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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
[[File:H2A Terminals - Luminary activated.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A Luminary depicting the Halo Array.]] | [[File:H2A Terminals - Luminary activated.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A Luminary depicting the Halo Array.]] | ||
A standard Covenant Luminary is shaped like a series of three silver pyramids: two smaller ones supporting an upside down larger one in the center. There are apparently several models of Luminaries, more advanced versions (presumably a better reconstruction of the original Forerunner devices), as it was noted that primitive versions of Luminaries | A standard Covenant Luminary is shaped like a series of three silver pyramids: two smaller ones supporting an upside down larger one in the center. There are apparently several models of Luminaries, more advanced versions (presumably a better reconstruction of the original Forerunner devices), as it was noted that primitive versions of Luminaries led the Covenant to discover the [[Lekgolo]], shortly after the formation of the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 269''</ref> | ||
Luminaries are of great religious significance to the Covenant and tampering with them was punishable by death. A Holy Writ, essentially the Covenant equivalent of folk wisdom, concerns the Luminaries, namely, "''A Luminary does not lie.''"<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 94''</ref> A writ (either the Writ of Sanctity or the Writ of Security) also ordered the destruction of any luminaries onboard a ship that was compromised in battle, so that they would not fall into enemy hands.<ref>''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''</ref> | Luminaries are of great religious significance to the Covenant and tampering with them was punishable by death. A Holy Writ, essentially the Covenant equivalent of folk wisdom, concerns the Luminaries, namely, "''A Luminary does not lie.''"<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 94''</ref> A writ (either the Writ of Sanctity or the Writ of Security) also ordered the destruction of any luminaries onboard a ship that was compromised in battle, so that they would not fall into enemy hands.<ref>''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''</ref> | ||