Covenant Special Operations
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Special Operations (SpecOps) was the specialized operations division of the Covenant's Special Warfare Group.[1]
Roles and operations
The Covenant's Special Operations was established by the Special Warfare Group for the execution of specialized operations.[1] Special Operation units were typically sent on missions with acute and specific objectives and were not associated with any broader Covenant military application.[2] The division's objectives covered the sabotage of enemy installations and supply lines, assassinations, stealth infiltration, and retrieval of Forerunner artifacts, although it was an extremely versatile group of performing low-risk sentry or defense missions.[3][4] Special Operation units also participated in classified missions that were personally commissioned by a Hierarch of the Covenant.[3]
Personnel within this group were regarded as skilled warriors of the Covenant military, deployed to perform unconventional, high-risk operations.[5][6] Members of the Special Operations had proved themselves on the battlefield in both martial combat and in their marksmen abilities.[3]
Organization
The Covenant's Special Operations was dominated by the Sangheili, though there were some Unggoy members.[3] The Special Operations division is placed under the control of the Special Operations Commander, who would command operations in the field or remotely from High Charity.[7][8] A typical lance under the Special Operations consisted of two Special Operations Sangheili and two to four Special Operations Unggoy. In some occasion, a lance would be led by a Special Operations Officer.
Gallery
A Special Operations lance in Halo: Combat Evolved.
A Special Operations Lance in Halo 2.
List of appearances
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
- Halo: The Flood
- Halo: First Strike
- Halo 2
- Halo Graphic Novel
- Halo 3
- Halo 3: ODST
- Halo Legends
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Halo: Reach
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Halo 2: Anniversary
- Halo: Ground Command
Sources
- ^ a b Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 59
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 133 (2011)
- ^ a b c d Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Library
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level, Gravemind
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level, The Heretic
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level, Sacred Icon
- ^ Halo Graphic Novel, The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 136 (2011)
