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Posted by: King Nis085
Weren't the Covenant seen as not a threat? Meddling, tinkering beings I thought they were considered?
I might be looking into things wrong, but I remember it being stated somewhere that the Covenant weren't a threat because all they did was tinker around.
It wouldn't be the case considering that Sparks uses the term negatively due to the Covenant's nature in forcefully gaining access to restricted areas. Dialogue mainly from Halo CE's Library level and the Ark levels in Halo 3, plus the actions of Sentinels in Halo's 1-3, make it clear that the Covenant were indeed seen and identified as a threat for their 'meddling'.
Again, it was never explained or justified why the Covenant were able to land on Halo without being attacked back in the CE days because there was no need for it in the first place. From our perspective back then both Human and Covenant landed without being attacked or even encountering Sentinels until the Flood broke out. Thus there was never a need to create an explanation as to why Spark let the Covenant land versus the Autumn. The concept of ship clearance (and many other things surrounding the Forerunners and their tech, protocol, etc for that matter) just didn't exist in canon at the time.
You yourself saw the Gamescom footage of the first terminal. In terms of present canon it's only now being stated that 343 GS allowed the Autumn to land on Halo because of the revelation that its crew was comprised of humans. Prior to that he was ready to have Halo's defenses rip the Autumn to shreds had it not turned back regardless of the ship's intent.
While that's fine and dandy for the Autumn and does not change anything for the main original storyline (as this new revelation occurs and is contained to an unseen perspective much like that of Silva's troops) it does open up a new line of questioning. The question now is 'Why the Covenant was not attacked on sight for approaching and landing on Halo in light of this new backstory information?' Ultimately that is a question that can only be answered through the very terminals that brought about this new question.
Long story short. There's no point in looking for an explanation (established in any of the pieces of canon currently available) as to why the Covenant were let through because the concept of needing permission did not exist until new information from the terminals showing Spark's self contained side story in CEA showed up. So the answer would only be found there.