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The '''Sedran Colonial Guard''' is the primary military force of the remote [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Sedra]]. They are led by [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]]. Many soldiers in the Sedran Colonial Guard are well-motivated and dedicated to the defense of their homeworld from both internal and external threats. They are able to maintain a vague semblance of order in the planet's dispersed population centers.<ref name="wp scg"/> Many individuals serving in the Colonial Guard are also noted as being resentful and mistrustful of the [[UNSC]] and the [[Unified Earth Government]].<ref name="youtube">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref>  
The '''Sedran Colonial Guard''' ('''SCG'''), also known as the '''Sedra Marine Corps''', is the primary military force of the remote [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Sedra]]. They are led by [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]], a former [[SPARTAN-II]]. Many soldiers in the Sedran Colonial Guard are well-motivated and dedicated to the defense of their homeworld from both internal and external threats. They are able to maintain a vague semblance of order in the planet's dispersed population centers.{{Ref/Reuse|wp scg}}
 
Many individuals serving in the Colonial Guard are also noted as being resentful and mistrustful of the [[UNSC]] and the [[Unified Earth Government]].<ref name="youtube">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref>  


==History==
==History==
On [[2556|February 7, 2556]], a [[Sangheili Zealot]] set off a new [[bioweapon]] that targeted humans in [[Sedra City]], resulting in the strange infection of numerous civilians, and some deaths. The Colonial Guard was forced to ally themselves with an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Locke's team|unit]] to stop the [[terrorism|terrorists]] from obtaining more of the element used to make the bioweapon. It was discovered that the element originated from [[Alpha Shard|a fragment]] of the destroyed [[Installation 04]] that had exited [[slipspace]] in orbit over a red giant star in a nearby system. A team consisting of seven Sedran Guard personnel, led by [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]], and ONI personnel travelled to the fragment in a [[D81-LRT Condor]] to capture the smugglers who mined the element for interrogation and then destroy the deposits with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref name="nf1">'''[[Halo: Nightfall]]''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> Upon arriving at the Alpha Shard, the team discovered two smugglers—[[Arris Le]] and [[Haisal Wari]]—mining the element in a cave. After incapacitating the smugglers, the team prepared to return to the Condor for extraction. While two of the Sedrans were preparing the [[Wikipedia:horse|horses]] the smugglers were using for transportation, they were suddenly attacked and killed by a swarm of [[Lekgolo]] eels. While the Condor [[dropship]] was setting down, a large number of Lekgolo appeared and began to swarm over the Condor and it flew off erratically—now controlled by the Lekgolo. The Condor's Sedran pilot was likely killed as a result. As the Sedrans and ONI agents retreated, another Sedran was killed by the Lekgolo. Eventually, the surviving Sedrans and ONI agents were able to escape the Lekgolo worms.<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter 2''</ref>
===Terrorist attack on Sedra===
{{Main|Terrorist attack on Sedra City}}
On [[2556|February 7, 2556]], a [[Sangheili Zealot]] set off a new [[bioweapon]] that targeted humans in [[Sedra City]], resulting in the strange infection of numerous civilians, and some deaths. The Colonial Guard was forced to ally themselves with an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Locke's team|unit]] to stop the [[terrorism|terrorists]] from obtaining more of the element used to make the bioweapon.
 
===Mission to Alpha Shard===
{{Main|Mission to Alpha Shard}}
It was discovered that the element originated from [[Alpha Shard|a fragment]] of the destroyed [[Installation 04]] that had exited [[slipspace]] in orbit over a red giant star in a nearby system. A team consisting of seven Sedran Guard personnel, led by [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]], and ONI personnel travelled to the fragment in a [[D81-LRT Condor]] to capture the smugglers who mined the element for interrogation and then destroy the deposits with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref name="nf1">'''[[Halo: Nightfall]]''', ''Chapter 1''</ref>  
 
The joint team captured two smugglers—[[Arris Le]] and [[Haisal Wari]]—but while they were returning to the Condor for extraction, they were attacked by [[Lekgolo]] swarms. Two of the Sedrans who were preparing the [[Wikipedia:horse|horses]] the smugglers were using for transportation were devoured by the Lekgolo; the Condor's pilot was killed as well when the worms commandeered the craft and crashed it, though [[Talitha Macer|Private Macer]], who served as the copilot, survived. As the Sedrans and ONI agents retreated, another Sedran was killed by the Lekgolo. The surviving Sedrans and ONI agents were able to escape the Lekgolo worms,<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter 2''</ref> but it was realized that only two individuals would make it off Alpha Shard due to the Condor being inoperable and the only other means of transport, the smugglers' {{Class|Bactrian|freighter}}, could only hold two. Colonel Aiken told the group to continue on with the mission regardless and retrieve the HAVOK warhead from the Condor. Colonial Guard [[Samantha Wisner|Sergeant Wisner]] was later killed after stopping to retrieve her oxygen breather, which had attracted the Lekgolo to it.<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter 3''</ref> Only Colonel Aiken, Private Macer and the ONI unit's [[Jameson Locke|Lieutenant Commander Locke]] made it to the Condor where it was decided that Aiken would stay behind to detonate the HAVOK nuke manually. Narrowly escaping on the smugglers' tug, Macer and Locke were the only survivors of the mission.<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter 5''</ref>


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*[[Best]] – ''KIA''
*[[Svennson]] – ''KIA''
*[[Svennson]] – ''KIA''
*[[Silas Kipley]]


==Equipment==
==Equipment==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}}
After the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[Sedra]]'s economic stability and the Sedran colonial government's close relationship with the UNSC in regards to military hardware acquisition allowed it to supply the Sedran Colonial Guard with relatively modern military hardware.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/sedra '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Sedra'']</ref> However, much of this hardware is still inferior to the technology and equipment used by the [[UNSC Defense Force]].<ref name="wp scg">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/sedran-colonial-guard '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Sedran Colonial Guard'']</ref> In many cases, the Colonial Guard is forced to rely on outdated weapons and vehicles, such as the [[M40 pistol]]<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall''': [[Halo: Nightfall: Soldier Within|Soldier Within]]</ref> and the [[D81-LRT Condor]] transport.<ref name="youtube"/><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MR2rN198zw&list=UU7NCg0venpKJg3kuJojKlbQ '''YouTube''': ''Halo Nightfall In Cinema First Look'']</ref> However, some of their equipment, including the [[BR85HB battle rifle]], is up to the standard of the post-war UNSC.<ref name="nf1"/>
After the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[Sedra]]'s economic stability and the Sedran colonial government's close relationship with the UNSC in regards to military hardware acquisition allowed it to supply the Sedran Colonial Guard with relatively modern military hardware.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/sedra '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Sedra'']</ref> However, much of this hardware is still inferior to the technology and equipment used by the [[UNSC Defense Force]].<ref name="wp scg">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/sedran-colonial-guard '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Sedran Colonial Guard'']</ref> In many cases, the Colonial Guard is forced to rely on outdated weapons and vehicles, such as the [[M4D pistol]]<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall''': [[Halo: Nightfall: Soldier Within|Soldier Within]]</ref> and the [[D81-LRT Condor]] transport.{{Ref/Reuse|youtube}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MR2rN198zw&list=UU7NCg0venpKJg3kuJojKlbQ '''YouTube''': ''Halo Nightfall In Cinema First Look'']</ref> However, some of their equipment, including the [[BR85HB battle rifle]], is up to the standard of the post-war UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|nf1}}
 
==Trivia==
*In [[Halo: Nightfall]], Sedran Colonial Guard troops make use of a real-life 21st Century camouflage called ''PenCott-BadLands™'' made by ''Helikon-Tex'', a Polish textile company specializing in military surplus and outdoor wear.<ref>'''PencottCamo''': [http://www.pencottcamo.com/2014/07/pencott-badlands-camo-to-feature-in-upcoming-halo-nightfall-series/ ''PenCott-BadLands™ camouflage features in upcoming “Halo: Nightfall” series'']</ref>
*Concept art for ''Halo: Nightfall'' depicts Sedran guard as wearing the [[MP-class Mjolnir]] helmet, as opposed to the custom armor seen in the final film.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:HN_Aiken_Helmet_Concept.jpg|Concept art for the Sedran CG helmet, as worn by Colonel Aiken. Note the "Sedra Marine Corps" label on the right.
File:HN_Sedran_Marine_Concept.jpg|Concept art for the Sedran Marines, with no helmet.
File:HN Marines Concept.png|Concept art for the Sedran Marines (right) alongside an ONI agent (left), bearing the Military Police helmet.
File:HN_Sedran_Marine_Helmet_Concept.jpg|Concept art for the Sedran Marines, bearing the Military Police helmet.
File:HN_Sedran_Marine_Male_Concept.jpg|Concept art for a male Sedran Marine, having abandoned gear following the lekgolo attack.
File:HN_Sedran_Marine_Female_Concept.jpg|Concept art for a female Sedran Marine, having abandoned gear following the lekgolo attack.
File:HN_Macer_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of Macer in Sedran CG uniform.
File:HN_Macer_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of Macer in Sedran CG uniform.
File:Waypoint- Sedra Marine Corps emblem.png|Alternative emblem.
File:HNF-Aiken_brief.jpg|Members of the Colonial Guard aboard a Condor.
File:HNF-Aiken_brief.jpg|Members of the Colonial Guard aboard a Condor.
File:Nightfall - FirstLookSCG.png|Colonial Guard personnel around a [[Bactrian-class freighter|transport tug]].
File:Nightfall - FirstLookSCG.png|Colonial Guard personnel around a [[Bactrian-class freighter|transport tug]].
File:Nightfall - LockeAikenMacerWisner.jpg|Members of the Colonial Guard with [[Jameson Locke]].
File:Nightfall - LockeAikenMacerWisner.jpg|Members of the Colonial Guard with [[Jameson Locke]].
File:Nightfall - ColonialPelican.png|A Condor used by the Colonial Guard.
File:Nightfall - ColonialPelican.png|A Condor used by the Colonial Guard.
File:Nightfall Sedra Guard armor.jpeg|The armor used by the Colonial Guard.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Halo: Nightfall: Soldier Within|Soldier Within]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Militias]]

Latest revision as of 15:26, July 25, 2022

Sedran Colonial Guard
Halo: Nightfall screenshot

Headquarters:

Sedra City[1]

Affiliation:

Sedra

Type:

Paramilitary

Role:

Colonial defense force

Commanders:

Colonel Randall Aiken

 

The Sedran Colonial Guard (SCG), also known as the Sedra Marine Corps, is the primary military force of the remote human Outer Colony of Sedra. They are led by Colonel Randall Aiken, a former SPARTAN-II. Many soldiers in the Sedran Colonial Guard are well-motivated and dedicated to the defense of their homeworld from both internal and external threats. They are able to maintain a vague semblance of order in the planet's dispersed population centers.[1]

Many individuals serving in the Colonial Guard are also noted as being resentful and mistrustful of the UNSC and the Unified Earth Government.[2]

History[edit]

Terrorist attack on Sedra[edit]

Main article: Terrorist attack on Sedra City

On February 7, 2556, a Sangheili Zealot set off a new bioweapon that targeted humans in Sedra City, resulting in the strange infection of numerous civilians, and some deaths. The Colonial Guard was forced to ally themselves with an Office of Naval Intelligence unit to stop the terrorists from obtaining more of the element used to make the bioweapon.

Mission to Alpha Shard[edit]

Main article: Mission to Alpha Shard

It was discovered that the element originated from a fragment of the destroyed Installation 04 that had exited slipspace in orbit over a red giant star in a nearby system. A team consisting of seven Sedran Guard personnel, led by Colonel Randall Aiken, and ONI personnel travelled to the fragment in a D81-LRT Condor to capture the smugglers who mined the element for interrogation and then destroy the deposits with a HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon.[3]

The joint team captured two smugglers—Arris Le and Haisal Wari—but while they were returning to the Condor for extraction, they were attacked by Lekgolo swarms. Two of the Sedrans who were preparing the horses the smugglers were using for transportation were devoured by the Lekgolo; the Condor's pilot was killed as well when the worms commandeered the craft and crashed it, though Private Macer, who served as the copilot, survived. As the Sedrans and ONI agents retreated, another Sedran was killed by the Lekgolo. The surviving Sedrans and ONI agents were able to escape the Lekgolo worms,[4] but it was realized that only two individuals would make it off Alpha Shard due to the Condor being inoperable and the only other means of transport, the smugglers' Bactrian-class freighter, could only hold two. Colonel Aiken told the group to continue on with the mission regardless and retrieve the HAVOK warhead from the Condor. Colonial Guard Sergeant Wisner was later killed after stopping to retrieve her oxygen breather, which had attracted the Lekgolo to it.[5] Only Colonel Aiken, Private Macer and the ONI unit's Lieutenant Commander Locke made it to the Condor where it was decided that Aiken would stay behind to detonate the HAVOK nuke manually. Narrowly escaping on the smugglers' tug, Macer and Locke were the only survivors of the mission.[6]

Personnel[edit]

Equipment[edit]

Main-Superintendent.png Browse more images in this article's gallery page.

After the Human-Covenant War, Sedra's economic stability and the Sedran colonial government's close relationship with the UNSC in regards to military hardware acquisition allowed it to supply the Sedran Colonial Guard with relatively modern military hardware.[7] However, much of this hardware is still inferior to the technology and equipment used by the UNSC Defense Force.[1] In many cases, the Colonial Guard is forced to rely on outdated weapons and vehicles, such as the M4D pistol[8] and the D81-LRT Condor transport.[2][9] However, some of their equipment, including the BR85HB battle rifle, is up to the standard of the post-war UNSC.[3]

Trivia[edit]

  • In Halo: Nightfall, Sedran Colonial Guard troops make use of a real-life 21st Century camouflage called PenCott-BadLands™ made by Helikon-Tex, a Polish textile company specializing in military surplus and outdoor wear.[10]
  • Concept art for Halo: Nightfall depicts Sedran guard as wearing the MP-class Mjolnir helmet, as opposed to the custom armor seen in the final film.

Gallery[edit]

  • Concept art for the Sedran CG helmet, as worn by Colonel Aiken. Note the "Sedra Marine Corps" label on the right.

    Concept art for the Sedran CG helmet, as worn by Colonel Aiken. Note the "Sedra Marine Corps" label on the right.

  • Concept art for the Sedran Marines, with no helmet.

    Concept art for the Sedran Marines, with no helmet.

  • Concept art for the Sedran Marines (right) alongside an ONI agent (left), bearing the Military Police helmet.

    Concept art for the Sedran Marines (right) alongside an ONI agent (left), bearing the Military Police helmet.

  • Concept art for the Sedran Marines, bearing the Military Police helmet.

    Concept art for the Sedran Marines, bearing the Military Police helmet.

  • Concept art for a male Sedran Marine, having abandoned gear following the lekgolo attack.

    Concept art for a male Sedran Marine, having abandoned gear following the lekgolo attack.

  • Concept art for a female Sedran Marine, having abandoned gear following the lekgolo attack.

    Concept art for a female Sedran Marine, having abandoned gear following the lekgolo attack.

  • Concept art of Macer in Sedran CG uniform.

    Concept art of Macer in Sedran CG uniform.

  • Concept art of Macer in Sedran CG uniform.

    Concept art of Macer in Sedran CG uniform.

  • Alternative emblem.

    Alternative emblem.

  • Members of the Colonial Guard aboard a Condor.

    Members of the Colonial Guard aboard a Condor.

  • Colonial Guard personnel around a transport tug.

    Colonial Guard personnel around a transport tug.

  • Members of the Colonial Guard with Jameson Locke.

    Members of the Colonial Guard with Jameson Locke.

  • A Condor used by the Colonial Guard.

    A Condor used by the Colonial Guard.

  • The armor used by the Colonial Guard.

    The armor used by the Colonial Guard.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo Waypoint: Sedran Colonial Guard
  2. ^ a b YouTube: Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014
  3. ^ a b Halo: Nightfall, Chapter 1
  4. ^ Halo: Nightfall, Chapter 2
  5. ^ Halo: Nightfall, Chapter 3
  6. ^ Halo: Nightfall, Chapter 5
  7. ^ Halo Waypoint: Sedra
  8. ^ Halo: Nightfall: Soldier Within
  9. ^ YouTube: Halo Nightfall In Cinema First Look
  10. ^ PencottCamo: PenCott-BadLands™ camouflage features in upcoming “Halo: Nightfall” series
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