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{{Weapon | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
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| manufacturer= | |manufacturer=Covenant | ||
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| type=Melee | |type=Melee weapon | ||
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| | |service=[[Human-Covenant War]] <br> [[Great Schism]]<br>[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | ||
| | |affiliation=[[Covenant]] | ||
| | *[[Honor Guard]] | ||
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The '''energy stave''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=ch|HCH|Chapter=Epilogue}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=95}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=307}} also known as the '''energy pike''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=tcp|TCP|Chapter=69}} is a [[Covenant]] [[melee]] weapon, consisting of a long metal staff and a bladed tip with a series of glowing panels. Different variants of the energy stave are used for both practical and ceremonial purposes.{{Ref/Level|H2|Sacred Icon}}{{Ref/Level|Id=wars|HW|Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape}} | |||
Despite their appearance generally lacking the distinct [[plasma]] blades of [[Energy sword (fiction)|energy swords]] and their cousins, energy staves (as their name implies) are fully-powered weapons and emit a great heat when activated,{{Ref/Novel|HOblv|Chapter=5}} alongside a crackling sound of sparks emitting.{{Ref/Reuse|ch}} At least one variant of the energy stave does employ an energy mechanism containing blue plasma.{{Ref/Reuse|tcp}} | |||
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==Types== | |||
===Ceremonial stave=== | |||
The ceremonial energy stave features an elaborate, forked tip with ornate panels similar in color to the armor worn by the [[Covenant Honor Guard]], serving as a symbol of office.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} They were originally used by the Honor Guard's [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili]] personnel, including the [[Lights of Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Reuse|ch}} Following the [[Changing of the Guard]] use of the stave fell to their [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae successors]].{{Ref/Level|Id=grave|H2|Gravemind (level)|Gravemind}} Following the end of the Human-Covenant War [[Sangheili Zealot]]s in [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] irregularly used the ceremonial stave for guarding prisoners.{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=22}} | |||
The energy stave's function is largely ceremonial. The Honor Guard Sangheili mostly used {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}}s, [[Energy sword (fiction)|energy sword]]s, and {{Pattern|Vostu|carbine}}s in combat. However, they were used by [[Jiralhanae]] to subdue any [[Unggoy]] and [[Kig-Yar]] who came too close to the [[High Council Chamber]] during one of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]'s sermons regarding the discovery of [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 05]]'s [[Activation Index|"Sacred Icon"]].{{Ref/Reuse|grave}} | |||
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[[Category: | ===Non-ceremonial stave=== | ||
This version of the energy stave is more ascetic in design than the one used by the Honor Guard. Metallic gray in color, it incorporates a twin-bladed tip with blue paneling. Unlike the ceremonial staves used by the Honor Guard, these weapons can also be wielded by regular Sangheili, including [[Stealth Sangheili]]. During the [[Battle of Trove]], a group of Sangheili guards assigned to protect the [[Apex Site]] on the [[Trove|shield world]] were equipped with energy staves.{{Ref/Reuse|wars}} The Honor Guardsmen escorting the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s on the shield world wielded combat energy staves in addition to wearing non-ceremonial armor.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:H2 HonorGuardPike.png|The pike in ''Halo 2''. | |||
File:HonorGuard02.jpg|A Sangheili Honor Guardsman holding an energy stave in ''[[Halo 2]]''. | |||
File:HW6.png|A group of Stealth Sangheili using energy staves in ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | |||
File:HE22 Break-in.jpg|Two Hesduros Zealots with energy staves being killed by [[Ayit 'Sevi]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''. | |||
File:H2A-HighCouncilSession.jpg|Sangheili Honor Guardman with energy staves in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==List of appearances== | |||
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo 2]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo Legends]]'' | |||
**''[[The Babysitter]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | |||
**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' | |||
**''[[Contact]]'' | |||
**''[[Reckoning]]'' | |||
==Sources== | |||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{Melee Weapons}} | |||
{{Covenant sidearms}} | |||
[[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]] | |||