Nanolaminate Armour

First forged by the Sangheili for their interstellar efforts, and further refined by the Covenant, Nanolaminate is the standard material used by the Covenant for infantry armour, armoured vehicles, air/space craft, warships, and everything in-between. Nanolaminate is a blend of refined materials formed into semi-crystalline lattice, then pressed into bonded layers. It is the primary armour of the Covenant, and their successors. 
==Design==
==Manufacturing==
==Blends==
===Sina'nur-pattern Blend===
Considered the oldest Nanolaminate blend still in use, its use predates the advent of the Covenant. Originally used for their lighter warships, this armour became important in the use of fast breakthrough ships, such as the Blockade Runner. While good at the time of it's introduction, its been long considered obsolete, and it is no longer possible to produce armour of this pattern, forcing Blockade Runner refit and repairs to substitute new armour. The armour's largest draw back was an insufficient strength-to-weight ratio, and that it's hasty mass manufacture was known to contain defects not visible externally. 
===Ketaar-pattern Blend===
Ketaar-pattern Blend was a heavy armour produced prior to the formation of the Covenant. Used sparingly on lighter warships, and in great amounts on Brigatine-class vessels. While initially difficult to manufacture in large amounts, this armour became more prevalent in early Covenant ships, and is a direct successor to later armour blends. In truth, later armour is similar enough that replacements can be made without greatly altering the ship's design or performance. 
===Tazniel-pattern Blend===
An armour design entering prototyping by the end of the War of Beginnings, the secret to constructing it was destroyed to prevent it falling into the hands of the Prophets. It had been used on Man O Wars, and the plan was to armour the Sanghelios-class Dreadnought with it, but this was never to come to pass. The design details were recovered, and combined with newer materials to produce the Sword of Sanghelios's most up to date 
===Adalak-pattern Blend===
One of the first patterns produced under a unified Covenant, it was more or less a successor to Sina'nur-pattern, and served as a refinement. Though heavier than intended, it was a fine trade-off of protection and weight. Used in lighter warships, many early Covenant warships used this as secondary armour as well. However, the armour was found to perform poorly against pulse lasers, and when civil strife increased in Covenant space it hastened it's replacement. While its largely been replaced, many early Covenant vessels still have this forgotten armour. 
===Kostol-pattern Blend===
the Kostol-pattern was almost shamelessly taken from the Ketaar-pattern, matching the original design as closely as possible. The Kostol-pattern used several layers of laminates, to produce tough, resilient armour, however efforts to ease the rate of manufacture resulted in an armour that was not as strong as it's predecessor. This armour was the key element of many early Covenant capital ships, and is still made in limited amounts, due to the ease of manufacture. 
===Vezin-pattern Blend===
Manufactured initially as a replacement of the Adalak-pattern, the Vezin-pattern attempted to further refine known patterns into a lightened armour plate, suitable for light warships and secondary armour on line vessels. For the most part, the design was largely successful, but only had a short period of use, with the replacement Blend, Tuurah-pattern, being introduced soon after. 
===Skovei-pattern Blend===
The Skovei-pattern was a vital 
===Drenew-pattern Blend===
===Tuurah-pattern Blend===
===Stodal-pattern Blend===
===Tex'ir-pattern Blend===
===Rehhurr-pattern blend===
===Opri-pattern Blend===
===Chinik-pattern Blend===
===Ivarle-pattern Blend===
===Shorv-pattern Blend===
===Khordat-pattern Blend===
===Orteni-pattern Blend===
===Khastan-pattern Blend===
===Orcini-pattern Blend===
===Uroata-pattern Blend===
===Xervan-pattern Blend===
===Quedat-pattern Blend===
===Phenar-pattern Blend===
===Ikaner-pattern Blend===
===Llenum-pattern Blend===
===Ghever-pattern Blend===
===Menzak-pattern Blend===
===Noirin-pattern Blend===
===Voken-pattern Blend===
===Mentar-pattern Blend===
===Nochevar-pattern Blend===
===Petarin-pattern Blend===
===Roskar-pattern Blend===
===Zuvinnin-pattern Blend===
===Axitar-pattern Blend===
Category:Material
Category:Covenant technology