Covenant laws
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The Covenant Laws are a system of rules established by the Hierarchs of the Covenant, enforced through a set of institutions, used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience, politics, economics and society.
Below are a list of known Covenant laws.
The Laws
- The modifying of Covenant and Forerunner equipment without the permission of the Hierarchs should be counted as Heresy and the persons responsible be executed publicly.[1][2]
- The wielding of an upholstered weapon in front of a Prophet can be an executable sentence.[3]
- The failure to obey an order, which directly causes the endangerment of a Prophet, can lead to beheading. [4]
- The destruction of Forerunner equipment can be punishable by genocidal war.[5][6]
- The rebellion against the Covenant and Great Journey can result in persecution.
- A Kig-Yar not reporting non-violent contact with the enemy can result in castration.[7]
- Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact will lead to execution. [8]
- Murder of a Sangheili near a holy site is punishable by execution. [9]
List of appearances
- Halo: The Flood (First appearance)
- Halo: The Cole Protocol
- Halo 2
- Halo: Contact Harvest
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
- ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol, page 145
- ^ Halo: The Flood
- ^ Halo:Contact Harvest
- ^ Halo:The Cole Protocol
- ^ Halo: The Cole Protocol
- ^ Halo:First Strike
- ^ Conversations from the Universe
