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==Technology==
==Technology==
Even before contact with the San'Shyuum the Sangheili had developed several types of starships like the [[Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner|''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner]] and {{Pattern|Lursu|brigantine}}. The Sangheili also created weapons such as the [[Type-1 energy sword]]. Many of the technologies used by the Sangheili during the reign of the covenant was adapted from Forerunner artifacts left behind after the firing of the Halo array. Tampering with these artifacts was at one point considered heresy and was not allowed under the Sangheili religion. This was later changed within the covenant so that only the San'Shyuum being allowed to disassemble and study Forerunner artifacts.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole Protocol}}
Even before contact with the San'Shyuum the Sangheili had developed several types of starships like the [[Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner|''Hekar Taa''-pattern blockade runner]] and {{Pattern|Lursu|brigantine}}. The Sangheili also created weapons such as the [[Type-1 energy sword]]. Many of the technologies used by the Sangheili during the reign of the covenant was adapted from Forerunner artifacts left behind after the firing of the Halo array. Tampering with these artifacts was at one point considered heresy and was not allowed under the Sangheili religion. This was later changed within the covenant so that only the San'Shyuum being allowed to disassemble and study Forerunner artifacts.{{Ref/Novel|The Cole Protocol}}


After ties deepened with Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and his Swords of Sanghelios following the Human-Covenant War, his Sangheili artisans began to reap the benefits of cheap and simple human automation aides, revelations of Forerunner language and command codes that had been locked away by the San'Shyuum, and entirely new modalities of thought and systems of investigation. Using Forerunner knowledge reclaimed by humans a Renaissance has begun among Sangheili artisans eager to explore new avenues of knowledge, demolishing opaque rules and taboos that shackled their craft under the Covenant. Even as the Created move to control both species and safely circumscribe their destructive tendencies it seemed inevitable that the combination of iconoclastic Sangheili artisans and insatiably curious human engineers would lead to wonders and terrors yet undreamed of.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore 1/22/2016: Armory Amore]</ref>
After ties deepened with Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and his Swords of Sanghelios following the Human-Covenant War, his Sangheili artisans began to reap the benefits of cheap and simple human automation aides, revelations of Forerunner language and command codes that had been locked away by the San'Shyuum, and entirely new modalities of thought and systems of investigation. Using Forerunner knowledge reclaimed by humans a Renaissance has begun among Sangheili artisans eager to explore new avenues of knowledge, demolishing opaque rules and taboos that shackled their craft under the Covenant. Even as the Created move to control both species and safely circumscribe their destructive tendencies it seemed inevitable that the combination of iconoclastic Sangheili artisans and insatiably curious human engineers would lead to wonders and terrors yet undreamed of.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore 1/22/2016: Armory Amore]</ref>