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| {{Center|This article is about the [[Special Operations Unggoy]] in [[Halo: The Flood]]. For the [[Banished]] [[leader]] in [[Halo Wars 2]] see [[Yapyap]].}} | | {{Ratings}} |
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| |name=Yayap | | |name=Yayap |
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| |homeworld=[[Balaho]] | | |homeworld=[[Balaho]] |
| |birth= | | |birth= |
| |death=[[2552|September 22, 2552]] | | |rank=[[Grunt Major|Major]], [[Special Operations Grunt|Special Ops]] |
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| |species=[[Unggoy]] | | |species=[[Unggoy]] |
| |gender=Male | | |gender=Male |
| |height= | | |height=Probably around 5' |
| |mass= | | |weapons=Plasma Pistol, Plasma Grenade |
| | |equipment=Radio |
| | |vehicles=Ghost |
| |hair= | | |hair= |
| |eyes=Yellow | | |eyes=Red |
| |affiliation=[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] | | |cyber= |
| |rank=*[[Unggoy Major]] | | |era=Ninth Age of Reclamation |
| *[[Special Operations Unggoy]]
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| |sn= | | |notable=Survived an encounter with the Master Chief |
| |notable=[[Battle of Installation 04]] | | |affiliation=[[Covenant]] |
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| {{Quote|Th-thank you, Commander, but I don't deserve such an honor.|A worried Yayap gets promoted to [[Zuka 'Zamamee]]'s assistant {{Ref/Book|Id=WF24|[[Halo: The Flood]]|Page=70}}}}
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| '''Yayap''' was an intelligent [[Unggoy]] who lived during the [[Ages of Reclamation|9th Age of Reclamation]]. He distinguished himself during the [[Battle of Installation 04]]. | | '''Yayap''' was a [[Covenant]] [[Grunt]] in the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]. He later became [[SpecOps Elite]] [[Zuka 'Zamamee]]'s personal assistant. |
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| ==Biography==
| | Yayap was born on the methane filled Grunt home world, Balaho, to which he continually dreams about returning to. <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 60</ref> Yayap was a [[Major Grunts|Major]] assigned to a sleepy Grunt unit, commanding others of his race, including [[Gagaw]]. However, during the boarding of the ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'' (during the events of the first Halo encounter), a black-armored [[Special Ops Elites]] named [[Zuka 'Zamamee]] was incapacitated by a bullet shot by the [[Master Chief]]. Yayap and his team of [[Grunt]]s found him still alive and decided to bring him back to the boarding ships; so they could be allowed to escape the fighting on board the ''Pillar of Autumn'' and live. <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 32/33</ref> After [[Zuka 'Zamamee]] regained consciousness, he decided to have Yayap transferred to be his personal aid; his own was killed in the fight aboard the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Yayap was understandably less than elated at this exchange of hands, because [[Elite]]s are notorious for not caring about their lives, much less the lives of those placed under their charge. <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 61/62</ref> |
| Yayap was born on the [[methane]]-filled Unggoy homeworld, [[Balaho]], to which he continually dreamed of returning. Before serving in the ''[[Fleet of Particular Justice]]'', Yayap lived in the lower districts of ''[[High Charity]]'', where he served the [[Sangheili]] as a sentry.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 305-306''</ref> In the 9th Age of Reclamation, Yayap was an [[Unggoy Major]] assigned to a sleepy Unggoy unit in the Fleet of Particular Justice, commanding others of his race, including his friend [[Gagaw]]. Yayap was a cousin of [[Bapap]], one of the first members of the Covenant to encounter humanity at [[Harvest]]. | |
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| ===''Pillar of Autumn''===
| | ''NOTE: At this moment it can be assumed that Yayap becomes one of the [[Special Ops Grunts]].'' |
| During the boarding of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, [[Zuka 'Zamamee]], a [[Special Operations Sangheili]], was incapacitated by a bullet into the side of his head by [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]]. Yayap and his [[File (unit)|file]] of Unggoy found him still alive and decided to bring him back to the boarding ships so they could be allowed to escape the fighting on board the ''Pillar of Autumn'' and live.
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| ===Installation 04===
| | Zuka 'Zamamee then goes before a small Council situated on [[Installation 04|Halo]] to request permission to kill the specially armored human (Master Chief) who was solely responsible for scores of Covenant casualties; he is denied. However, after a boarding assault on the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' retrieves [[Captain Jacob Keyes]] and takes out several hundred Covenant warriors, his request is reconsidered and granted. |
| After Zuka 'Zamamee regained consciousness, he decided to have Yayap transferred to be his personal assistant, as his own was killed during the fight aboard the ''Pillar of Autumn''. Yayap was understandably less than elated at this exchange of hands, because Sangheili were notorious for not caring about their own lives and even less for the lives of those placed under their charge. Yayap was then promoted to a [[Special Operations Unggoy]]. He, like all other Unggoy, had to refer to all Sangheili, including Zuka 'Zamamee, by using the honorific "Excellency".
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| Zuka 'Zamamee later went before a small Council situated on Halo to request permission to kill the specially armored human who was solely responsible for scores of Covenant deaths. His request was denied. However, after a boarding assault, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] was saved and the Master Chief killed several hundred Covenant warriors. His request was then reconsidered and granted.
| | Yayap then follows 'Zamamee to the security center of [[The Silent Cartographer]] where he attempts to kill the Chief using a pair of [[Lekgolo|Hunters]] and some Grunts under Yayap's command. However, one of the Grunts, named [[Linglin]], accidentally kills one of the Hunters, allowing the Chief to overcome the force. Yayap narrowly avoids being killed when 'Zamamee pulls him into a cargo pod. |
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| Yayap then followed Zuka 'Zamamee to the security center of the [[Silent Cartographer]] where he tried to kill the Master Chief using a pair of [[Mgalekgolo]] and some Unggoy under Yayap's command. However, one of the Unggoy, [[Linglin]], panicked and accidentally shot one of the Mgalekgolo in the back, allowing the Master Chief to overcome the force. Yayap narrowly escaped death when Zuka 'Zamamee pulled him into a cargo pod.
| | He is then used as the bait for 'Zamamee's next plan. He is beaten up and laid out next to a crashed [[Ghost (Vehicle)|Ghost]] on a path where the human resistance insurgents will find him, carrying a few [[Memory Block]]s and some [[Feeding Nipple|food]] to ensure he will not be killed by humans. He is then captured by [[First Lieutenant Melissa McKay]] and, unbeknownst to her, carries a transmitter that he activates once he sees the Chief, allowing 'Zamamee and [[Noga 'Putumee]] to land forces at [[Alpha Base]]. The attack is a failure and he is freed and escapes with 'Zamamee aboard a [[Banshee]], by actually having to point a [[Plasma Pistol]] at the Elite's head so as to convince him to retreat. |
| Yayap was then used as the bait for 'Zamamee's next plan. He was beaten up and laid out next to a destroyed [[Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle|Ghost]] on a path where [[human]] soldiers on patrol would find him, carrying some food to make it look like he was a deserter or a lone patrol that had crashed, ensuring he would not be killed by the humans. He was then captured by [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] and, unknown to her, carried a transmitter that he activated once he saw the Chief, allowing Zuka 'Zamamee and [[Field Master]] [[Noga 'Putumee]] to land forces at the human base. The [[Battle of Alpha Base|attack]] was a loss, forcing 'Zamamee to come to a conclusion; find the human with the special armor, or die, as [[Soha 'Rolamee]] had.
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| 'Zamamee freed Yayap from captivity, and told him to lead him to the human. Yayap lied and told 'Zamamee that the human had been put in charge of guarding captured [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]]. As Yayap and Zuka 'Zamamee continued to the aircraft, they were attacked by humans. In the midst of the skirmish, 'Zamamee's {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}} overheated, and was about to die until Yayap saved him. They proceeded to the Banshees, and found them unguarded. In fact, unknown to them, the Master Chief had quickly come from the [[Control Room]] to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]], where he had been seen by Yayap. The Chief then took three hours sleep and had a quick meal, until leaving to look for Captain Jacob Keyes. 'Zamamee was furious at Yayap for lying, and when he asked why Yayap told him that the special-armored human was guarding the Banshees, Yayap simply told him, "You can fly one of these, and I cannot." The Sangheili threatened to kill the Unggoy and throw his body off the cliff, and so Yayap held a [[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|plasma pistol]] to Zuka 'Zamamee's head and threatened him in order to convince him.
| | They then travel to the ''[[Pillar of Autumn]]'s'' crash site so that Yayap can get a supply of methane. They assign him to inspect cargo and command a group of [[Jackals]]. At first, the [[Jackal]]s are disgusted of being under his command, calling him a "gas sucker" but their minds changed after [[Bok]] is killed by a group of Flood that were contained thanks to Yayap's vigilance. Yayap the Grunt was elevated, in their eyes, to honorary Jackal. |
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| They then traveled to the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s crash site so that Yayap could get a supply of methane.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''pages 272-273''</ref> 'Zamamee and Yayap came up with a plan to have 'Zamamee take a [[Killed in action|KIA]] Sangheili commando's name and report to the crash site. Those at the site assigned 'Zamamee and Yayap to inspect cargo and command a group of Kig-Yar. Since 'Zamamee was lying low in the fear that someone would recognize him, Yayap mostly commanded the [[Kig-yar]]. At first, the Kig-Yar were disgusted at the notion of being under his command, calling him a "gas sucker", but their minds changed after their leader, [[Bok]], was killed by a group of [[The Flood|Flood]] that were contained afterward thanks to Yayap. He was promoted, in their eyes, to honorary Jackal.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''pages 296-299''</ref>
| | He is finally assigned to monitor communications for 'Zamamee when the Chief is detected aboard the ship. He knows that 'Zamamee will not win a battle against the Spartan, so he packs a day's worth of food plus a tank of methane onto a ghost, steered the vehicle out of the [[Pillar of Autumn]] and went out for a search of peace. |
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| ===Death===
| | He is supposedly killed in the explosion of the ''Autumn'''s fusion engines that obliterates [[Installation 04]]. His fate is unknown and he may still be alive, somehow. As First Strike indicated, Cortana's first few searches only picked up "Dust and Echoes," but eventually, survivors of Halo's explosion were found. It is still possible that Yayap is still alive, but the chances are far beyond very slim. |
| Yayap was then assigned to monitor communications for Zuka 'Zamamee when the Master Chief was spotted aboard the ship. After guiding 'Zamamee in order to secure the Master Chief's position to kill him, knowing that everyone on the ''Pillar of Autumn'' would die, he packed a day's worth of food plus a tank of methane onto a Ghost, drove the vehicle out of the human crash site, away into the hills and found peace.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 333''</ref>
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| His final moments were when he turned back and saw explosions erupting on the ship. He was most likely incinerated in the blast caused by the detonation of the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'', which caused the destruction of [[Installation 04]]. During the destruction of Halo, gravity and the atmosphere would have been destroyed with it. As a result, Yayap, or his remains, would have been crushed by the vacuum and pressure.
| | ==Trivia== |
| | *In '[[Halo 3]]', one of the outcries by other Grunts when a Grunt was killed is "You killed Yayap!" This may be a joke or it's possible that "Yayap" is a common Grunt name. |
| | *In Contact Harvest it is mentioned that [[Bapap]] is Yayap's cousin. |
| | *Yayap never wanted to fight. |
| | *It's speculated the "Thirsty" Grunt is Yayap, which is impossible because Yayap stayed at the communication center instead of following the Elite, Zuka 'Zamamee, to the Pillar of Autumn. |
| | *Some have speculated that Yayap survived the destruction of Halo and joined the [[Heretics]] situated on the Gas Mine{{fact}}. |
| | *It's possible that Zuka 'Z |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==Sources== |
| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}}
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