Editing Bero 'Kusovai

|image=[[File:Kusovaitraining.jpg|300px]]

|affiliation=*[[Covenant]]{{c|formerly}}{{Ref/Reuse|Succor}}

|notable=Responsible for severing two of Rtas 'Vadumee's mandibles.

'''Bero 'Kusovai'''{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=125}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=131}} was a [[Sangheili]] [[sub-commander]] within the [[Covenant Special Operations|Special Operations]] division of the [[Covenant military]]. He was known for his great skill with the [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]].{{Ref/Reuse|Succor}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}

Bero 'Kusovai was a renowned [[martial arts|swordsman]], earning the "-ai" suffix on his name.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} He would later go on to serve in the [[Covenant military]] as a part of [[Covenant Special Operations]], and by [[2552]] was deployed within the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]. 'Kusovai was known to fight practice duels with [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee. While on deployment aboard ''[[Seeker of Truth]]'' during the [[Battle of Installation 04]], Bero was a part of the SpecOps unit commanded by [[Commander (Covenant)|Commander]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee, and were tasked with investigating unusual signals from the {{Pattern|Mjern|agricultural support ship}} ''[[Infinite Succor]]''. Upon boarding the ship, the SpecOps strike team found themselves facing down the [[Flood]] parasite, which had successfully managed to infect the [[List of animals|fauna]] held within the ship's hunting preserves. The strike team fended off the infected and fought their way through to the ship's bridge, where they found the controls had been disabled by the ship's [[Legate]], the [[Minister of Etiology]]. The group then began fighting their way through Flood forces to the ship's medical bay to meet up with the Legate and re-enable the self-destruct - with 'Vadumee threatening to kill the [[San'Shyuum]] to allow the mission to proceed.{{Ref/Reuse|Succor}}

====Death====

[[File:InfectedKusovai.jpg|thumb|250px|Rtas 'Vadumee fights 'Kusovai after he has been absorbed by the [[Flood]].]]

{{Quote|You will... be with [[Flood|us]].|An infected Bero to Rtas 'Vadumee}}

'Kusovai was eventually infected by the Flood and fought the uninfected Rtas 'Vadumee. The Flood were almost able to make a [[Slipstream space|Slipspace]] jump out of the system, but not before Rtas 'Vadumee changed the course so that the ship flew towards the sun. 'Vadumee, while fighting the infected 'Kusovai, was injured as an Energy Sword cut off his left mandibles. 'Vadumee defeated 'Kusovai and managed to escape two minutes before the Slipspace Jump occurred. Rtas 'Vadumee is believed to be the only survivor of the ''Infinite Succor'' mission, as all members of Rtas' team and the original crew of the craft, as well as the [[Minister of Etiology|legate]] on board, were presumably killed and absorbed by the Flood. If not, they were killed when the ship jumped into the [[Soell system|system's]] sun.{{Ref/Reuse|Succor}}

==Rank==  

'Kusovai held the [[Covenant rank structure|military rank]] of [[sub-commander]], and his armor color was shown in blueish-green, alongside Rtas 'Vadumee. It is most likely that he was only subordinate to 'Vadumee in his unit.

==Name==

Unlike most Sangheili warriors, Kusovai's name does not possess the "-ee" suffix. Rather, his name bears the "-ai" suffix, which denotes swordsmanship. His case is similar to [[Tulum 'Juranai]] and [[Toha ‘Sumai|Toha 'Sumai]]'s, who are also master swordsmen.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}