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In Covenant culture, there are religious taboos that prevent them from fully exploring what the Forerunners employed to create that technology.<ref name="enyc224">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''' ''page 224''</ref> For example, the Covenant never developed advanced [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] technology due to their religious doctrine; they believed that a [[Associated intelligence|powerful AI]] had once betrayed the Forerunners, and as such they had a ban on actually sapient machine intelligences. The few Covenant AIs that have been encountered include an [[Ascendant Justice's AI|an AI]] that was stationed aboard the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' and destroyed by [[Cortana]],<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''' ''''page 170''</ref> [[Truth and Reconciliation's AI|one]] based on the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', as well as the [[Seeker]], sent to infiltrate UNSC systems and alert the Covenant to the location of Earth. Cortana's copy also referenced several AIs being present in the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' system when the Spartans infiltrated the base.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''' ''page 320''</ref> | In Covenant culture, there are religious taboos that prevent them from fully exploring what the Forerunners employed to create that technology.<ref name="enyc224">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''' ''page 224''</ref> For example, the Covenant never developed advanced [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] technology due to their religious doctrine; they believed that a [[Associated intelligence|powerful AI]] had once betrayed the Forerunners, and as such they had a ban on actually sapient machine intelligences. The few Covenant AIs that have been encountered include an [[Ascendant Justice's AI|an AI]] that was stationed aboard the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' and destroyed by [[Cortana]],<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''' ''''page 170''</ref> [[Truth and Reconciliation's AI|one]] based on the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', as well as the [[Seeker]], sent to infiltrate UNSC systems and alert the Covenant to the location of Earth. Cortana's copy also referenced several AIs being present in the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' system when the Spartans infiltrated the base.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''' ''page 320''</ref> | ||
While the Covenant never successfully reverse-engineered the Forerunners' ubiquitous [[hard light]] technology,<ref name="wages">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]] Volume II''', ''"[[Wages of Sin]]"'', ''page 291''</ref> instead relying on plasma to produce a crude imitation of the Forerunners' hard light weaponry and [[hardlight shield|shielding]], they were capable of mimicking the effects of hard light to an extent through advanced energy field shaping and complex [[holography]]. This technology was advanced enough to produce realistic and tangible simulacra of physical objects. The [[holo-drone]], for example, generates an independent decoy of the operator capable of inflicting physical harm on the enemy despite its incorporeal nature;<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref> the [[Type-27 hologram|T-27 holographic decoy]] is a more basic variation of this concept. The Covenant also used invisible energy fields in their everyday appliances. For example, the San 'Shyuum used spherical [[stasis field]]s to contain beverages such as tea.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 154''</ref> | |||
Covenant architecture is known for its curved, organic and sophisticated looking style, likely for the aesthetic tastes of the higher-ranked castes. Constructed of distinctive purple or white metal, these colors are the main focus of Covenant design and distributed throughout their starships, vehicles, and weapons. The metal they use is unknown to the UNSC but is very strong and resilient. | Covenant architecture is known for its curved, organic and sophisticated looking style, likely for the aesthetic tastes of the higher-ranked castes. Constructed of distinctive purple or white metal, these colors are the main focus of Covenant design and distributed throughout their starships, vehicles, and weapons. The metal they use is unknown to the UNSC but is very strong and resilient. | ||