Soon after, the Covenant falls into civil war as the truth of the Halo rings' purpose is revealed: they are actually weapons of mass destruction built to stop the spread of the parasitic Flood. The Covenant believe the activation of these rings are key to bringing about salvation, but the ring is destroyed by the human supersoldier Master Chief. A human ship fleeing the battle discovers a Forerunner ringworld, Halo. In 2552, the Covenant discover and destroy Reach, one of humanity's greatest military strongholds. The Covenant's superior technology gives them a distinct advantage in the war. The Covenant leadership discovers that the Forerunners designated humanity "reclaimers" of their legacy, and that the Covenant religion is built on falsehoods to prevent the truth from being uncovered, they instigate a genocidal war against humanity.
Searching for relics left behind by their gods, the Forerunners, the Covenant stumble across humans at the colony world of Harvest. In the primary 26th century setting of Halo, humanity and the Covenant meet for the first time in the year 2525. A Covenant design scheme of purples and reflective surfaces was made to separate the aliens from human architecture. To develop a distinctive look for the various races of the Covenant, Bungie artists drew inspiration from reptilian, ursine, and avian characteristics. Not realizing the Halos were meant as weapons of destruction rather than salvation, the Covenant attempt to activate the rings on three separate occasions throughout the series, inadvertently releasing a virulent parasite known as the Flood in the process. The Covenant were first introduced in the 2001 video game Halo: Combat Evolved as enemies hunting the player character, a human supersoldier known as Master Chief. After the Covenant leadership – the High Prophets – declare humanity an affront to their gods, the Covenant prosecute a lengthy genocidal campaign against the technologically inferior race. The Covenant are composed of a variety of diverse species, united under the religious worship of the enigmatic Forerunners and their belief that Forerunner ringworlds known as Halos will provide a path to salvation. The Covenant is a theocratic military alliance of alien races who serve as one of the main antagonists in the Halo science fiction series. "Wookiee Hunt" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.Clockwise from left: a Covenant Hunter, Brute, Jackals, and Grunts as they appear in Halo 3 (2007)."Bounty Hunters" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on ( backup link) (First identified as Halo).LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises – " Rey Strikes Back".LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises – " Hunting for Han".Aftermath: Empire's End audiobook (Mentioned only).Aftermath: Empire's End (Mentioned only).Star Wars: The Clone Wars – " Wookiee Hunt".Star Wars: The Clone Wars – " Bounty Hunters" (First appearance).You can help Wookieepedia by expanding it. For its appearance in " Wookiee Hunt" the design of the Halo was significantly altered most noticeably adding a center section cargo/staging area, pushing back the aft section to allow the landing gear to function as it had in the original, but also more subtle cosmetic changes like thickening the wing pylons, rounding off the nose, adding extra yellow marking and nose art of a pink tooka doll wielding a knife with the Aurebesh words "Nice playing with ya." This article is a stub about a ship or starship.
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