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In-universe sources for the rank of "SpecOps Commander" were first published in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' and repeated in its [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011 reprint]], which discuss Rtas 'Vadum as having "''been reassigned to the position of SpecOps Commander''".{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} This is repeated in the ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide|Essential Visual Guide]]'' page on the character with mostly identical wording; neither of which discuss the rank as a particular title and can be easily interpreted as referring to a Special Operations Commander in the same way one may refer to an "SAS General". Given the [[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)#Reception and errors|many errors]] present throughout the 2009 encyclopedia, this source is generally considered untrustworthy should alternates be available. Within the EVG itself, Rtas' explicit rank is given as [[Shipmaster]], with the term "SpecOps Commander" only ever used as a general descriptor.
In-universe sources for the rank of "SpecOps Commander" were first published in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' and repeated in its [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011 reprint]], which discuss Rtas 'Vadum as having "''been reassigned to the position of SpecOps Commander''".{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} This is repeated in the ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide|Essential Visual Guide]]'' page on the character with mostly identical wording; neither of which discuss the rank as a particular title and can be easily interpreted as referring to a Special Operations Commander in the same way one may refer to an "SAS General". Given the [[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)#Reception and errors|many errors]] present throughout the 2009 encyclopedia, this source is generally considered untrustworthy should alternates be available. Within the EVG itself, Rtas' explicit rank is given as [[Shipmaster]], with the term "SpecOps Commander" only ever used as a general descriptor.


More recent media published by [[343 Industries]] has almost entirely neglected to mention the idea of the "Spec Ops Commander"; the first mention within more recent media occured in the [[2016]] novel ''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' during which [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] refers to [[Keza]] as "''one of his special operations commanders''" - with no capitalisation, suggesting the title is not intended as a proper noun, but instead a general descriptor.{{Ref/Novel|HEnv|Chapter=8}} More recently, the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' discusses the ranks of commander and sub-commander as general ranks employed throughout the Covenant military in a similar fashion to [[Major (Covenant)|Major]] or [[Minor]],{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} while the book's page on Rtas 'Vadum explicitly states he "''served as '''a''' Special Operations commander''" - explicitly avoiding to call him a Special Operations Commander, presented as a proper noun.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=250}} Given that the concept of a Sangheili Commander rank was fully established within ''[[Halo 4]]'' (and its supporting media such as the [[Halo 4 Interactive Guide|Interactive Guide]] and ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''), it would seem that the concept of a Special Operations Commander rank was based on a misreading of game data and ambiguous wording in early ''Halo'' media, and one [[343 Industries]] has consciously gone out of their way to retcon/ ignore.
More recent media published by [[343 Industries]] has almost entirely neglected to mention the idea of the "Spec Ops Commander"; the first mention within more recent media occured in the [[2016]] novel ''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' during which [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] refers to [[Keza]] as "''one of his special operations commanders''" - with no capitalisation, suggesting the title is not intended as a proper noun, but instead a general descriptor.{{Ref/Novel|HEnv|Chapter=8}} More recently, the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' discusses the ranks of commander and sub-commander as general ranks employed throughout the Covenant military in a similar fashion to [[Major (Covenant)|Major]] or [[Minor]],{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}, while the book's page on Rtas 'Vadum explicitly states he "''served as '''a''' Special Operations commandeer''" - explicitly avoiding to call him a Special Operations Commander, presented as a proper noun.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=250}} Given that the concept of a Sangheili Commander rank was fully established within ''[[Halo 4]]'' (and its supporting media such as the [[Halo 4 Interactive Guide|Interactive Guide]] and ''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''), it would seem that the concept of a Special Operations Commander rank was based on a misreading of game data and ambiguous wording in early ''Halo'' media, and one [[343 Industries]] has consciously gone out of their way to retcon/ ignore.


===Ranger Commander===
===Ranger Commander===

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