Covenant Vehicles

Covenant vehicles currently can only be piloted by elites.
The Ghost is the vehicle most commmonly used by the Covenant and are piloted by elites. It's advantage over the humans' vehicles is its ability to strafe, giving the pilot more control and maneuverability. It's not generally a very powerful vehicle but it's quick. It utilizes anti-gravity pods to hover off the ground.
Passengers: 1 pilot
Armament: Two Plasma Cannons (100-250 kW range)


The Banshee is the only atmospheric gunship currently used by the Covenant. It is extremely effective against ground troops but is easily taken down by the humans' LRVs, MBTs, concentrated small arms fire, and well-aimed rockets. The Banshee's movement is determined by anti-gravity pods and has the ability to hover.
Passengers: 1 pilot
Armament: Two Plasma Cannons (100-250 kW range) + Two Fuel Rod Cannons


The Wraith is the only tank currently used in ground combat by the Covenant. It's heavily armored and feared by ground troops. It fires a flaming blue "mortar" of plasma in a parabolic arc that explodes on contact. If threatened by close-range ground troops (i.e. with rocket launchers) two auto-tracking plasma turrets will activate and begin firing immediately. It's only weakspot is the rear, less-armored section. It hovers off the ground using anti-gravity pods.
Passengers: 1 pilot
Armament: Plasma Mortar (500-650 kW range) + 2 Auto-firing Plasma Cannons


The Apparition dropship used on Halo-04 is shaped like a two-pronged fork. The nose has one plasma turret for point-defense and each "prong" opens up for troops to board or jump out. The Covenant dropships rarely touch ground when deploying troops and is extremely vulnerable to rocket and small arms fire. The gravity well between each "prong" can also be used to carry Ghosts.
Passengers: 1 driver + X # of troops (depending on size)
Armament: 1 Plasma Turret (150-300 kW range)


The Covenant's Shade turret is a versitile but immobile unit floating on a tripod. Most commonly commandeered by grunts, it rapidly fires exceptionally powerful bolts of purple plasma at the target, easily burning through SPARTAN and hunter armor alike.
Passengers: 1 operator
Armament: Three-Barreled Plasma Cannon
Core Power Output: 300-400 hV : 7-8 dA