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The '''Special Operations Commander Elite''' is a [[Covenant]] [[Sangheili]] position <ref>''[[Halo | The '''Special Operations Commander Elite''' is a [[Covenant]] [[Sangheili]] position <ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', directors commentary</ref>. | ||
== Rank == | == Rank == | ||
Special Operations Commander is a position/office among the [[Elite]]s, | Special Operations Commander is a position/office among the [[Elite]]s, which appears to be that of a higher rank than Shipmasters. From what is gathered from the name, holders of this rank are in command of all special forces within the Covenant, though lead attacks themselves<ref ''Halo 2]]'', leve ''[[The Arbiter (Level)]]'', though this may be down to Sangheili nature. It appears, from colour differences, that the Special Operations Commander is clad in platinum colored armor, not the silver-white of a Ultra Elite, signifying that it may be of a higher rank than even Zealots. | ||
It is possible, that during the [[Second Battle of Earth]], the [[Covenant Loyalists]] appointed a [[Jiralhanae]] to the position. | It is possible, that during the [[Second Battle of Earth]], the [[Covenant Loyalists]] appointed a [[Jiralhanae]] to the position. | ||
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== Armor == | == Armor == | ||
The only known Elite of this rank thus far was [[Rtas 'Vadum]], who originally had platinum armor with light steel colored trimmings but later opted for a all platinum colored mix of an [[Assault Harness]] and [[Combat Harness]]. | |||
== Combat == | == Combat == | ||
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* ''[[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]]'' - Rtas 'Vadum drives a [[Wraith]], escorting the Arbiter to the mouth of the Brute fortress before leaving the Arbiter to kill the [[Brute Chieftain|Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]], moving instead to retake a Brute-held [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] in extreme low orbit (E.L.O.). | * ''[[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]]'' - Rtas 'Vadum drives a [[Wraith]], escorting the Arbiter to the mouth of the Brute fortress before leaving the Arbiter to kill the [[Brute Chieftain|Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]], moving instead to retake a Brute-held [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] in extreme low orbit (E.L.O.). | ||
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====''Rtas 'Vadum''==== | |||
''[[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]'' - Vadum appears in command of the [[Shadow of Intent]] and her accompanying fleet, showing the high amount of power he holds. He quickly aids in the latter end of the [[Battle of Voi]] and helps recover the recording of [[Cortana]] and then procceds to stop the infection by glassing the immediate area. | |||
''[[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]] - After the Elite Fleet and the [[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn]] jumped through the portal, Vadum immediatly set to destroying the superior Brute fleet. Despite his obvious hatred for him, this did not effect the tactics of him and his fleet, giving them total victory. He later remarked [[SPARTAN-117]] with his destruction of a Scarab. | |||
''[[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]]'' - During the assault of Truth's position, he lead a bombardment of his shielding then prepared to make his landings when struck by a chunk of [[High Chairty]] as it came out of slip space, crippling the vessel and making him abort the attack. | |||
''[[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]]'' - He is only heard once, as he prepares to move away from the Ark and into the portal, carrying both his Elites and the humans who travelled with them to the Ark. | |||
''[[Halo 3 Credits|Epilogue]]'' - He is in the cutscene prior to the credits, in which he talks to the Arbiter, about the end of the Prophets and returning home. He cedes command to the Arbiter and the travel home on the now repaired Shadow of Intent. | |||
==Known Spec Ops Commanders== | ==Known Spec Ops Commanders== | ||
*[[Rtas 'Vadum]] | *[[Rtas 'Vadum]] | ||
== Related Links == | == Related Links == | ||
Revision as of 06:42, January 15, 2008
Template:Covenant Rank Infobox The Special Operations Commander Elite is a Covenant Sangheili position [1].
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