Non-ceremonial stave=== | | ==Appearances== |
| This version of the energy stave is more ascetic in design than the one used by the Honor Guard. Metallic gray in color, it incorporates a twin-bladed tip with blue paneling. Unlike the ceremonial staves used by the Honor Guard, these weapons can also be wielded by regular Sangheili, including [[Stealth Sangheili]]. During the [[Battle of Trove]], a group of Sangheili guards assigned to protect the [[Apex Site]] on the [[Trove|shield world]] were equipped with energy staves.{{Ref/Reuse|wars}} The Honor Guardsmen escorting the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s on the shield world wielded combat energy staves in addition to wearing non-ceremonial armor.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
| | They can be seen in the hands of the [[Brute Honor Guard]] during both the opening and closing cinematics of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' level ''[[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]]'', but they are tossed aside, as the [[Brutes]] prefer other weaponry to safeguard the Hierarchs and kill the Master Chief. The Energy Stave can also be seen in [[Cortana (Level)]] occasionally. |
| | It is also featured in the novelization [[Contact Harvest]] when the two [[San 'Shyuum]] go to the minister to recruit him as a Hierarch. It is never used against, or by, the player in gameplay. |
| | Also, after the replacement of the Elites in the Covenant Hierarchy, the weapon's religous |
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| ==Gallery==
| | {{Melee Weapons}} |
| <gallery>
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| File:H2 HonorGuardPike.png|The pike in ''Halo 2''.
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| File:HonorGuard02.jpg|A Sangheili Honor Guardsman holding an energy stave in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
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| File:HW6.png|A group of Stealth Sangheili using energy staves in ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
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| File:HE22 Break-in.jpg|Two Hesduros Zealots with energy staves being killed by [[Ayit 'Sevi]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
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| File:H2A-HighCouncilSession.jpg|Sangheili Honor Guardman with energy staves in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars]]''
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[The Babysitter]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| **''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''
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| **''[[Contact]]''
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| **''[[Reckoning]]''
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| ==Sources==
| | [[Category:The Covenant]] |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
| | [[Category:Weapons]] |
| | | [[Category:Covenant Weapons]] |
| {{Melee Weapons}}
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| {{Covenant sidearms}}
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| [[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]] | |
