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The '''antigravity belt''' is a personal transportation device worn by some [[Lesser Prophet|lesser]] [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[San 'Shyuum|Prophets]]. Worn around the waist of the user, they [[Anti-gravity technology|levitate]] the user above the ground in a manner similar to the [[anti-gravity chair]] or [[gravity throne]]. The San 'Shyuum use these devices to avoid walking, as they are a fairly feeble race.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 5''</ref>
The '''anti-gravity belt''', sometimes shortened to '''anti-grav belt'''<ref name="hbc1">'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 1''</ref> and also known as a '''gravitational mod belt''',<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 13'' (Google Play edition)</ref> is a [[San'Shyuum]] gravity-mitigating mobility aid typically used when a San'Shyuum chooses to vacate their [[anti-gravity chair]]. It is worn around the waist underneath a San'Shyuum's robes. Rather than [[Anti-gravity technology|levitating]] its wearer like an anti-gravity chair, the belt merely reduces the gravitational pull the user is subjected to, allowing the San'Shyuum to walk more freely as they are a fairly feeble race.<ref name="hbc5">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 5''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 214''</ref> The belt's gravity-manipulation mechanism can also support its wearer during extreme acceleration of a spacecraft, for example, preventing them from being thrown about uncontrollably.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 10''</ref>


The use of antigravity belts is relatively rare; nearly all mature San 'Shyuum use anti-gravity chairs as their primary form of transport,<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 143''</ref> and only the [[Prophet of Stewardship]] has been known to use an antigravity belt. It was noted that the Prophet preferred a belt over a chair either out of habit, or because it allowed him to loom over otherwise taller races such as the [[Sangheili]], granting him a form of artificial physical power symbolic of the political and religious power wielded by the Prophets within the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page 94''</ref>
San'Shyuum used such technology as early as the [[San'Shyuum-Sangheili War]], when San'Shyuum [[Reformist]] warriors—including the [[Steward]]s of [[High Lord]]s—wore anti-gravity belts.{{Ref/Reuse|hbc1}}
 
==Production notes==
The [[Prophet of Stewardship]] was described as wearing an anti-gravity belt which he used to elevate himself above his subordinates in the original edition of ''[[Halo: The Flood]]''; this is likely because the anti-gravity chairs had not yet been introduced into the canon at the time the novel was written despite being considered standard equipment for Prophets in later fiction. All mentions of Stewardship wearing a belt were replaced with "anti-gravity throne" in the 2010 reissue. Nevertheless, ''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' reestablished the anti-gravity belt as a canonical technology used in tandem with anti-gravity chairs.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}} {{C|2003 edition; non-canonical appearance}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{Ref/Sources}}
 
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Latest revision as of 12:41, March 23, 2022

The anti-gravity belt, sometimes shortened to anti-grav belt[1] and also known as a gravitational mod belt,[2] is a San'Shyuum gravity-mitigating mobility aid typically used when a San'Shyuum chooses to vacate their anti-gravity chair. It is worn around the waist underneath a San'Shyuum's robes. Rather than levitating its wearer like an anti-gravity chair, the belt merely reduces the gravitational pull the user is subjected to, allowing the San'Shyuum to walk more freely as they are a fairly feeble race.[3][4] The belt's gravity-manipulation mechanism can also support its wearer during extreme acceleration of a spacecraft, for example, preventing them from being thrown about uncontrollably.[5]

San'Shyuum used such technology as early as the San'Shyuum-Sangheili War, when San'Shyuum Reformist warriors—including the Stewards of High Lords—wore anti-gravity belts.[1]

Production notes[edit]

The Prophet of Stewardship was described as wearing an anti-gravity belt which he used to elevate himself above his subordinates in the original edition of Halo: The Flood; this is likely because the anti-gravity chairs had not yet been introduced into the canon at the time the novel was written despite being considered standard equipment for Prophets in later fiction. All mentions of Stewardship wearing a belt were replaced with "anti-gravity throne" in the 2010 reissue. Nevertheless, Halo: Broken Circle reestablished the anti-gravity belt as a canonical technology used in tandem with anti-gravity chairs.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo: Broken Circle, page 1
  2. ^ Halo: Broken Circle, page 13 (Google Play edition)
  3. ^ Halo: Broken Circle, page 5
  4. ^ Halo: Broken Circle, page 214
  5. ^ Halo: Broken Circle, page 10
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