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{{Disambig header|massive Covenant space stations|the similarly-named [[shield world]]|Etran Harborage}} | {{Disambig header|massive Covenant space stations|the similarly-named [[shield world]]|Etran Harborage}} | ||
[[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|300px|thumb|The thirty-kilometre ''Unyielding Hierophant'' serviced a fleet of over five hundred Covenant warships.]] | [[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|300px|thumb|The thirty-kilometre ''Unyielding Hierophant'' serviced a fleet of over five hundred Covenant warships.]] | ||
'''Harborages''' were types of gargantuan [[space station]] and [[Covenant starship|starship]] employed throughout the [[Covenant]] empire. With the empire's devolved leadership structure allowing individual worlds considerable autonomy, the [[Hierarch]]s used harborages to control the stars and the space between | '''Harborages''' were types of gargantuan [[space station]] and [[Covenant starship|starship]] employed throughout the [[Covenant]] empire. With the empire's devolved leadership structure allowing individual worlds considerable autonomy, the [[Hierarch]]s used harborages to control the stars and the space between planet - ensuring a complete and total control over their imperial subjects. Harborages were spread throughout the empire and served as regional capital-sites, consisting of various classes of city-ships and command-and-control centres which were able to [[Proselytization network|broadcast]] the will of [[High Charity]]. Alongside this function, they served as replenishment yards for the [[Covenant fleet]], safeguards for [[Forerunner]] artefacts and shipyards for the [[Covenant military|military]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=225}} Harborages may have some broad overlap with the Covenant's starship classification of [[Exarch]]s. | ||
The importance of harborages was absolute, and as such even the hierarchs were unable to move them from their appointments unless absolutely necessary, due to the risk of unveiling their carefully hidden secrets. Two such installations were encountered by [[human]]ity during the [[Human-Covenant War]]; the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] at [[Zhoist]] and ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' in the [[Tau Ceti system]]. Both were destroyed via the actions of the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]]s, acting as dark omens for humanity's eventual victory in the war.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | The importance of harborages was absolute, and as such even the hierarchs were unable to move them from their appointments unless absolutely necessary, due to the risk of unveiling their carefully hidden secrets. Two such installations were encountered by [[human]]ity during the [[Human-Covenant War]]; the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] at [[Zhoist]] and ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' in the [[Tau Ceti system]]. Both were destroyed via the actions of the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]]s, acting as dark omens for humanity's eventual victory in the war.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
