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'''Beacons''' are equipment used by the [[ | {{Disambig header|the Covenant mining equipment|emergency communications devices|Distress beacon}} | ||
'''Beacons''' are equipment used by the [[Covenant]] in the extraction of the [[Helium|helium-3]]. Fifty stories tall and as wide as five city blocks, a Beacon is shaped like a perfectly symmetrical beehive floating atop four [[Anti-gravity technology|antigravity]] "stilts", tended by [[Yanme'e]] [[Unmutuals|workers]]. The term "Beacon" is a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] designation - whatever the Covenant know the equipment as is unknown. Helium-3 was trapped in a second mantle formed over the original object during the spallation-heavy [[terraforming]] process of UNSC colonies. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], the Covenant would set up Beacons on conquered UNSC worlds to extract and refine this helium-3, converting it into pure energy for transmission to nearby [[battle group]]s. One such Beacon was located on [[Verge]] in [[2552]], used to power Covenant warships [[Battle of Tribute|blockading]] [[Tribute]], [[Raid on Verge|destroyed soon after]] by [[Team Black]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Blunt Instruments]]"</ref> | |||
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