Editing Energy stave

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The '''Energy Stave''' is a [[Covenant]] [[melee]] [[weapon]]. It is used exclusively by the [[Honor Guard of the Covenant|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.

These weapons are long Staves 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 [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Honor Guard Elites]] will use [[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle|Plasma Rifle]] and [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|Energy Sword]] and also [[Type-51 Carbine|Covenant Carbines]] in real combat. However, they were used by [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] to subdue any [[Unggoy|Grunt]]s and [[Kig-yar|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 [[Activation Index|Sacred Icon]]. This weapon is never used in game-play by other characters.

==Appearances== 
====[[Halo 2]]====
They can be seen in the hands of the [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Brute Honor Guard]] during both the opening and closing cinematic of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' level [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]], but they are simply tossed aside, as the [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] prefer other weaponry to protect the Hierarchs, and kill [[John-117|Master Chief]].

===[[Halo 3]]===
The Energy Stave can also be seen in [[Cortana (Level)|Cortana]] occasionally.

===Novels===
It is also featured in the novelization [[Halo: Contact Harvest|Contact Harvest]] when the two [[San 'Shyuum]] go to the [[Prophet of Mercy|minister]] to recruit him as a Hierarch. It is never used against, or by, the player in gameplay.

Also, after the replacement of the [[Sangheili|Elites]] in the Covenant Hierarchy, the weapon's religious significance died out. During the cutscene where the brutes take power you see them fighting over the Energy Staves, meaning the Honor guards that have the pikes could have a higher value or rank than Honor Guards who don't have them at all.

It can be seen in last sections of [[Halo: The Cole Protocol]] as well. Not much was written here except that plasma was created at the tip of the spear.

====[[Halo Wars]]====
An early version of the weapon can be seen in a ''[[Halo Wars]]'' cinematic, it's not used in gameplay, only in cinematics. It can though been seen in combat for the first time here and there abilities finally gauged. 

In the cutscene "Monsters" the weapon can be seen to cut though another pike as well as shear an [[Elite]]'s armor. The stave can also been seen used as a thrown weapon to great effect this suggests the weapon is relatively light, or it could just be the fact that a Spartan was throwing it.

This stave may have been completely remodeled into the one we see in ''[[Halo 2]]'' as many aspects have changed so this cannot be used to assess the Halo 2 era weapon. The changes from ''[[Halo Wars]]'' to ''[[Halo 2]]'' include the added details and the orange-glowing symmetrical appearance as opposed to the blue asymmetrical appearance in Halo Wars.

==Gallery==
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Image:HonorGuard02.jpg|An [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Honor Guard Elite]] holding an Energy Stave.
Image:Unknown_covenant_weapon.PNG‎|The Energy Stave in ''[[Halo Wars]]'', an earlier version of the one in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
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