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{{Disambig header|massive Covenant space stations|the similarly-named [[shield world]]| | {{Disambig header|massive Covenant space stations|the similarly-named [[shield world]]|Etran Harborage}} | ||
[[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|300px|thumb|The thirty-kilometre ''Unyielding Hierophant'' serviced a fleet of over five hundred Covenant warships.]] | [[File:HM-UnyieldingHierophant.jpg|300px|thumb|The thirty-kilometre ''Unyielding Hierophant'' serviced a fleet of over five hundred Covenant warships.]] | ||
'''Harborages''' were types of gargantuan [[space station]] and [[Covenant starship|starship]] employed throughout the [[Covenant]] empire. With the empire's devolved leadership structure allowing individual worlds considerable autonomy, the [[Hierarch]]s used harborages to control the stars and the space between planet - ensuring a complete and total control over their imperial subjects. Harborages were spread throughout the empire and served as regional capital-sites, consisting of various classes of city-ships and command-and-control centres which were able to [[Proselytization network|broadcast]] the will of [[High Charity]]. Alongside this function, they served as replenishment yards for the [[Covenant fleet]], safeguards for [[Forerunner]] artefacts and shipyards for the [[Covenant military|military]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=225}} Harborages may have some broad overlap with the Covenant's starship classification of [[Exarch]]s. | '''Harborages''' were types of gargantuan [[space station]] and [[Covenant starship|starship]] employed throughout the [[Covenant]] empire. With the empire's devolved leadership structure allowing individual worlds considerable autonomy, the [[Hierarch]]s used harborages to control the stars and the space between planet - ensuring a complete and total control over their imperial subjects. Harborages were spread throughout the empire and served as regional capital-sites, consisting of various classes of city-ships and command-and-control centres which were able to [[Proselytization network|broadcast]] the will of [[High Charity]]. Alongside this function, they served as replenishment yards for the [[Covenant fleet]], safeguards for [[Forerunner]] artefacts and shipyards for the [[Covenant military|military]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=225}} Harborages may have some broad overlap with the Covenant's starship classification of [[Exarch]]s. | ||