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''A single Unggoy turns around and stares hatefully at a Kig-Yar, who stares back with just as much animosity.''  
''A single Unggoy turns around and stares hatefully at a Kig-Yar, who stares back with just as much animosity.''  


*'''Scribe''': "Such it was with the Unggoy when their feud with the Kig-Yar led to rebellion."
*'''Scribe''': "Such it was for the Unggoy when their feud with the Kig-Yar led to rebellion."


''Fade to black.  Fade in on a pair of Kig-Yar sabotaging some equipment.''
''Fade to black.  Fade in on a pair of Kig-Yar sabotaging some equipment.''


*'''Scribe''': "An attempt by the Kig-Yar to sterilize the Unggoy population was met with stiff resistance."
*'''Scribe''': "An effort by the Kig-Yar to sterilize the Unggoy population was met with stiff resistance."


''Fade to black.  Fade in on an Unggoy holding the body of a fellow Unggoy in its arms.''
''Fade to black.  Fade in on an Unggoy holding the body of a fellow Unggoy in its arms.''
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*'''Scribe''': "Once fully provoked, the Unggoy were merciless in their violence. Lashing out at all species."
*'''Scribe''': "Once fully provoked, the Unggoy were merciless in their violence. Lashing out at all species."


''Cut to a distant shot of the city as explosions erupt throughout.  Scene cuts to a street-level view, where a longe Sangheili is pinned down under a heavy torrent of plasma pistol fire from Unggoy insurgents. The Sangheili fires his plasma rifle back at the rebels, but to no avail.''
''Cut to a distant shot of the city as explosions erupt throughout.  Scene cuts to a street-level view, where a lone Sangheili is pinned down under a heavy torrent of plasma pistol fire from Unggoy insurgents. The Sangheili fires his plasma rifle back at the rebels, but to no avail.''


*'''Scribe''': "Their large numbers and their tenacious volatility made them a suitable challenge, even for the Elites."
*'''Scribe''': "Their large numbers and their tenacious volatility made them a suitable challenge, even for the Elites."
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*'''Scribe''': "And yet again, we turned to an Arbiter."
*'''Scribe''': "And yet again, we turned to an Arbiter."


''Fade to a newly appointed Arbiter being anointed by four Prophets.  Scene circles around him as he places his helmet on.''
''Fade to a newly appointed Arbiter being anointed by four Prophets.  Scene circles around him as he puts on his helmet.''


*'''Scribe''': "And with a ferocity unparallelled since the beginning of the Covenant, the Unggoy world would be reduced to glass."
*'''Scribe''': "And with a ferocity unparallelled since the beginning of the Covenant, the Unggoy world would be reduced to glass."


''Fade to Balaho. An assault carrier fires its glassing beam onto the surface. The dust cloud from the resulting explosion engulfs an Unggoy village.''
''Fade to Balaho. An assault carrier fires its glassing beam at the surface. The dust cloud from the resulting explosion engulfs an Unggoy village.''


*'''Scribe''': "Those within the holy city would be forced to watch, unable to stop what could have been the very end of their kind."
*'''Scribe''': "Those within the holy city would be forced to watch, unable to stop what could have been the very end of their kind."


''Cut to a distant shot of the planet's burning surface as the glassing continues.  The camera pulls back and the scene becomes overlaid by a holographic terminal on High Charity.  Dozens of Unggoy below watch the destruction of their world.''  
''Cut to a distant shot of the planet's burning surface as the glassing continues.  The camera pulls back and the scene becomes overlaid by a holographic terminal on High Charity.  Below, dozens of Unggoy watch the destruction of their world.''  


*'''Scribe''': "The Unggoy rebellion was brought to an end by the Arbiter's hand."
*'''Scribe''': "The Unggoy rebellion was brought to an end by the Arbiter's hand."
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