Editing Bloodstars

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}}

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During Task Force Yama's [[Battle of 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}}

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Numerous Bloodstars were present during the [[Battle for Zeta Halo]] between [[2559]] and [[2560]].{{Ref/Reuse|cflegendend}} Upon the release of the [[Harbinger]] and her [[gasgira]] allies, [[Skimmer Alpha|a small contingent of gasgira]] were even integrated within the ranks of the Bloodstars to test their combat proficiency.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=436}} One member of the Bloodstars, [[Gorian]], worked with [[Jega 'Rdomnai]] to access the [[Conspectus network]], which would help [[Escharum]] take full control of the ring;{{Ref/Novel|RP|Chapter=22}} he was killed by Spartan [[Tomas Horvath]].{{Ref/Novel|RP|Chapter=36}} Circa May 28, upon hearing that [[John-117]] had survived, some members of the Bloodstars hoped to secure a promotion to the [[Hand of Atriox]] by killing the Spartan.{{Ref/Reuse|cflegendend}} However, many were located and identified as high value targets by [[the Weapon]]. The AI passed this information on to John-117, who tracked down and killed each Bloodstar operative, along with the troops that accompanied them.

Like the Silent Shadow, all members of the Bloodstars wore dark red armor.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS18}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}} Sangheili Bloodstars utilized [[bloodblade]]s, a kind of blood-red energy sword.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15}}