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Waited too long and the box got thrown out, but the HAZOP part stood out in my memory.
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===Role=== | ===Role=== | ||
Normally deployed as an expeditionary force during limited naval engagements, it is they who choose which craft are to be boarded and which destroyed. Experts in both zero-g combat and demolitions, they have been the bane of many a ship.<ref name="Joyride"/> | Normally deployed as an expeditionary force during limited naval engagements, it is they who choose which craft are to be boarded and which destroyed. Experts in both zero-g combat and demolitions, they have been the bane of many a ship.<ref name="Joyride"/> Rangers also perform HAZOP operations and traditional scouting roles.<ref name="H4Rangertoy">'''Halo 4 Series 2 Elite Ranger Action Figure''' box descirption</ref> | ||
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 (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref> | 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 (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref> | ||
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===Operational history=== | ===Operational history=== | ||
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 (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 [[Aszod ship breaking yards]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[The Package (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>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref> | Sangheili Rangers have served since the dawn of the Covenant.<ref name="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 (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 [[Aszod ship breaking yards]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[The Package (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>'''[[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|orbital defense platforms]] above [[Earth]] to destroy them with [[antimatter charge|antimatter charges]] 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|third]] due to the intervention of a [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117|soldier]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref> 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 (level)|Regret]]''</ref> | During the opening stages of the [[Battle of Earth]], Sangheili Rangers were among the forces deployed to a cluster of [[Orbital defense platform|orbital defense platforms]] above [[Earth]] to destroy them with [[antimatter charge|antimatter charges]] 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|third]] due to the intervention of a [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117|soldier]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref> 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 (level)|Regret]]''</ref> | ||