Vestige
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A vestige is a piece of Covenant technology created during the earliest Ages of the empire.[1]
Overview[edit]
The term vestige broadly refers to all manner of materiel and technology with notable examples being starships and weaponry. The span of time the vestige label applies to is at least from The Former Age to the Third Age of Reclamation.[1] Vestige starships while being weaker than their modern Covenant counterparts were still more technologically advanced compared to human starships with many of these ships being exclusively Sangheili in design.[2]
Technologies specifically referred to as a vestige include:[1][2]
- Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner
- Lursu-pattern brigantine
- R'sikosh-pattern man o' war
- Rwaru-pattern carrack
- Vestige Carbine
Although not directly identified as vestige technology, the Mjern-pattern agricultural support ship, the Barque, and the Useumru-pattern voidpiercer would also fall under the vestige label.
History[edit]
Covenant era[edit]
Many of the vestige Sangheili ships were stored away between stars or in carved out caverns of airless worlds in hopes of a possible future rebellion. The records for their locations were deliberately removed and forgotten.[2]
Postwar[edit]
A lot of vestige technology would be brought back to service during the Blooding Years and beyond. The Swords of Sanghelios and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant found cache of Hekar Taa-pattern ships on the edge of the Joori system and reintegrated back into their fleets.[2] Similarly, in 2560, Vestige Carbines were found in a vault on Qikost by the Swords.[1]
