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BaconShelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Status|Canon}} The '''Covenant World Registry''' is a piece of documentation previously used and maintained by the Covenant, to record the empire's vast swaths of territory and its many recorded worlds - both colonial and barren in nature. As of 2559, a copy of the registry has been translated into English, making it accessible for use by humanity - especially for cross-referencing with the Military Survey of Unin...") |
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While comprehensive in nature, the Covenant did not necessarily have a perfect index of their own territory, with several worlds missing and unrecorded in the various star charts and navigational databases (which may or may not include the World Registry). These include the [[Lekgolo]] homeworld [[Te]], which was of little value to most Covenant spacefarers and thus had its location only particularly kept in the now-[[Fall of High Charity|fallen]] [[High Charity]],{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=203}} and the [[Dazreme]] homeworld [[Reme]] - whose location was deliberately kept hidden by the [[San'Shyuum]] due to its strategic value.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=214-215}} | While comprehensive in nature, the Covenant did not necessarily have a perfect index of their own territory, with several worlds missing and unrecorded in the various star charts and navigational databases (which may or may not include the World Registry). These include the [[Lekgolo]] homeworld [[Te]], which was of little value to most Covenant spacefarers and thus had its location only particularly kept in the now-[[Fall of High Charity|fallen]] [[High Charity]],{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=203}} and the [[Dazreme]] homeworld [[Reme]] - whose location was deliberately kept hidden by the [[San'Shyuum]] due to its strategic value.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=214-215}} | ||
Planets listed in the registry commonly have two names. This may be for any number of reasons, with some of the more common including the world having a [[Sangheili]] and a [[San'Shyuum]]-assigned name (ie [[Malurok]] being alternatively referred to as Decided Heart). However, a world having two names is also commonly a sign that the planet was additionally named by the [[Forerunner]]s; the planet [[Netherop|N'ba]] was assigned multiple names in this manner; N'ba and Neska. N'ba | Planets listed in the registry commonly have two names. This may be for any number of reasons, with some of the more common including the world having a [[Sangheili]] and a [[San'Shyuum]]-assigned name (ie [[Malurok]] being alternatively referred to as Decided Heart). However, a world having two names is also commonly a sign that the planet was additionally named by the [[Forerunner]]s; the planet [[Netherop|N'ba]] was assigned multiple names in this manner; N'ba and Neska. N'ba is a [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]] word roughly translating to "''world of death''", while Neska is a Forerunner word that translates to "''Planet of Ghost Makers''". In 2559, this note was picked up by [[Xenoarchaeology|xenoarchaelogist]] [[Keely Iyuska]], who had been provided a careful and accurate transcription of the Forerunner name for the world by [[Eto 'Saljhoo]] - and used it to infer the presence of a [[Divine Hand|potential superweapon]] on the planet to be used to fight against the [[Guardian Custode]]s of the [[Created]].{{Ref/Reuse|OC3}} | ||
The registry was later consulted by the [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]], who also investigated the N'ba entry and noted that the planet had been declared off-limits by the [[Prophet of Truth]] in [[2526]] due to the loss of two [[Covenant frigate]]s over the planet - in reality a cover for the banishment of [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] and [[Defenders of the Sanctum|his crew]] on the world.{{Ref/Reuse|OC3}} | The registry was later consulted by the [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]], who also investigated the N'ba entry and noted that the planet had been declared off-limits by the [[Prophet of Truth]] in [[2526]] due to the loss of two [[Covenant frigate]]s over the planet - in reality a cover for the banishment of [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] and [[Defenders of the Sanctum|his crew]] on the world.{{Ref/Reuse|OC3}} | ||