Unidentified energy sword pattern

This unidentified energy sword pattern, more commonly known as the energy sword, is a Covenant melee weapon manufactured by the Merchants of Qikost.

Design details
This unidentified energy sword is one of the many energy sword variants manufactured by the Covenant. It is characterized by a widened gap between the two blades above its hilt. The exact mechanism by which the energy sword functions was still under investigation by United Nations Space Command in 2552.

Usage
Within the Covenant, this energy sword is a weapon typically carried by high-ranking Sangheili, like Sangheili Ultras, Sangheili Generals and Sangheili Zealots. Bloodblade of this variant were employed by the Silent Shadow. Following the Human-Covenant War and the dissolution of the Covenant, this energy sword was inherited by its splinter factions, including the Swords of Sanghelios, Jul 'Mdama's Covenant, and Servants of the Abiding Truth.

Variants

 * Bloodblade - As with many other patterns of energy swords, this energy sword pattern can be customized as a bloodblade, with red-colored plasma.

Gameplay
This energy sword pattern is featured in Halo: Reach. The energy sword is a powerful melee weapon in close-quarters combat, capable of killing most foes with a single strike. It is a power weapon that appears on some multiplayer maps.

Production notes

 * In Halo: Reach, the energy sword icon in the HUD features a different inner design from that of the in-game model.
 * In the remastered graphics of the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and the Halo 2: Anniversary campaign, the in-game model of the was replaced by this unidentified energy sword pattern from Halo: Reach. However, the remastered Halo 2: Anniversary cinematics still depicted the Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

List of appearances

 * Deliver Hope
 * Halo: Reach
 * Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
 * Halo 4
 * Halo: Escalation
 * Halo 2: Anniversary
 * Terminals
 * Halo: Tales from Slipspace
 * Hunting Party
 * Halo: Collateral Damage