Energy cutlass

The painglass saber, known by Kig-Yar as chiss-teh, is a Covenant melee weapon primarily used by the Kig-Yar for light skirmishes in close-quarter situations. It is an energized cutlass forged using a modified energy projector with a Subanese crystal shard that has been chemically treated and sharpened into a blade. Used by Kig-Yar soldiers and pirates alike, they are considered to be very useful during boarding actions on hostile ships or in melee engagements in confined spaces.

The weapon is composed of a complex arrangement of chemicals, plasma, alloys, and a crystal shard from Suban. These blades house a complex chemical mixture within them that causes the blade to explode into shards when embedded into a soft target, similar to a fired Needler round. Before it explodes, the blade will begin to pulse with a rosy red color.

The Unggoy also use them, as seen during the fighting on the Tiara during the First Battle of Harvest. Energy cutlasses were used by several Kig-Yar during the Battle of Ariel in January 2552.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Contact Harvest
 * Halo: Helljumper
 * Halo: Lone Wolf