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Certain characters belonging to both the [[Covenant]] and the [[UNSC]] have been confirmed to in-game be "leader units", all of which have unique in-game abilities. Currently known leaders are [[James Cutter|Captain James Cutter]], [[John Forge|Sergeant John Forge]], [[Anders|Professor Anders]], an [[Unnamed Arbiter (Halo Wars)|unknown Arbiter]], an unknown [[Brute Chieftain]] and the [[Prophet of Regret]]. Each leader has a number of unique features, as well as a hero unit and possibly faction owned units like the brutes owning choppers and squads of brutes. Sergeant Forge is his own faction's hero unit, and a Spartan called [[Alice]] is the hero unit of either Anders or Cutter. Captain Cutter's unique ability is to call down an [[Elephant]] from the [[Spirit of Fire]], which is a mobile barracks in the game. The [[Prophet of Regret]]'s ability is to glass enemy forces (known as the "cleansing beam" in Halo Wars), which causes significant damage to both structures and units. The Arbiter can go into a rage mode and wield two energy swords, but at the cost of draining resources for every second it's active<ref>OXM January 2009 article</ref>. Also, the Arbiter will also have the ability to summon Kamikaze/Suicide Grunts. It is reasonable to conclude that all unique abilities drain resources while active.