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{{Main|Covenant|Sangheili colonies}} | {{Main|Covenant|Sangheili colonies}} | ||
[[File:H5G - Milky Way.png|thumb|left|250px|A Covenant hologram of the Milky Way aboard ''[[Undiminished Entelechy]]''.]] | [[File:H5G - Milky Way.png|thumb|left|250px|A Covenant hologram of the Milky Way aboard ''[[Undiminished Entelechy]]''.]] | ||
Because the Covenant have been spacefaring for over three millennia,{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia]]|Page=30}} and possess far superior [[astrogation|slipstream navigation]] technology to humanity, they have explored a significantly larger portion of the galaxy than humanity has. Encompassing thousands of systems, the Covenant Empire was so expansive and complex that entire worlds and sub-domains could disappear from records for decades before contact resumed.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo: Warfleet]]|Page=52}} The Covenant dominated much of the | Because the Covenant have been spacefaring for over three millennia,{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia]]|Page=30}} and possess far superior [[astrogation|slipstream navigation]] technology to humanity, they have explored a significantly larger portion of the galaxy than humanity has. Encompassing thousands of systems, the Covenant Empire was so expansive and complex that entire worlds and sub-domains could disappear from records for decades before contact resumed.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo: Warfleet]]|Page=52}} The Covenant dominated much of the orion arm but would leave a world untouched unless it had religious or practical importance.<ref>''[[Halo Waypoint]]'', ??</ref> The Covenant have discovered and explored several Forerunner [[shield world]]s as well as other Forerunner artifacts, from which they have acquired much of their advanced technology. | ||
The [[Human-Covenant War]] has devastated numerous human worlds, but at least two Covenant worlds, [[Joyous Exultation]] and [[Glyke]], were devastated by UNSC [[NOVA bomb]]s. Earlier on, both [[Taming of the Hunters|Te]] and [[Unggoy Rebellion|Balaho]], the Lekgolo and Unggoy homeworlds respectively, were almost [[glassed]] during the [[Covenant]]'s history. | The [[Human-Covenant War]] has devastated numerous human worlds, but at least two Covenant worlds, [[Joyous Exultation]] and [[Glyke]], were devastated by UNSC [[NOVA bomb]]s. Earlier on, both [[Taming of the Hunters|Te]] and [[Unggoy Rebellion|Balaho]], the Lekgolo and Unggoy homeworlds respectively, were almost [[glassed]] during the [[Covenant]]'s history. | ||