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|date=[[784 BCE]] | |date=[[789 BCE|789]]–[[784 BCE]]<ref name="universe">[[Halo Waypoint]]: [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/lekgolo-mgalekgolo-hunter ''Lekgolo/Mgalekgolo'']</ref> ([[Age of Conversion]])<ref name="enc120">''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', p. 120 (2011)</ref> | ||
|place=[[Te]], [[Svir system]] | |place=[[Te]], [[Svir system]]<ref name="universe"/> | ||
|result=*[[Covenant]] victory | |result=*[[Covenant]] victory<ref name="universe"/> | ||
**[[Lekgolo]] join the Covenant | **[[Lekgolo]] join the Covenant<ref name="universe"/> | ||
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The '''Taming of the Lekgolo''' was a [[war]] between the [[Covenant]] and the [[Lekgolo]]. First contact with the worm-like [[Lekgolo]] species during the Covenant's galaxy-wide search for remnants of [[Forerunner]] technology in one of their early [[Ages of Conversion]] led to a conflict between the Lekgolo and the Covenant, eventually resulting in the former's incorporation into the hegemony.<ref name="bestiarum">''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> | The '''Taming of the Lekgolo''' was a [[war]] between the [[Covenant]] and the [[Lekgolo]]. First contact with the worm-like [[Lekgolo]] species during the Covenant's galaxy-wide search for remnants of [[Forerunner]] technology in one of their early [[Ages of Conversion]] led to a conflict between the Lekgolo and the Covenant, eventually resulting in the former's incorporation into the hegemony.<ref name="bestiarum">''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> | ||
The Covenant's use of the term "taming" can be misleading, as the Lekgolo possessed a highly advanced, if alien, culture prior to their contact with the Covenant, having reached [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 3]] of the Forerunner technological achievement scale on their own. Despite this, their space travel capabilities were extremely limited, having developed at an exceedingly slow rate due to the difficulties resulting from their high-gravity homeworld [[Te]]. | The Covenant's use of the term "taming" can be misleading, as the Lekgolo possessed a highly advanced, if alien, culture prior to their contact with the Covenant, having reached [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 3]] of the Forerunner technological achievement scale on their own. Despite this, their space travel capabilities were extremely limited, having developed at an exceedingly slow rate due to the difficulties resulting from their high-gravity homeworld [[Te]].<ref name="bestiarum"/> | ||
==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
In [[ | In the nascent years of the [[Covenant]], during one of the first [[Ages of Conversion]],<ref name="enc120"/> early [[San'Shyuum]] experiments with primitive, reverse-engineered copies of the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]]'s [[luminary]] led them to [[Te]] in the [[Svir system]], located relatively close to the [[Sangheili]]'s native [[Urs system]].<ref name="ch16">''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', Chapter 16</ref> Arriving in orbit around Te in [[789 BCE]],<ref name="universe"/> the San'Shyuum had hoped to find a treasure trove of [[Forerunner]] relics, but instead only found the [[Lekgolo]] works | ||
, settled around the rings and [[moon]]s of Te.<ref name="ch16"/> At the time of the Covenant's arrival, the Lekgolo were a Tier 3 race on the [[Technological Achievement Tiers]], indicating space-faring capabilities.<ref name="bestiarum"/> | |||
However, the Covenant soon discovered that Te's rings of icy rocks were fragments of a destroyed Forerunner installation.<ref name="universe"/><ref name="ch16"/> The Lekgolo had consumed the installation over millennia, ingesting metal and rock and spitting it out as they made their tight and twisting burrows. The Lekgolo colonies had very differing diets, with some colonies only digesting Forerunner alloys, while others would only consume rock rich in crushed circuits. Only a rare handful of colonies would avoid such foreign objects altogether, carefully cutting around the battered remains of the Forerunner installation.<ref name="ch16"/> | |||
Covenant scripture dictated that any unauthorized contact with Forerunner objects was [[heresy]], punishable by [[Capital punishment|death]]. Appalled by the damage done to the Forerunner installation, the San'Shyuum declared war on the Lekgolo species. | Covenant scripture dictated that any unauthorized contact with Forerunner objects was [[heresy]], punishable by [[Capital punishment|death]]. Appalled by the damage done to the Forerunner installation, the San'Shyuum declared war on the Lekgolo species.<ref name="ch16"/> | ||
==The war== | ==The war== | ||
{{Quote|Our first encounter with the Lekgolo was an effort in futility.|A [[Unidentified San'Shyuum scribe|San'Shyuum scribe]] | {{Quote|Our first encounter with the Lekgolo was an effort in futility.|A [[Unidentified San'Shyuum scribe|San'Shyuum scribe]]<ref name="h2a terminal"/>}} | ||
Sangheili warriors were ordered to eradicate the Lekgolo,<ref name="universe"/><ref name="ch16"/> as well as take control of Te for its resources. However, the Covenant was met with a protracted and difficult resistance, as the Lekgolo's physiology gave them a tremendous fighting advantage on their own world.<ref name="bestiarum"/> The Sangheili proved to be ill-equipped to combat the Lekgolo, who ostensibly lacked ships and soldiers. Additionally, the Lekgolo sought shelter from the Covenant's wrath within fortifications built throughout the rings, hidden within the very structures the Covenant wished to preserve.<ref name="universe"/><ref name="ch16"/> | |||
[[File:LekgoloArby.png|thumb|250px|left|The Arbiter confronts a Mgalekgolo]] | [[File:LekgoloArby.png|thumb|250px|left|The Arbiter confronts a Mgalekgolo]] | ||
The Covenant was soon handed its first defeat in battle | The Covenant was soon handed its first defeat in battle<ref name="enc311">''Halo Encyclopedia'', p. 311 (2011)</ref> as conventional measures failed to wipe out the Lekgolo around the Rings of Te.<ref name="h2a terminal">''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminal 8: "Taming the Hunters"]]</ref> The Covenant soon learned that waging a war of extermination against trillions of Lekgolo eels was a battle they could not win.<ref name="universe"/> The tide of battle turned even worse for the Covenant in [[784 BCE]] on the moon of [[Rentus]],<ref>Halo Waypoint: [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=37#post732 ''Catalog Interaction'']</ref> when first contact was made with the [[Mgalekgolo]], a [[subsistence gestalt]] of the Lekgolo that forms extremely powerful warriors.<ref name="universe"/><ref name="enc120"/> This newly discovered gestalt made the Lekgolo an even greater challenge for the Sangheili warriors to defeat in combat.<ref name="enc120"/> | ||
The [[Hierarchs]] eventually decided to dispatch [[Arbiter | The [[Hierarchs]] eventually decided to dispatch [[Unidentified Arbiter (Taming of the Lekgolo)|an Arbiter]], who traveled alone to the Svir system and ventured across the surface of the moon [[Rantu]], where the [[Arbiter]] learned both the Lekgolo's strengths and weaknesses as he battled the Mgalekgolo. While on Rantu, the Arbiter discovered that while some Lekgolo were responsible for the destruction of the Forerunner installation, others were not and instead worked around the Forerunner materials.<ref name="h2a terminal"/> With this insight, the Arbiter proposed "taming" the Lekgolo and assimilating them into the Covenant,<ref name="ch16"/><ref name="universe"/> allowing the empire to put the habits of these Lekgolo to good use,<ref name="ch16"/> capitalizing on the Lekgolo's excavation, transportation, and combat abilities.<ref name="universe"/> | ||
While the San'Shyuum were eager to | While the San'Shyuum were eager to asset their moral authority, they reluctantly agreed that the Lekgolo, if properly trained, could be very useful when interacting with Forerunner technology and absolved the Lekgolo of their sins.<ref name="ch16"/> The Covenant turned to negotiating with the Lekgolo, slowed by communication difficulty,<ref name="bestiarum"/> where the Sangheili eventually threatened to destroy the Lekgolo with [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref name="enc311"/> Faced with extinction,<ref name="bc">''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'', Chapter 15</ref> the Lekgolo surrendered and were welcomed into the Covenant.<ref name="enc120"/><ref name="enc311"/> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
[[File:H2A Terminals - Dreadnought Oracle.jpg|thumb|250px|The Hierarchs and Arbiter inserting a Lekgolo into the Dreadnought]] | [[File:H2A Terminals - Dreadnought Oracle.jpg|thumb|250px|The Hierarchs and Arbiter inserting a Lekgolo into the Dreadnought]] | ||
{{Quote|The Taming of the Hunters, the Grunt Rebellion. Were it not for the Arbiters, the Covenant would have broken long ago!|The [[Prophet of Mercy|High Prophet of Mercy]]<ref name="h2arbiter">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level, "[[The Arbiter]]"</ref>}} | {{Quote|The Taming of the Hunters, the Grunt Rebellion. Were it not for the Arbiters, the Covenant would have broken long ago!|The [[Prophet of Mercy|High Prophet of Mercy]]<ref name="h2arbiter">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level, "[[The Arbiter]]"</ref>}} | ||
The San'Shyuum hoped to use the Lekgolo to explore the Dreadnought and other Forerunner artifacts by creating minuscule tunnels for the eels to enter, allowing for the Lekgolo to gather data on their surroundings with micro-sensors ingested by the Lekgolo. After many ages of experimentation on lesser relics, the San'Shyuum finally decided to allow the Lekgolo to explore the Dreadnought itself, of which they currently had a limited understanding of for fear that their studies and research on the Dreadnought's processing pathways may damage vital systems. With great care, the [[ascetic priests]] carved a hole and slipped a chosen Lekgolo, gathering information while also hoping for a response from the Dreadnought's [[Oracle]], a dormant fragment of [[Mendicant Bias]]. When the priests received no response, they gradually increased the amount of Lekgolo probes inserted into the Dreadnought. Over time, the process became rather mundane. | The San'Shyuum hoped to use the Lekgolo to explore the Dreadnought and other Forerunner artifacts by creating minuscule tunnels for the eels to enter, allowing for the Lekgolo to gather data on their surroundings with micro-sensors ingested by the Lekgolo. After many ages of experimentation on lesser relics, the San'Shyuum finally decided to allow the Lekgolo to explore the Dreadnought itself, of which they currently had a limited understanding of for fear that their studies and research on the Dreadnought's processing pathways may damage vital systems. With great care, the [[ascetic priests]] carved a hole and slipped a chosen Lekgolo, gathering information while also hoping for a response from the Dreadnought's [[Oracle]], a dormant fragment of [[Mendicant Bias]]. When the priests received no response, they gradually increased the amount of Lekgolo probes inserted into the Dreadnought. Over time, the process became rather mundane.<ref name="ch16"/> | ||
As Te now fell under the domain of the empire, the Lekgolo supplied the [[Covenant military]] with Mgalekgolo warriors, for each Covenant world must provide fighting troops. While the Mgalekgolo were only provided in relatively small numbers, this was accepted by the Covenant government as a necessary interaction with its most alien client. As the Lekgolo have little need for religion, the Lekgolo's affiliation with the Covenant was soley built on their need for viable space travel. | As Te now fell under the domain of the empire, the Lekgolo supplied the [[Covenant military]] with Mgalekgolo warriors, for each Covenant world must provide fighting troops. While the Mgalekgolo were only provided in relatively small numbers, this was accepted by the Covenant government as a necessary interaction with its most alien client. As the Lekgolo have little need for religion, the Lekgolo's affiliation with the Covenant was soley built on their need for viable space travel.<ref name="bestiarum"/> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminals]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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