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==Function== | ==Function== | ||
In Covenant governance, the [[High Council]] tasked [[lesser council]]s with bureaucratic oversight and day-to-day governance of the empire, with lesser councils thus issuing edicts to the various subordinate ministries to enact their decrees and laws. In practice however, each ministry was effectively an independent body and acted with impunity.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=236-237}} | |||
Each ministry acted as a governing body of the Covenant, directing vital religious and secular activites within the empire. The power and prestige of their groups waxed and waned as they waged bloody internal wars for bureaucratic dominance and promotion of their particular brand of orthodoxy. Ministries controlled a large number of independent martial organisations, with the empire as a whole not having one strict standing military. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], three ministries served as the primary military force encountered by humans.<ref name="fb7">''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', Core Rulebook - p.7</ref> | Each ministry acted as a governing body of the Covenant, directing vital religious and secular activites within the empire. The power and prestige of their groups waxed and waned as they waged bloody internal wars for bureaucratic dominance and promotion of their particular brand of orthodoxy. Ministries controlled a large number of independent martial organisations, with the empire as a whole not having one strict standing military. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], three ministries served as the primary military force encountered by humans.<ref name="fb7">''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'', Core Rulebook - p.7</ref> | ||
A given ministry is led by a [[San'Shyuum]] [[Minister (title)|minister]], with a [[vice minister]] under him. Some ministries may also employ a [[Minor Minister]]. The ministries employed [[senior staffer|senior]] and [[junior staffer]]s below these leadership positions. | A given ministry is led by a [[San'Shyuum]] [[Minister (title)|minister]], with a [[vice minister]] under him. Some ministries may also employ a [[Minor Minister]]. The ministries employed [[senior staffer|senior]] and [[junior staffer]]s below these leadership positions.{{Ref/Novel|Id=CH9|HCH|Chapter=9}} | ||
==Known ministries of the Covenant== | ==Known ministries of the Covenant== | ||
*[[Ministry of Abnegation]] - responsible for overseeing the [[Sangheili]] order of the [[Ascetics]]. | At the time of the empire's dissolution, there were hundreds of ministries within the Covenant. These ministries generally had broadly overlapping spheres of influence and duty, which promoted internal competition and infighting - and allowed the Hierarchy and High Council absolute authority over the Covenant's imperial holdings for millennia. Ministries could be created and dissolved with relative ease, and by the Covenant's end some existed purely to create busywork for particularly ambitious members of the High Council.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
*[[Ministry of Anticipatory Security]] - short-lived ministry responsible for detecting threats to [[High Charity]] before they became a threat. | *[[Ministry of Abnegation]] - responsible for overseeing the [[Sangheili]] order of the [[Ascetics]].{{Ref/Book|Id=evg56|EVG|Page=56|Detail=Elite Ascetic}} | ||
*[[Ministry of Anticipatory Security]] - a short-lived ministry responsible for detecting threats to [[High Charity]] before they became a threat. | |||
*[[Ministry of Artifact Survey]] - presumably a ministry created for the purpose of finding new Forerunner artifacts. | *[[Ministry of Artifact Survey]] - presumably a ministry created for the purpose of finding new Forerunner artifacts. | ||
*[[Ministry of Concert]] - responsible for settling matters of dispute between Covenant client species, and representing the lower-caste species such as [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]].{{Ref/Reuse|CH9}} | *[[Ministry of Concert]] - responsible for settling matters of dispute between Covenant client species, and representing the lower-caste species such as [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]].{{Ref/Reuse|CH9}} | ||