Battlenet

Summary

Term for Covenant communication systems maintained to allow instantaneous contact between units, ships and planets. The equivalent to the Human COM system.

Covenant Battlenet channels are sometimes broadcast on the same frequencies as the COM, but to date there is no explanation why. The battlenet can be isolated for deep space broadcast, as well as intership, and between units. It can also be noted that the Battlenet was broadcast over all of Installation 04, and by monitoring it, Cortana was able to discern Covenant activity over the ring. Battlenet channels are also unencrypted usually, likely because the Covenant do not believe Humans pose a threat either way.

Battlenet is standard equipmaent aboard all Covenant vessels, but ground communication is best made using Uplink Crates.

The Covenant intership Battlenet has a curious feature: a system of communicating orders throughout the Covenant empire. Transmissions carry embedded subcommuniques containing orders for ships to various jumps, rendevious, and tasks. The efficent system allows Covenant orders to circulate more quickly throughout the empire.

Battlenet Frequencies

These frequencies are most commonly used by the Covenant, but it seems that they occasionally utilize the UNSC D- and E- Bands.

• Covenant F-Band
• Covenant G-Band
• Covenant H-Band
• Covenant I-Band
• Covenant J-Band
• Covenant K-Band