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File:HTV-Halo-Stabbies.png|John-117 stabbing a Sangheili with an energy sword.
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File:Thel Ealen IV.png|Thel 'Vadam fighting with the energy sword in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
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Latest revision as of 04:00, April 5, 2024

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Unidentified energy sword pattern in Halo: Reach. Courtesy of Venture Jones
Production overview

Manufacturer:

Merchants of Qikost[1]

Type:

Energy sword

Specifications

Length:

126.8 centimetres (49.9 in)[1][2]

Weight:

2.36 kilograms (5.2 lb)[2]

Ammunition type:

Superheated, shaped plasma[1]

Feed system:

100 battery units[1]

Effective range:

Short[1]

Service history

In service:

 

This unidentified energy sword pattern (UNSC Type classification: Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword, T-1 EW/S),[5][6] more commonly known as the energy sword, is a Covenant melee weapon manufactured by the Merchants of Qikost.[1]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

Main article: Energy sword (fiction)

This unidentified energy sword is one of the many energy sword variants manufactured by the Covenant. It is characterized by a widened gap between the two blades above its hilt.[1][3] The exact mechanism by which the energy sword functions was still under investigation by United Nations Space Command in 2552.[5]

Usage[edit]

Within the Covenant, this energy sword is a weapon typically carried by high-ranking Sangheili, like Sangheili Ultras, Sangheili Generals and Sangheili Zealots.[3] Bloodblade of this variant were employed by the Silent Shadow.[7][8] Following the Human-Covenant War and the dissolution of the Covenant, this energy sword was inherited by its splinter factions, including the Swords of Sanghelios,[4][9] Jul 'Mdama's Covenant,[4] and Servants of the Abiding Truth.[10]

Variants[edit]

  • Bloodblade - As with many other patterns of energy swords, this energy sword pattern can be customized as a bloodblade, with red-colored plasma.[7][8]

Gameplay[edit]

Main article: Energy sword

This energy sword pattern is featured in Halo: Reach. The energy sword is a powerful melee weapon in close-quarters combat, capable of killing most foes with a single strike. It is a power weapon that appears on some multiplayer maps.


Production notes[edit]

  • In Halo: Reach, the energy sword icon in the HUD features a different inner design from that of the in-game model.
  • In the remastered graphics of the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and the Halo 2: Anniversary campaign, the in-game model of the Pelosus-pattern energy sword was replaced by this unidentified energy sword pattern from Halo: Reach. However, the remastered Halo 2: Anniversary cinematics still depicted the Pelosus-pattern energy sword.

Gallery[edit]

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.

Halo: Reach[edit]

  • Concept art of a Sangheili fighting with the energy sword.

    Concept art of a Sangheili fighting with the energy sword.

  • The HUD icon for the energy sword. Note the different inner blade design.

    The HUD icon for the energy sword. Note the different inner blade design.

  • The energy sword in the Halo: Reach Beta.

    The energy sword in the Halo: Reach Beta.

  • First-person view of the energy sword in the Halo: Reach Beta.

    First-person view of the energy sword in the Halo: Reach Beta.

  • First-person view of the energy sword in the final build.

    First-person view of the energy sword in the final build.

  • Reference chart for the energy sword hilt.

    Reference chart for the energy sword hilt.

  • Reference chart of the energy sword.

    Reference chart of the energy sword.

  • A Zealot wielding an energy sword.

    A Zealot wielding an energy sword.

  • A Zealot charges at SPARTAN-B312 with an energy sword.

    A Zealot charges at SPARTAN-B312 with an energy sword.

  • A Sangheili Field Marshal prepares to swing down his energy sword.

    A Sangheili Field Marshal prepares to swing down his energy sword.

  • A Spartan-III wielding an energy sword.

    A Spartan-III wielding an energy sword.

  • Assassination between two Sangheili using the energy sword in multiplayer.

    Assassination between two Sangheili using the energy sword in multiplayer.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary[edit]

  • A cloaked Stealth Sangheili with an energy sword sneaking up on marines.

    A cloaked Stealth Sangheili with an energy sword sneaking up on marines.

  • Lat 'Ravamee wielding the energy sword.

    Lat 'Ravamee wielding the energy sword.

  • A Zealot wielding the energy sword.

    A Zealot wielding the energy sword.

Halo 2: Anniversary[edit]

  • Thel 'Vadamee wielding the energy sword as a Zealot in terminals.

    Thel 'Vadamee wielding the energy sword as a Zealot in terminals.

  • Thel 'Vadamee wielding the energy sword as the Arbiter in terminals.

    Thel 'Vadamee wielding the energy sword as the Arbiter in terminals.

  • A Heretic Sangheili Major wielding the energy sword.

    A Heretic Sangheili Major wielding the energy sword.

  • An Honor Guard wielding the energy sword.

    An Honor Guard wielding the energy sword.

  • A Special Operations Officer and a Zealot wielding the energy swords.

    A Special Operations Officer and a Zealot wielding the energy swords.

  • A Zealot wielding the energy sword.

    A Zealot wielding the energy sword.

Halo: The Television Series[edit]

  • John-117 stabbing a Sangheili with an energy sword.

    John-117 stabbing a Sangheili with an energy sword.

  • Var 'Gatanai blocking M6G rounds with his energy sword.

    Var 'Gatanai blocking M6G rounds with his energy sword.

Illustrations[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 63
  2. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 349
  3. ^ a b c Halo: Reach, Gameplay
  4. ^ a b c Halo Mythos
  5. ^ a b Bungie.net, Halo: Reach Ordnance Page (Retrieved on Feb 7, 2021) [archive]
  6. ^ Halo Waypoint, Energy sword (Retrieved on Sep 21, 2011) [local archive] [external archive]
  7. ^ a b Halo: Evolutions - Headhunters (story): motion comic
  8. ^ a b Halo: Tales from Slipspace: Hunting Party
  9. ^ Halo: Escalation, issue 1
  10. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 256

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