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Covenant guard tower

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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 deployable lookout tower, the guard tower apparently does not make use of a gravity lift, instead spiraling upward from a treaded base.[2]

List of appearances

Sources

  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.")