Covenant
Fictional Organization
Covenant (Halo)...several United Nations Space Command (UNSC) ships sent to attack it. Contact Harvest describes a lengthy ground engagement between human militia and Covenant. Three Covenant Prophets learn from a relic left by their gods, the... In this article: Covenant, Elite, Halo 2, Bungie, Flood, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 3, and Jackals |
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NewsFeed Researcher Digests - Science/Technology | February 26, 2009
Halo Wars
...years before the first installment of Bungie's signature shooter franchise, "Halo Wars" features a full-fledged campaign against the Covenant, as well as the ability to skirmish the AI and take the fight online in a myriad of multiplayer...
In this article: Halo Wars, Halo 2, Xbox 360, Microsoft, Halo: Combat Evolved, Bungie, Elite, and Warthog
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Kotaku | July 01, 2009
Kotaku's 2009 Summer Reading List [Feature]
If you want a novel that tells a compelling story set during the early days of the war between humanity and the Covenant, you'd be better off avoiding Tobias S. Buckell's The Cole Protocol and reading or re-reading Contact Harvest. As...
In this article: Christie Golden, Karen Traviss, Halo: Contact Harvest, Raymond Benson, Mel Odom, and The Legend of Zelda
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Halo (megastructure)
...creators, the Forerunners . The series' alien antagonists, the Covenant , refer to the structures as the 'Sacred Rings', believing them to form part of a greater religious prophecy known as 'The Great Journey'. According to ''Halo''s...
In this article: Halo 2, Halo 3, Bungie, Flood, Halo: Combat Evolved, Master Chief, Larry Niven, Halo, and Gravemind
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PR Newswire | October 30, 2007
Tor Books Launches Halo(R): Contact Harvest Today
...got their chance. "It goes without saying that Joseph has great, intimate knowledge of the Halo universe, so who better to tell the harrowing tale of humanity's first contact with the Covenant?" says Tor Editor Eric Raab. "In the novel,...
In this article: Halo: Contact Harvest, Joseph Staten, Halo, Tor Books, Halo 3, Halo 2, Bungie Studios, and Xbox 360
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Halo: Contact Harvest
...become the new Prophet Hierarchs. They take the names Truth, Regret, and Mercy, declaring a new age for the Covenant has begun, and that the humans must be annihilated for their crimes. Upon release, Contact Harvest debuted at #3...
In this article: Halo: Contact Harvest, Joseph Staten, Halo 2, Forerunner, Bungie, and Marine
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Factions of Halo
...been well-received, both from a storytelling point of view and from game play. Gamasutra lauded ''Halo''s artificial intelligence, which meant that Covenant or Flood forces were never in the same place when you restarted from checkpoints;...
In this article: Flood, Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo: Combat Evolved, Bungie, and Warthog
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The Covenant is a fictional militaristic and theocratic alliance of alien races who serve as one of the main antagonistic forces of the Halo science-fiction video game series. They are composed of a variety of diverse species, united under the religious worship of the Forerunners and their belief that the Halos will provide a path to salvation. Seen as technologically superior to humans, they are fighting a war of attrition against the human United Nations Space Command; the Hierarchs declared humanity an affront to the Forerunners and ordered their destruction.
The Covenant were first introduced in Halo: Combat Evolved as the protagonist Master Chief and the AI Cortana are escaping from the UNSC ship Pillar of Autumn in orbit over Halo; the Covenant disable the ship and board it via landing craft. On Halo, the player encounters the Covenant in force all over the ring, and they are the primary enemies until the Covenant release the Flood from stasis. To develop a distinctive look for the various races of the Covenant, Bungie artists drew inspiration from reptilian, ursine, and avian characteristics. A Covenant design scheme of purples and reflective surfaces was made to separate the aliens from human architecture.
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