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Collectively, the non-cradle worlds of the Covenant were referred to as "tithe worlds"{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg234}} and described as protectorates.{{Ref/Reuse|out23}} Worlds employed with military planning and production were known as "fortress worlds."{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=189}} The fortress worlds would often be patrolled by {{Pattern|Ekesan|heavy transport}}s{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=275}} and vast urban areas would require transport in vehicles such as the {{Pattern|Iqnucekk|transport}}s, {{Pattern|Maravelotz|transport}}s, and {{Pattern|Khaulio|administrator}}s.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=219}} Overall, these key fortress and stronghold worlds served as key proxies for High Charity in administering the empire.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/the-new-halo-encyclopedia-is-out-today|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The New Halo Encyclopedia is Out Today|D=11|M=03|Y=2023}}

The Covenant occupied hundreds of worlds,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg227}} though the Covenant would often leave a world untouched unless it offered particular treasures both religious and practical.{{Ref/Reuse|coviewaypoint}} These worlds were based primarily out of the [[Orion Arm]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg188-189}}{{Ref/Book|Id=warfleet galaxy|HWF|Page=12-13}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sanshyuum|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Species|Page=San'Shyuum|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sanshyuum.html}}{{Ref/Note|The [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant Halo Waypoint article] for the Covenant claims that the empire "dominated much of the galaxy". However, most sources (including ''Halo: Warfleet'' and several Waypoint articles) agree that the Covenant Empire was based out in the Orion Arm.}} A few of these worlds like [[Strilun IV]]{{Ref/Site|Id=BWU|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13160|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 01/11/08|Quote=It’s on an alien world discovered and controlled by the Covenant. It’s location is secret, but it is in this spiral arm of the Galaxy. Close to human occupied space. If you look through the glass floors of the Covenant structures, you’ll see Forerunner artifacts buried beneath the ice.|D=30|M=01|Y=2021}} and [[Ealen IV]]{{Ref/Reuse|esc1}} were near human occupied space. The space between Covenant space and human space was referred to as "wild space".{{Ref/Novel|Id=out23|Out|Chapter=23}}

Around the time of the War of Beginnings, 76 worlds were explored by the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} By the time of the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]], there was a primary "complex"{{Ref/Novel|HitD|Page=87 (Google Play edition)}} or "core sphere"{{Ref/Reuse|rtasstatus}} of Sangheili worlds. The total amount of Sangheili worlds was equivalent to that of [[human colonies|humanity's colonies]].{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=12}} There was also a "Sangheili frontier"{{Ref/Novel|Id=envoy|Env|Chapter=3}} and a region of space known to the Sangheili called the [[Out Sectors]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=outchapt2|Out|Chapter=2}}  

|[[Om'a'Varo]] || [[Emauzs system]] || Frontier world || Still being colonized as of [[2559]]. ||