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{{Quote|I suspect we are forcing the [[Human]]s into a tighter arena than they care to fight in—soon we may be able to use the Sharquoi.|A cryptic mention of the Sharquoi shortly before the [[Battle for Earth]]<ref name="conversations">''Conversations from the Universe''</ref>}} | {{Quote|I suspect we are forcing the [[Human]]s into a tighter arena than they care to fight in—soon we may be able to use the Sharquoi.|A cryptic mention of the Sharquoi shortly before the [[Battle for Earth]]<ref name="conversations">''Conversations from the Universe''</ref>}} | ||
The '''Sharquoi''' are a race of powerful creatures that were biomechanically altered by the [[Forerunner]]s to fight the [[Flood]]. While the Sharquoi are little more than animals on their own, the Forerunners implanted them with devices enabling them to be mentally controlled ''en masse'' by a single individual via the ''[[vertex]]'', a central neural interface. Left in [[Slipspace field pod|stasis]] following the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a number of Sharquoi were later found by the [[Covenant]], but were rarely used in combat as the Covenant lacked effective means of controlling them.<ref name="Envoy186"/> After recovering the ''vertex'' from [[Installation 00]], the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Hekabe]] intended to use hundreds of thousands of the creatures in his own plot to gain power. Though he nearly succeeded, Hekabe's plan was foiled by [[Spartan-II]] [[Gray Team]], the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] and [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] who destroyed the hive and all of the creatures within using a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref name="Envoy" /> | The '''Sharquoi''' are a race of powerful creatures that were biomechanically altered by the [[Forerunner]]s to fight the [[Flood]]. While the Sharquoi are little more than animals on their own, the Forerunners implanted them with devices enabling them to be mentally controlled ''en masse'' by a single individual via the ''[[vertex]]'', a central neural interface. Left in [[Slipspace field pod|stasis]] following the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a number of Sharquoi were later found by the [[Covenant]], but were rarely used in combat as the Covenant lacked effective means of controlling them.<ref name="Envoy186"/> After recovering the ''vertex'' from [[Installation 00]], the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Hekabe]] intended to use hundreds of thousands of the creatures in his own plot to gain power. Though he nearly succeeded, Hekabe's plan was foiled by [[Spartan-II]] [[Gray Team]], the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] and [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] who [[Battle of the Sharquoi Hive|destroyed the hive]] and all of the creatures within using a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref name="Envoy" /> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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During the [[Battle of Installation 00]] in late [[2552]], the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Hekabe]] had managed to find the ''[[vertex]]'' using the distraction of the arrival of [[High Charity]] and the spread of the [[Flood]]. However, it took Hekabe six years to understand the writings that came with the device and use it to locate the Sharquoi hive on [[Carrow]] which had hundreds of thousands of the creatures. By using the Sharquoi on Carrow against the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] and the Sangheili, Hekabe planned rule over that world and then eventually others as well. Hekabe was able to take advantage of [[Thars 'Sarov]] calling him in for help to excavate the Forerunner structure and awaken thousands of Sharquoi under his control through the ''vertex''. After his ships [[Carrow Conflict|were destroyed]], Hekabe captured human freighters that were not slipspace-capable and used them to capture Thars' grounded ships to use the Sharquoi to attack the worlds of his enemies. | During the [[Battle of Installation 00]] in late [[2552]], the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Hekabe]] had managed to find the ''[[vertex]]'' using the distraction of the arrival of [[High Charity]] and the spread of the [[Flood]]. However, it took Hekabe six years to understand the writings that came with the device and use it to locate the Sharquoi hive on [[Carrow]] which had hundreds of thousands of the creatures. By using the Sharquoi on Carrow against the [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] and the Sangheili, Hekabe planned rule over that world and then eventually others as well. Hekabe was able to take advantage of [[Thars 'Sarov]] calling him in for help to excavate the Forerunner structure and awaken thousands of Sharquoi under his control through the ''vertex''. After his ships [[Carrow Conflict|were destroyed]], Hekabe captured human freighters that were not slipspace-capable and used them to capture Thars' grounded ships to use the Sharquoi to attack the worlds of his enemies. | ||
In a desperate attempt to stop Hekabe, Governor [[Ellis Gass]], [[Fleetmaster]] [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] and [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Gray Team]] launched an attack on Hekabe with a makeshift [[EMP]] canon created out of a repurposed [[M68 Gauss cannon]] and the core of a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. Hekabe was defeated and Ellis took the ''vertex'' for herself, having the Sharquoi kill Hekabe. To keep her people safe, Ellis used her control of the Sharquoi to draw them back into their hive while directing the Sharquoi aboard Sangheili vessels to crash them to end the threat they posed. Once the ''vertex'' realized what Ellis was up to, it fought back and she lost control of the Sharquoi, but not before she successfully returned the surviving Sharquoi to their hive. Ellis then detonated the Havok, destroying the Sharquoi hive and killing the hundreds of thousands of creatures inside. Later scanning by the [[UNSC frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Welcome to the Snipehunt}} confirmed the destruction of the hive and all of the Sharquoi within. However, the UNSC planned to keep an eye on the desert in case any of the Sharquoi had managed to escape before the Havok was detonated. | In a desperate attempt to stop Hekabe, Governor [[Ellis Gass]], [[Fleetmaster]] [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] and [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Gray Team]] launched [[Battle of the Sharquoi Hive|an attack]] on Hekabe with a makeshift [[EMP]] canon created out of a repurposed [[M68 Gauss cannon]] and the core of a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. Hekabe was defeated and Ellis took the ''vertex'' for herself, having the Sharquoi kill Hekabe. To keep her people safe, Ellis used her control of the Sharquoi to draw them back into their hive while directing the Sharquoi aboard Sangheili vessels to crash them to end the threat they posed. Once the ''vertex'' realized what Ellis was up to, it fought back and she lost control of the Sharquoi, but not before she successfully returned the surviving Sharquoi to their hive. Ellis then detonated the Havok, destroying the Sharquoi hive and killing the hundreds of thousands of creatures inside. Later scanning by the [[UNSC frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Welcome to the Snipehunt}} confirmed the destruction of the hive and all of the Sharquoi within. However, the UNSC planned to keep an eye on the desert in case any of the Sharquoi had managed to escape before the Havok was detonated.{{Ref/Novel|HEnv}} | ||
==Biology== | ==Biology== | ||