User:Tacitus/Sandbox

Project pages
These pages are for projects being currently worked on, and may as such be messy and/or in flux.


 * Covenant ministries
 * Projects/Fall of Reach
 * Human colonies
 * Human technological development
 * MJOLNIR armor
 * List of Spartans
 * Superluminal communications

To-do

 * Covenant languages
 * Covenant religion
 * Projects/Onyx - determine what happens with Onyx and the GoO crew; consolidate and update old notes

Miscellaneous

 * User:Tacitus/The Dawn's Heralds - narrative experiment, mostly for worldbuilding's sake. Planned to be about 3 chapters. May or may not finish.

Covenant hierarchy
Covenant occupational categories in descending order of prestige.


 * Hierarchs & High Councilors. The highest positions attainable within the Covenant.
 * Ordinaries: Members of the religious hierarchy, from clerics and staffers to magistrates, bishops and ministers. In practice, the vast majority of San'Shyuum are considered to occupy this tier, even if they are not members of the clergy. As such, there is considerable variance within the tier.
 * Aristocrats: Secular aristocracy (mainly Sangheili with some San'Shyuum titles); many enjoyed as much power and status as many Ordinary offices. Coincides with military and political leadership positions.
 * Warriors: Various tiers of lesser Sangheili nobility. Some noble ranks toe the line between these and aristocrats.
 * Artisans: Respected trades of "sub-creators"; Architects, crafters, pattern-weavers, artists (notably, not all crafts are regarded as "artisanal")
 * Ennobled: Lesser-species individuals entrusted with special technological, religious or political roles or responsibilities. (May not be a formalized class.)
 * Freeholders and Merchants: A loose and hard-to-categorize grouping that has fluctuated in influence depending on the time or individual(s) in question
 * Fighters: Most lesser-species combatants. Due to the technicalities of Sangheili meritocracy, low-ranked Sangheili combat roles also occupy this tier, though most are quickly promoted to higher ranks.
 * Servants: Higher servile roles; usually regarded as more pleasant than manual labor. The difference between these and Menials in terms of treatment and social perception may be at times vague and largely depends on local cultural attitudes and politics.
 * Menials: Common manual laborers who enjoyed more rights than thralls
 * Thralls: Slaves or serfs who were legally bound to their commander, lord, or organization.

Hoplite program
ODST augmentation/special missions program. Starts off with the 105th, eventually expands to other divisions. Narratively the closest thing Daybreak has to S-IVs, but considerably toned-down.

Armor (specific suit depends on mission profile and/or unit):
 * SPI/MIRAGE
 * Program-specific armor set (ODST/Pre-Halo CE Chief blend, incl. machete + Greek Hoplite influences). Incorporates some MJOLNIR-derived technologies but is inferior in most ways; essentially SPI without the PR system and an enhanced protection focus instead (refractive coating etc). Comes with some variants but not too many. Who manufacturers these?