Covenant comm node: Difference between revisions

'''Spikes of Obesience''', also known as '''Covenant comm relays'''<ref name="Spartan Games">[http://www.spartangames.co.uk/make-your-halo-table-look-awesome '''Spartan Games''': ''Make your Halo table look awesome!'']</ref> or '''comm nodes''',<ref name="Forge">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Forge]]''</ref> are mobile communication devices used by the [[Covenant]] on the battlefield. The first link in the Covenant's control began with the placement of these Spikes in areas they intended to dominate.<ref name="Spartan Games"/>

The Spikes of Obesience were used by the hegemony as a means to connect to their [[Covenant battle network|battle network]] and functioned as a combination of proselytism, network up-links, communication hubs, and sensor relay nodes.<ref name="Spartan Games"/> The comm nodes come in several different variants, with the most common variant depicted as tall devices, consisting of a stalk protruding from a central structure, supported by a trio of "legs". They are primarily magenta, black, and silver in color.<ref name="TotS">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref> Some comm nodes keep the tall antenna, but with a single large base structure,<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]'''</ref> while others bear more resemblance to the [[Covenant supply case]], with antenna and a keyboard attached.<ref name="HCE">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'''</ref>

Comm relays were used extensively during the Covenant's vicious [[Fall of Reach|assault]] on the planet [[Reach]],<ref name="TotS"/> and the follow-up [[Battle of Installation 04]]<ref name="HCE"/> as well as during the [[Battle of Earth]]<ref>'''Halo 3''' campaign level, ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> the [[Battle of Installation 05]],<ref name="Uprising">'''[[Halo 2]]''' campaign level, ''[[Uprising]]''</ref> and the [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref>'''Halo 3''' campaign level, ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref>

*The comm will remain active if one of its legs has been broken off, and it can still be picked up in [[Forge]]. To fully destroy it, one must break the tower off the base.<ref name="Forge"/>

*On the main body of the node, something resembling the [[List of Marathon references in the Halo series|Marathon]] symbol can clearly be seen.<ref name="TotS"/>