Editing Sangheili Ranger

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Outdated|[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]] and [[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]}}

{{Unit infobox

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|image=[[File:Sangheili-Ranger H2A.png|250px]]

|branch=[[Fleet Security]]{{Ref/Reuse|visual}}

|mission=Unconventional warfare{{Ref/Reuse|visual}}

|role=[[Extra-vehicular activity]]{{Ref/Reuse|visual}}

<br> Specialized reconnaissance{{Ref/Reuse|visual}}

|notable=[[Vil 'Kthamee]] <br> [[Loquen 'Nvong]] <br> [[Ziln 'Klel]] <br> [[Kola 'Baoth]] <br> [[Gri 'Waqilsee]]

|affiliation=*[[Covenant]] <br>  

**[[Swords of Sanghelios]]

**[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]  

**[[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group]]

**[[Banished]]

The '''Sangheili Rangers''' are a specialized [[Sangheili]] unit in the [[Covenant]], its post-war [[Covenant remnants|remnant factions]],<ref name="h4">'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''Interactive Guide''</ref> and a few in the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Reuse|HW2}} Within the Covenant Empire, they were organized under [[Fleet Security]], a division of the [[Special Warfare Group|Covenant Special Warfare Group]].{{Ref/Reuse|visual}} Experts in [[Extra-vehicular activity|extra-vehicular]] space and aerial combat, the Rangers are a threat to ships, stations, as well as many other types of flightcraft.

As part of the [[Covenant]]'s [[Fleet Security]], the Rangers were tasked with the security of a [[Covenant fleet|fleet]]. This placed the Rangers in a defensive role, such as removing foreign forces from entering and/or commandeering the ship.<ref name="lnos">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)]]''</ref> The Rangers can also perform offensive roles such as space insertion and demolition tasks.<ref name="tfor">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref><ref name="cairo">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station]]''</ref> In this, they are normally deployed as an expeditionary force during limited naval engagements, it is they who choose which craft are to be boarded and which destroyed. Rangers also perform HAZOP operations and traditional scouting roles.{{Ref/Reuse|H4Rangertoy}}

Sangheili Rangers are combat experts in environments with little or no gravity. However, they are commonly deployed planetside during engagements. A Ranger's ease of mobility poses the greatest threat to his opponents on a world's surface.<ref name="enc133">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 133'' (2011 edition)</ref>

Sangheili Rangers have served since the dawn of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|H4Rangertoy}}<ref name="BC">'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'''</ref> Sangheili Rangers were deployed during the [[Covenant]]'s [[Fall of Reach|attack]] on the human colony planet [[Reach]]. During the later stages of the [[Siege of New Alexandria]], a team of Sangheili Rangers entered the [[New Alexandria Hospital]] shortly after [[SPARTAN-B312]] destroyed a [[Covenant communications jammer]]. They attempted to kill the Spartan, but were ultimately killed by the supersoldier.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[New Alexandria]]''</ref> During their attempts to seize the [[Forerunner]] [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|artifact]] located under [[SWORD Base]], the Covenant deployed many Sangheili Rangers along with other troops to attack [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s laboratory, but all were slain by the defending [[SPARTAN-III]]s of [[NOBLE Team]]. Several were also present at the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[The Package]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> Near the end of the battle, a large contingent of Sangheili Rangers was dispatched to the [[UNSC Circumference]] along with their [[Kig-Yar]] [[Kig-Yar Ranger|counterparts]] in order to retrieve the ship's NAV database. They were stopped by [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]], but not before causing the presumed death of [[James-005|one of its members]].<ref name="ReferenceA">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref>

During the opening stages of the [[Battle of Earth]], Sangheili Rangers were among the forces deployed to a cluster of [[orbital defense platform]]s above [[Earth]] to destroy them with [[antimatter charge]]s and tip the battle in favor of the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|Covenant fleet]]. They were successful in destroying [[Athens Station|two]] [[Malta Station|of]] the platforms but were prevented from destroying the [[Cairo Station (station)|third]] due to the intervention of a [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117|soldier]].{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}} Upon his arrival at [[Installation 05]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] deployed his forces onto the surface of the ringworld. Among these forces were Sangheili Rangers. They were unable to prevent the Hierarch's assassination at the hands of the Master Chief.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]''</ref>

With the Sangheili no longer in the Covenant, their role as aerial infantry units was taken by the [[Jiralhanae Jumper]]. Jumpers were equipped with [[jump pack]]s that, rather than allowing complete aerial maneuverability, gave them the ability to make large jumps across the battlefield. The [[Yanme'e]] also continued to serve in the Covenant as aerial units.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref>

After the [[Human-Covenant War]]s conclusion, the rank of Sangheili Ranger continued to see use in several [[Covenant remnants|remnant groups]] of the original [[Covenant]]. The [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|faction]] lead by [[Jul 'Mdama]] utilized Sangheili Rangers, along with their [[Unggoy Ranger|Unggoy]] and [[Kig-Yar Ranger|Kig-Yar]] counterparts in many engagements. A group of Sangheili Rangers were deployed to the exterior of the [[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn|''Forward Unto Dawn'']] when the ship drifted into proximity of the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] in order to prevent any humans from entering the planet.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Dawn]]''</ref> They were also part of the contingent of Covenant troops taking part in the [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|attack]] on the [[Ivanoff Station|research facility]] located in an asteroid belt near [[Installation 03]], under command of the [[Ur-Didact]], who was searching for the [[Composer]] on board the station. While all Covenant attackers were slain, the Didact was successful in locating the Composer and using it on the stations [[human]] inhabitants.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref> Sangheili Rangers continued to see actions on the [[shield world]] of Requiem as part of Jul 'Mdama's unified Covenant-[[Promethean]] resistance to the crew of the [[UNSC Infinity|UNSC ''Infinity'']] during the [[Requiem Campaign|conflict]] on the planet during February–March [[2558]]. One of their most notable deployments was as part of the massive boarding action conducted against the UNSC ship towards the end of the battle.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Invasion|S1E7 ''Invasion'']]</ref>  

Sangheili Rangers were deployed to the ''[[Argent Moon]]'', a derelict [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] research and development station later in the year in search of supplies in order to aid Jul 'Mdama's Covenant in their ongoing war with the [[Swords of Sanghelios]]. They were stopped when a [[Blue Team|team of SPARTAN-IIs]] scuttled the station.<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level ''[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]''</ref> Many Sangheili Rangers helped the remnants of Jul's Covenant in defending their final stronghold, [[Sunaion]] against the combined forces of the Swords of Sanghelios and the [[SPARTAN-IV]] [[Fireteam Osiris]], but were defeated and ended up being hunted to the last by the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]'s forces.<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level ''[[Battle of Sunaion (level)|Battle of Sunaion]]''</ref>

When [[Shipmaster]] [[Let 'Volir]] joined the mercenary group known as [[Banished]], several Sangheili Rangers were part of 'Volir's [[Enduring Conviction|crew]] and served the Banished by extension.<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref> These forces were part of the massive Banished deployment onto [[Installation 00]] in [[2559]]. The Sangheili Rangers of the Banished served as marksmen and skirmishers, rather than extravehicular combat specialists.<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref>

The Rangers wear hermetically sealed combat armor that would allow them to work in the vacuum of space or other similarly hazardous environment.{{Ref/Reuse|ReferenceA}} In addition to this, the Rangers are equipped with either an [[antigravity pack]] or a [[Covenant thruster pack|thruster pack]], providing them greater mobility. The armor of a Sangheili Ranger allows them to operate in gravity and [[oxygen]]-free environments, but the thrusters on their armor are specifically designed for mobility in gravity-intensive environments.{{Ref/Reuse|enc133}}

Like most Sangheili units, the Rangers utilize [[Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle|plasma rifle]]s and [[Nakata'vho-pattern plasma repeater|plasma repeater]]s as their standard armament.{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}}{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}} On some occasions, Rangers within the original Covenant would use the [[M'tara-pattern focus rifle|focus rifle]] and the [[Gadulo-pattern needle rifle|needle rifle]].{{Ref/Reuse|cairo}}<ref name="nightfall">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Nightfall]]''</ref> [[Lodam Armory]] also produces a combat harness for Rangers, based off their harness for Covenant [[Sangheili Storm|Storm units]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-fury-s-road '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Fury's Road'']</ref>

 

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[[File:reach 1641531 Medium.jpg|thumb|250px|A Ranger in mid-flight.]]

The Rangers will use their thruster packs to great effect in battle, using them to strafe while firing their weapons. In ''Halo 2'' and ''Halo: Reach'', their energy shield strength is similar to that of a Sangheili Minor. For combat, they are often seen dual-wielding plasma rifles (''Halo 2'') as well as using suppression rifles such as the focus rifle and the needle rifle. Ranger armor is colored cyan in ''Halo 2'' and grey in ''Halo: Reach''.

Sangheili Rangers are anti-infantry units armed with {{Pattern|Mosa|carbine}}s that can be built by every Banished leader at the [[Raid Camp]]. Unlike Rangers in other games Banished Rangers do not use jetpacks, and are not equipped with energy shields. In [[Blitz]] Rangers cost 30 energy while Assault Rangers cost 50 energy. They come in pairs and threes unlike UNSC [[sniper]]s, who are deployed alone.

File:H2_EliteRanger_Cairo.jpg|A Sangheili Ranger in combat in ''[[Halo 2]]''.

File:Reach E310 SangheiliRanger.png|A Sangheili Ranger with a [[M'tara-pattern focus rifle|focus rifle]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.

File:HReach - Ranger 2.png|A Sangheili Ranger standing still wielding a [[Nakata'vho-pattern plasma repeater|plasma repeater]] in ''Halo: Reach''.

File:H5G-Rangers.png|Sangheili Rangers with [[Unggoy Ranger]]s on [[Attack on Sanctum]].

**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''

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