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'''Chur'R-Yar''' was the [[Kig-yar]] [[Shipmaster|Shipmistress]] of the [[Covenant]] missionary vessel ''[[Minor Transgression]]'', and as such is unique in being one of the very few female [[Covenant]] characters mentioned in the Halo Universe so far, she is also the only known Ship Master that is not a [[Sangheili]]. Commanding her ship on the very fringes of Covenant territory, she ordered the raid of two [[Human]] [[freighter]]s before, with the aid of the [[Deacon]] [[Dadab]], locating a planet with supposed [[Forerunner]] relics. Intending to steal a number of these relics for herself before she could report it to the Covenant, betraying the Deacon as well, she was | '''Chur'R-Yar''' was the [[Kig-yar]] [[Shipmaster|Shipmistress]] of the [[Covenant]] missionary vessel ''[[Minor Transgression]]'', and as such is unique in being one of the very few female [[Covenant]] characters mentioned in the Halo Universe so far, she is also the only known Ship Master that is not a [[Sangheili]] or [[Jiralhanae]]. Commanding her ship on the very fringes of Covenant territory, she ordered the raid of two [[Human]] [[freighter]]s before, with the aid of the [[Deacon]] [[Dadab]], locating a planet with supposed [[Forerunner]] relics. Intending to steal a number of these relics for herself before she could report it to the Covenant, betraying the Deacon as well, she was shot by [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]] after the Minor Transgression boarded a third freighter, bait for a trap laid by the [[UNSC]]. Before dying, she detonated her own ship in an unsuccessful, suicidal attempt to kill her attacker. | ||
Chur'R-Yar's ancestors were pirates, sailing the oceans of the Kig-Yar homeworld [[Eayn]], battling rival clans and claiming slaves and territory. In this regard, she hoped to mimic them, with space serving as the new ocean. She also hoped to retire with the profit from the stolen relics and raise a family of young Kig-yar. She was killed before she could reach her aspirations.<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref> | Chur'R-Yar's ancestors were pirates, sailing the oceans of the Kig-Yar homeworld [[Eayn]], battling rival clans and claiming slaves and territory. In this regard, she hoped to mimic them, with space serving as the new ocean. She also hoped to retire with the profit from the stolen relics and raise a family of young Kig-yar. She was killed before she could reach her aspirations.<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref> | ||