Bloodstars: Difference between revisions

The '''Bloodstars''' were a [[Covenant Special Operations|Special Operations]] unit, employed in the [[Covenant]] empire's reign and later the [[Banished]]. Within the Covenant, the Bloodstars comprised of a single ''[[Kai'd]]'', composed of [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Stalker|Stalker]]s, [[Special Operations Sangheili|Special Operations]] [[Sangheili]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=Retribution|Ret|Detail=page 265}} and select [[Kig-Yar]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS15|HSS|Chapter=15}} In early [[2526]], they were commanded by [[First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] of the [[Silent Shadow]]. It is because of this, that the Bloodstars know highly classified Silent Shadow intelligence and tasking. During their missions to gather intelligence on the [[United Nations Space Command]] and later to hunt down the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]], the Bloodstars were organized into [[Bloodstar Flotilla|their own flotilla]] of [[intrusion corvette]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS12|HSS|Chapter=12}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS18|HSS|Chapter=18}}  

Following the dissolution of the Covenant, the remnants of the Bloodstars were absorbed into the [[Banished]]. [[Atriox]] created a new iteration of the unit and tasked it with a new purpose of hunting and killing dangerous enemies;{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22|Enc22|Page=451}} against the [[UNSC]], this translated into killing [[Spartan]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|cflegendend}}

{{Main|Attack on Zhoist}}

During Task Force Yama's [[Attack on Zhoist|assault]] on the Covenant's holy colony of [[Zhoist]], 'Szatulai led his Bloodstars onto the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] after realizing that the Spartans were boarding it. However, 'Szatulai discovered too late that the Spartans had managed to sneak past them, resulting in a confrontation with them in one of the fabrication barns for the partially-construction [[Covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Hammer of Faith]]''. As John-117 and [[Kelly-087]] prepared to use the barn's [[gravity lift]]s to throw a pair of activated [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s onto the supercarrier, the Bloodstars' Sangheili forces began emerging from the lifts in pairs, ignoring the HAVOKs in favor of attacking [[Blue Team]]. Frederic-104 was able to kill several with an [[M41 SPNKR]] while [[Linda-058]] took out more with an [[M99 Stanchion]]. As the battle raged between Blue Team and the Bloodstars, 'Szatulai attacked John in close quarters combat and nearly bested him. John eventually managed to overpower 'Szatulai and he was killed when Kelly blew off 'Szatulai's head with John's [[M90 shotgun]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS27|HSS|Chapter=27}}

*[[Zeretus]]