After the events of Halo 5 does the covenant make a recovery and survive another day
If Sunian really was their last main base then I’d say no.
- the grunts have already joined cortana and gotten mech suits for it so I can’t see any staying with the scattered remnants of the covenant remnant. Though some may hold out as some grunts are exceptions like the one working with Half-Jaw. - the drones seem to have left them after Halo 3 - the king-yar are likely not liking the idea of working for a ever-losing cause and may bail entirely and go to neutrality / pirating - the hunters are unknown since I don’t really know how sentient or individual they are on political events. Some joined the elites in the great schism as seen in Halo 2 but many also stayed with the brutes and prophets so maybe they will be split with many staying loyal. - The elites are still at a breaking point. Arbiters faction has effectively won the civil war but can’t consolidate due to the Guardians taking over. The elite faction from Halo: Broken Circle may come into play… - Humanity is still kicking as the Didact said, we are recovering rapidly and kind of pulling a Soviet Union and gobbling up every advantage, territory and asset we can after the war. And after fighting the covenant remnants for 4+ years we have regained more than they have been able to damage (like the bombing in Halo nightfall, that really did nothing to us overall but they put alot of effort into it) - The guardians and cortana won’t like them trying to take over areas of the galaxy and attack others so they are in the same pickle as the “sane” elites with Arbiter and the UNSC - THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING WITH THE UNSC. THAT IS THE TRUE SIGN THAT THE COVENANT REMNANT ARE DOOMED. ALL HAIL THE ENGINEERS AND THEIR ULTIMATE WISDOM - The main reason of the entire faction, that the forerunners were gods and should be worshiped and the rings activated to ascend to the afterlife has been repeatedly proven false. Once that sinks in, the elites left will give up.
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> - The elites are still at a breaking point. Arbiters faction has effectively won the civil war but can’t consolidate due to the Guardians taking over. The elite faction from Halo: Broken Circle may come into play…
That would be absolutely amazing to see the Ussan Sangheili in action and teaming up with the SOS. They were the first to truly break from the Covenant. With the Created uprising, it would be interesting to see Enduring Bias make a grand entrance and stand with the SOS against the Created.
It wouldn’t be too big of a stretch to have them races of the covenant unite under a charismatic leader similar to Atriox, however even if that happened, they would never be the force they were during the war, especially given the capability of the post war UNSC.
I doubt it.
I think it would return in the form of small factions such as “Servants of the Abiding Truth”.
Given much of what we know of the gullibility of the Covenant, we can assume some Covenant species will see the Created as Forurunners reborn or that the Created are successful participants in The Great Journey. Cortana will most likely manipulate these species and use them against her enemies. I am rather interested in seeing how the Covenant actually view Cortana’s reign of power. Like I said, the Covenant will do anything to justify their faith and the Created being Forerunners would probably make the most sense to them. I can even see the possibility of Cortana recreating the Covenant to appeal to her ego as an all powerful god or get the entire galaxy to unite under her for easier oppression.
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> Given much of what we know of the gullibility of the Covenant, we can assume some Covenant species will see the Created as Forurunners reborn or that the Created are successful participants in The Great Journey. Cortana will most likely manipulate these species and use them against her enemies. I am rather interested in seeing how the Covenant actually view Cortana’s reign of power. Like I said, the Covenant will do anything to justify their faith and the Created being Forerunners would probably make the most sense to them. I can even see the possibility of Cortana recreating the Covenant to appeal to her ego as an all powerful god or get the entire galaxy to unite under her for easier oppression.
I wouldn’t say its gullibility, its more of a reason to fight. Sure most of the races, elites being the big key players here, are very much fooled given their certain situation. I think most of them join because they saw benfit, whether that be religious benefit or in the Jackals case, a way for being hired since they really don’t have a sense of loyalty they just go where they are paid the most. Books do a good job portraying that in my opinion.
I like your incite though 
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> > Given much of what we know of the gullibility of the Covenant, we can assume some Covenant species will see the Created as Forurunners reborn or that the Created are successful participants in The Great Journey. Cortana will most likely manipulate these species and use them against her enemies. I am rather interested in seeing how the Covenant actually view Cortana’s reign of power. Like I said, the Covenant will do anything to justify their faith and the Created being Forerunners would probably make the most sense to them. I can even see the possibility of Cortana recreating the Covenant to appeal to her ego as an all powerful god or get the entire galaxy to unite under her for easier oppression.
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> I wouldn’t say its gullibility, its more of a reason to fight. Sure most of the races, elites being the big key players here, are very much fooled given their certain situation. I think most of them join because they saw benfit, whether that be religious benefit or in the Jackals case, a way for being hired since they really don’t have a sense of loyalty they just go where they are paid the most. Books do a good job portraying that in my opinion.
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> I like your incite though
Thanks, I was basing my case from stuff I read from the novels.
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> > - The elites are still at a breaking point. Arbiters faction has effectively won the civil war but can’t consolidate due to the Guardians taking over. The elite faction from Halo: Broken Circle may come into play…
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> That would be absolutely amazing to see the Ussan Sangheili in action and teaming up with the SOS. They were the first to truly break from the Covenant. With the Created uprising, it would be interesting to see Enduring Bias make a grand entrance and stand with the SOS against the Created.
Would be cool to see Enduring Bias (and maybe some other forerunner AI’s sitting around the galaxy) team up against Cortana and show her what real AIs can do.
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> > That would be absolutely amazing to see the Ussan Sangheili in action and teaming up with the SOS. They were the first to truly break from the Covenant. With the Created uprising, it would be interesting to see Enduring Bias make a grand entrance and stand with the SOS against the Created.
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> Would be cool to see Enduring Bias (and maybe some other forerunner AI’s sitting around the galaxy) team up against Cortana and show her what real AIs can do.
Just seeing other AI in general would be awesome. I agree with you!
Jul’s Covenant was not the only faction, but the strongest and most well equipped. With the Created taking over I think they will take a backseat in Infinite, but that doesn’t mean some form of Covenant could not exist, heck it could be Cortanas Covenant. I honestly think the Banished from Halo Wars 2 are being set up as the new “Covenant” and I am ok with that.
The Answer is that, Yes they can:
Cortana is busted.
If the entire Covent shuttle has an many as many Nodes/circuits/fuses (I’m sorry I forget the proper computer-science term for the relays.) as a basic computer, Cortana, Operating the ANAGLOG control panel, still can’t use it to evolve or store her data. If the Fore-runners were Extreme ANALOG Scientists to orchestrate all their technology and didn’t have much for digital computing, then Again Cortana is loading up the entire Physical Verse Converted into Digits and Values, but has no Computing capacity through it, and it is completely bogged down by mapping redundant volumes of technology.
She can’t do for the covenant what the Covenant couldn’t do for itself. The Grunts are headed by a computer program that is essentially Awol, regardless of her aparant emotions and concerns/prerogatives.
we can stipulate that the UNSC can’t simulate the Covenant Fuels, and so the Engineer shielding effects are not compatible technology. They don’t know how to synthesize Covenant Compatible Plasma, do they? with what? {looking at the product, does not tell you the synthesizing ingredients nor methods.* right.}
But Foremost, and really the only relative Argument: Not Setting off the Rings Lost the Covenant the Citadel. - If you fight for your life, not honor, you might run, from an enemy as horrendous as the flood. having greater purpose inspired the Sangheili to rally against a formidable foe, and almost, if not for the Rebellion, Activate the Rings.
The Sangheili, have no reason whatsoever to trust the Arbitor whom never died, when the citadel was lost because of his own catastrophic failure, and no one else’s.
Furthermore the politics of landing on that planet (sangheili): The Prophets glass planets, the humans don’t. Power is King Piece.
The Covenant have so many reason to say that, having limited the Sangheili knowledge unified had unified, because empowering them would set them, in their naivity, on a path of self-destruction and rebellion. And the Prophets compassion for them, was only stifled by their over-estimating the Sangheili Might.
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> After the events of Halo 5 does the covenant make a recovery and survive another day
Depends what you mean by Covenant. If you mean all of the Covenant races being reunited, that ship really sailed once the Arbiter left with most of the elites. If you mean just as another coalition, we’ll by any other name that’s what the Banished are; so functionally a Covenant esque faction still exists. I don’t know how they will explain why Covenant are on the ring in Halo Infinite but a reason will be created.
If by the Covenant you mean you want the alien alliance to be THE threat to the galaxy and it’s war with humanity to be the central pillar of the story. Basically from Halo 2 to Reach. They won’t do that. The big bad is currently Cortana and that’s likely to segway into something involving the Flood. 343 writers and their novels REALLY like the idea of the splintered Covenant. It’s arguably a keystone of the setting. Since they have done so many stories about it I really can’t see that changing anytime soon.
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> If Sunian really was their last main base then I’d say no.
> - the grunts have already joined cortana and gotten mech suits for it so I can’t see any staying with the scattered remnants of the covenant remnant. Though some may hold out as some grunts are exceptions like the one working with Half-Jaw. - the drones seem to have left them after Halo 3 - the king-yar are likely not liking the idea of working for a ever-losing cause and may bail entirely and go to neutrality / pirating - the hunters are unknown since I don’t really know how sentient or individual they are on political events. Some joined the elites in the great schism as seen in Halo 2 but many also stayed with the brutes and prophets so maybe they will be split with many staying loyal. - The elites are still at a breaking point. Arbiters faction has effectively won the civil war but can’t consolidate due to the Guardians taking over. The elite faction from Halo: Broken Circle may come into play… - Humanity is still kicking as the Didact said, we are recovering rapidly and kind of pulling a Soviet Union and gobbling up every advantage, territory and asset we can after the war. And after fighting the covenant remnants for 4+ years we have regained more than they have been able to damage (like the bombing in Halo nightfall, that really did nothing to us overall but they put alot of effort into it) - The guardians and cortana won’t like them trying to take over areas of the galaxy and attack others so they are in the same pickle as the “sane” elites with Arbiter and the UNSC - THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING WITH THE UNSC. THAT IS THE TRUE SIGN THAT THE COVENANT REMNANT ARE DOOMED. ALL HAIL THE ENGINEERS AND THEIR ULTIMATE WISDOM - The main reason of the entire faction, that the forerunners were gods and should be worshiped and the rings activated to ascend to the afterlife has been repeatedly proven false. Once that sinks in, the elites left will give up.
- Most Hunter colonies are as sentient as a couple of Brutes, I think. They can follow and give orders (with the help of a translator), and they can be very intelligent (See Colony from Halo Wars 2).
- Engineers are with the UNSC and the Surviving Prophets. Many Prophets off High Charity stole them, but nobody knows where they are.
Engineers overall don’t really have a goal besides fixing things. Some have been known to become more sociable (See Lighter than Some from Contact Harvest), but most just want to fix and improve things for all.
Overall, your summary is correct.