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The [[Covenant]] '''guard tower''' is a mobile ten meter tower equipped with a single [[plasma cannon]]<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 28'' (''"The nearest guard tower tracked her; its plasma cannon flared and fired."'')</ref> used to defend the perimeter of an encampment. Unlike the similar [[deployable lookout tower]], the guard tower apparently does not make use of a [[gravity lift]], instead spiraling upward from a treaded base.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 27'' (''"Guard towers punctuated the valley; they spiraled up from mobile treaded bases, ten meters tall and topped with plasma turrets."'')</ref>
The [[Covenant]] '''guard tower''' is a mobile ten meter tower equipped with a single [[plasma cannon]]<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 28'' (''"The nearest guard tower tracked her; its plasma cannon flared and fired."'')</ref> used to defend the perimeter of an encampment. Unlike the similar [[Covenant watchtower]], the guard tower apparently does not make use of a [[gravity lift]], instead spiraling upward from a treaded base.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 27'' (''"Guard towers punctuated the valley; they spiraled up from mobile treaded bases, ten meters tall and topped with plasma turrets."'')</ref>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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==Sources==
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[[Category:Fortifications]]
[[Category:Fortifications]]
[[Category:Covenant buildings]]
[[Category:Covenant buildings]]

Latest revision as of 19:30, January 30, 2024

The Covenant guard tower is a mobile ten meter tower equipped with a single plasma cannon[1] used to defend the perimeter of an encampment. Unlike the similar Covenant watchtower, the guard tower apparently does not make use of a gravity lift, instead spiraling upward from a treaded base.[2]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 28 ("The nearest guard tower tracked her; its plasma cannon flared and fired.")
  2. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 27 ("Guard towers punctuated the valley; they spiraled up from mobile treaded bases, ten meters tall and topped with plasma turrets.")