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| {{Covenant Rank Infobox
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| |name=Ultra
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| |image=[[Image:Spec Ops Elite.png|300px]]
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| |species=[[Sangheili]]
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| |weapons=[[Energy Sword]], [[Fuel Rod Cannon]], [[Plasma Rifle]], [[Carbine]]
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| |equipment=[[Elite Personal Energy Shield]]
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| |vehicles=
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| |missions=Ground assaults
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| |role=Special operations command
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| |notable=[[Rtas 'Vadumee]]
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| |affiliation=[[Covenant]], later [[Covenant Separatists]]
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| }}
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| <center>''Were you looking for [[Ultra Grunt]]s or [[Honor Guard Ultra]]s?''</center>
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| '''Ultra Elite''' is a [[Covenant]] [[Sangheili]] (Elite) rank.
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| == Titles ==
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| [[Image:Ultracapt.jpg|thumb|left|An Ultra ready to attack.]]
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| === Standard ===
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| The standard Ultra Elites command specific operations and are the Covenant's equivalent to field officers (possibly along with [[Major Domo]] elites). They are subordinate to [[Zealot|Zealots]], who command fleets and armies.
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| In ''[[Halo 2]]'', Ultras are seen defending a [[Scarab]] walker in the level ''[[Metropolis (Level)|Metropolis]]'' and warring with the [[Covenant Loyalist]]s for the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter]].
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| === [[Special Operations Commander]] ===
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| Thus far, Rtas 'Vadumee is the only known officer holding this title. A Spec Ops Commander commands a troupe of Special Operations Elites, as the name implies.
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| It is highly probable that other Elite castes hold this position as well, depending on the size of the spec ops units they command. Spec Ops Elites are probably not commanded by anything lower ranked than another Spec Ops Elite, but larger units (larger than the one commanded by Rtas 'Vadumee) may be commanded by Zealots, thus appearance of the armor may vary greatly.
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| == Combat ==
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| [[Image:UltraElite01.jpg|right|thumb|125px|An Ultra Elite ready to attack [[Old Mombasa]].]]
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| Like their Zealot superiors, the Ultras are extremely skilled warriors. They also possess extra-strong energy shields that can withstand several times as much damage as those possessed by regular Elites, and they can take more physical damage as well. They often fight with heavy or dual-wielded weapons. Many also carry [[Energy Sword]]s as their secondary weapon; when enemies get too close, or deplete their shield, Ultras let out a war cry, drop their currently wielded weapon, and pull the sword out for close combat. The 'Ultras' are able to continue in sustained heavy combat long after most Elite warriors' shields would have been depleted. They are particularly effective in close quarters combat, where their stronger energy shields and Energy Swords allow them take down large numbers of enemies. They are the only Elites capable of standing a [[shotgun]] shot or a plasma grenade stick.
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| == Physical Appearance ==
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| Ultra Elites wear white standard Elite armor.
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| == Appearances ==
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| Several Ultra Elite corpses were seen in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' - presumably killed in combat with the [[Flood]] - but they do not appear in battle until ''Halo 2''. However, even in ''Halo 2'', they are infrequent in number. Yet one of the main protagonists of ''Halo 2'', Rtas 'Vadumee, better known as the "Special Operations Commander" or as "Half-Jaw", is an Ultra Elite. Rtas commands a force of [[Special Operations Elites]] that greatly assist the [[Arbiter]] in almost all of his battles on the [[Threshold]] [[Gas Mine]] and on [[Installation 05]], although he only physically fights in four levels - ''[[Oracle (Level)|Oracle]]'', ''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]'', ''[[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]]'', and ''[[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]]''.
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| === ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' ===
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| *Ultra Elite Corpses are seen throughout the campaign levels ''[[Truth and Reconciliation (Level)|Truth and Reconciliation]]'', ''[[Assault on the Control Room (Level)|Assault On The Control Room]]'', ''[[Two Betrayals (Level)|Two Betrayals]]'', ''[[Keyes (Level)|Keyes]]'', and ''[[The Maw (Level)|The Maw]]''.
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| === ''[[Halo 2]]'' ===
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| Ultra Elites appear more frequently on the higher difficulty levels; [[Heroic]] and [[Legendary]], as fitting with their increased difficulty and the Ultra Elite's greater combat assets that the lower [[Major Domo]] and [[Minor Domo]]s.
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| ==== [[Rtas 'Vadumee]] ====
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| The following is a list of areas that 'Vadumee appears in, on any of the four difficulties:
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| [[Image:HalfJaw.png|thumb|left|200px|A modded image of Rtas 'Vadumee with two [[energy sword]]s.]]
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| *''[[The Arbiter (Level)|The Arbiter]]'' - Rtas 'Vadumee is the commander of the Special Operations force ([[Arbiter]], [[Special Operations Elite]]s, and [[Special Operations Grunt]]s) that storms the Gas Mine, and coordinates the attack from the safety of a [[Phantom]].
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| *''[[The Oracle (Level)|The Oracle]]'' - Rtas 'Vadumee joins in the attack, fighting the [[Heretic]]s and the [[Flood]]. At one point, however, he and his men withdraw, leaving the Arbiter to fight off the enemies to kill the [[Heretic Leader]]. Then, 'Vadumee appears to exfiltrate the [[Arbiter]] from the Gas Mine in his Phantom.
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| *''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]'' - Special Operations Elites once again under the command of [[Rtas 'Vadumee]] held a [[Covenant]] reinforcement point by way of [[Plasma Cannon]], [[Energy Sword]], and [[Plasma Rifle]] for the Arbiter to join them in the strike to retrieve the [[Sacred Icon|Index]] from the [[Library]]. They held out long enough for a [[Phantom]] with further Special Operations Elites and several vehicles, including a Specters and two [[Ghost]]s.
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| *''[[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]]'' - Special Operations Elites assisted the Arbiter in forging a path to the Library. About at the two-thirds mark, Rtas 'Vadumee sent a Phantom with another Specter and more Special Operations Elites to assist. When the Covenant force reached the gondolas, further Special Operations Elites defended the gondola from [[Flood]] attacks. When the gondola halted, Special Operations Elites awaited on the gondola to protect their sole exfiltration craft as the Arbiter retrieved the Sacred Icon. It is likely that the [[Brute]]s slaughtered the remaining commandos that were defending the Gondola - one of the first acts of the [[Covenant Civil War]].
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| *''[[Uprising]]'' - Appears only in a cutscene to learn of the [[Brute|Brute's]] betrayal.
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| *''[[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]]'' - Rtas 'Vadumee drives a [[Wraith]], escorting the Arbiter to the mouth of the Brute fortress before leaving the Arbiter, moving instead to retake a Brute-held [[CCS-class Battlecruiser|''CCS''-class Battlecruiser]] in extreme low orbit. (E.L.O.)
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| ==== [[Easy]] & [[Normal]] Difficulties ====
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| *''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]'' - On [[Normal]] once you head out to the second hanger there is an Ultra guarding the entrance.
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| *''[[Metropolis (Level)|Metropolis]]'' - An Ultra Elite commands the [[Scarab]] battle walker that attacks [[New Mombasa]]. He dual-wields [[Plasma Rifle]]s until sustaining a certain amount of damage, then charges with an [[Energy Sword]] with a roar.
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| *''[[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]]'' - Numerous Ultra Elites fight Brutes in the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter]] on [[High Charity]]. They used higher ground on the edges of the circle-shaped room to rain fire with [[Fuel Rod Cannon]]s on the Brutes. However, they also wielded [[Energy Sword]]s, pummeling enemies that were too close for their heavy shoulder-mounted cannons. Two more were at the exit of the Mausoleum, along with the "[[Honor Guard Councilor]]".
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| ==== [[Heroic]] & [[Legendary]] Difficulties ====
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| *''[[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]]'' - An Ultra Elite, armed with an Energy Sword was in the rear vanguard of the Covenant force that deployed in [[Hangar A-02]]. A second, also armed with an Energy Sword, kills the [[Master Gunnery Sergeant]] in [[Armory A-01]]. On the easier difficulties, the Master Gunnery Sergeant is killed by a [[Stealth Elite]] with a Plasma Rifle.
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| *''[[Outskirts (Level)|Outskirts]]'' -
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| **An Ultra Elite leads the first Covenant counterattack against the [[UNSC]]-held position near the [[Pelican]] crash site at the start of ''Outskirts''.
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| **An Ultra Elite leads the attack on the [[Hotel Zanzibar]] in [[New Mombasa]]. He operates a [[Plasma Cannon]] until [[SPARTAN-117]] approaches too close, and then he will charge with an Energy Sword.
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| *''[[Metropolis (Level)|Metropolis]]''
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| **One of the Wraiths attacking A Company's position is piloted by an Ultra.
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| **The Scarab walker was commanded by an Ultra.
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| *''[[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]]''
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| **Four Ultras defended the Mausoleum of the Arbiter from the Brutes.
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| **Two more arrived to the battle there, along with a [[Honor Guard Councilor|Zealot]] and two [[Stealth Elite]]s.
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| == Known Ultra Elites ==
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| *[[Rtas 'Vadumee]] (Half-Jaw)
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| == Trivia ==
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| *Rtas 'Vadumee is the only Ultra featured that does not have black/steel as his secondary armor color. This may hint that secondary colors play an important role in an Elite's armor, much like modern day function badges play on military uniforms. Black may hint at infantry or ground combat positions while white, as in Rtas' case, may hint at Special Operations. Or, it may simply imply that Rtas is a slightly higher/lower rank (as with the relation with Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel) or position (as with the relation with a Sergeant Major and a Command Sergeant Major) than a normal Ultra. It may just serve to differentiate him from other Ultras.
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| *Given the sheer size of the Covenent's military, the majority of [[Ship Master]]s are probably Ultras. While an Ultra would probably not be the Ship Master of a capital ship such as a gargantuan [[Assault Carrier]], an Ultra probably would be given command of a [[CCS-class battlecruiser]]. [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] also confirmed a lower rank, Major Domo, holding the title of ship master (although later promoted to Zealot to command a fleet).
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| *Since Major Domos are called Half-Commanders, it is possible that Ultras are simply called Commander.
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| *Given what is played out in both Halo games, an Ultra seems to perform the same duties and be just as important as a senior field officer. If this is true, the Ultras are the Covenant's version of [[UNSC]] [[Lieutenant Colonel]]s/[[Colonel]]s and [[Commander]]s/[[Captain]]s.
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| *It is interesting to note that, thus far, an Ultra, has never been seen answering to a Zealot. In fact, Rtas 'Vadumee (a confirmed Spec Ops Commander) is seen answering directly to the [[High Prophets]].
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| == Related Links ==
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| *[[Elite]]
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| *[[Ultra Grunt]]
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| *[[Honor Guard Ultra]]
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| *[[Special Operations Commander]]
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| {{Elite Ranks}}
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