It shields that bottom hardpoint from any potential abrasion caused by the rope.

You'd been in shutdown, drifting tethered to a hardpoint on the hull, for over three hours.

These were attached to the wing, rather than to one of the two hardpoints on this side.

"A random hardpoint of irrational morality?" he asked.

The Covenant flagship had a similar series of hardpoints on its top side where ships too large to fit in its launch bay could dock.

"We lost Aaronson and his tribarrel when they punched out the Proctor and Sangamon junction hardpoint," Triêu Chuanli said wearily.