Editing Holding chamber

{{Status|Canon}}
'''Holding chambers'''{{Verify}}, also known as '''holding cells'''{{Ref/Level|Id=CETNR|CE|The Truth and Reconciliation}} or '''holding pens'''{{Ref/Level|Id=H2G|H2|Gravemind (level)|Gravemind}}, are [[Covenant]] prison cells.

They are found within ''[[High Charity]]'' and in various other Covenant ships. They are used for holding [[Treason|traitors]], [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] and [[convict]]s. They have an [[energy barrier]] on the front, which can only be deactivated with a switch, in the case of the {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}. Shooting these barriers will cause them to flicker a dark blood red and make all ammunition being fired at it, besides [[plasma]], ricochet off.{{Ref/Reuse|CETNR}} However, on ''High Charity'' the prison cells had bars on the front, much like modern day jail cells.{{Ref/Reuse|H2G}}

The Covenant also use a type of field projector to create temporary holding cells within existing structures in the field. Suspended in mid-air, the device generates an energy barrier which can be used to wall off prisoners and can only be deactivated from the other side. The Covenant used this type of temporary holding cell during the [[Recovery of John-117|a skirmish in]] [[Tanzania]] on [[2552#November|November 17, 2552]], when they captured [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Johnson]] and his men in a small room within [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]].{{Ref/Level|H3|Sierra 117}}

The holding chambers on [[High Charity]] were used to hold Marines taken prisoner at the [[Battle of Installation 05]],{{Ref/Reuse|H2G}} and at one point a trio of Jackals.{{Ref/Level|H2|The Arbiter}}

==Gallery==
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File:HTMCC-HCE CCS Brig.jpg|A brig onboard ''Truth and Reconciliation''.
File:HTMCC-HCE CCS Holding Chamber.jpg|A holding chamber in ''Truth and Reconciliation''.
File:HTMCC-HCEA CCS Brig.jpg|A brig onboard ''Truth and Reconciliation''.
File:HTMCC-HCEA CCS Holding Chamber.jpg|A holding chamber in ''Truth and Reconciliation''.
File:H2A - Kig-Yar convicts.jpg|Three Kig-yar jailed in ''High Charity''.
File:HTMCC-H2A Marine POW.jpg|A Marine held prisoner in ''High Charity''.
File:HTMCC-H2A Empty Holding Pen.jpg|A series of emptied holding chambers in ''High Charity''.
File:MarinePOWs.jpg|Marines being held in a makeshift holding chamber.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''

==Sources==
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{{High Charity Locations}}

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