Covenant spire

For Halo: Reach's multiplayer map, see Spire.
The Covenant spire is a Covenant installation, capable of projecting electromagnetic proto-shields, and also serves as a teleportation structure.Halo: Reach, campaign level Tip of the SpearHalo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace ("That spire was indeed a teleporter linked to a cloaked Covenant super-carrier")
==Description==
The spire consists of multiple sections; a lower section projects several energy beams that keep an upper section suspended high above it, as well as a floating shield-generator array. From the upper level, a large dome-like energy shield is extended to the ground. This shield is resistant to conventional weapons, and is capable of disabling any enemy vehicles that pass through it.
The spires are used to transport ground forces to the surface from a large vessel such as a via teleportation, and also appear to serve as bases and staging areas. The spire also served as a cloaking device for Covenant vessels positioned above it.
There are two ways to reach the top of the spire: via the same gravity lifts that hold the upper level aloft, or off one of several lifts positioned at intervals around the Spire.
Unlike most other forward operations structure and vehicles, Spires do not have an easily accessible reactor core like Scarabs or Type-38 Anti-Aircraft Cannons. The shields generated by the spire must be deactivated manually through a control interface in the upper portion of the structure, which are typically manned by Sangheili Ultras.
Covenant spires are presumably deployed from starships and dropped directly onto their intended location; this is evidenced by the nature of the only spire ever observed at close range, Spire One. The spire's base lay partially buried at the center of a massive crater, surrounded by blasted sand. This may have resulted from it being dropped from a great height.
==Background==
Multiple spires were seen during the Covenant invasion of Reach. One of these spires was disabled and destroyed in a UNSC counter-offensive operation.
==Gallery==
Spire_MAC'd.jpg|Spire One being destroyed.
Spire_general.jpg|The full Spire
Up We Go.jpg|The Spire's Gravity Lift
Drop It.jpg|The Spire's control panel
640px-Phantom_Teleport.jpg|A Phantom teleports in
reach_16951901_Medium.jpg|The background model of the Spire seen in Tip of the Spear
reach_610435_Medium.jpg|The main support beam of the Spire
Reach 1659366 Medium.jpg|The gravity lifts of a Spire and the support beam.
==Sources==
Category:Covenant
Category:Technology