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The '''Bloodstars''' were a [[Covenant Special Operations|Special Operations]] unit, employed in the [[Covenant]] empire's reign and later the [[Banished]]. Within the Covenant, the Bloodstars comprised of a single ''[[Kai'd]]'', composed of [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Stalker|Stalker]]s, [[Special Operations Sangheili|Special Operations]] [[Sangheili]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=Retribution|Ret|Detail=page 265}} and select [[Kig-Yar]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS15|HSS|Chapter=15}} In early [[2526]], they were commanded by [[First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] of the [[Silent Shadow]]. During their missions to gather intelligence on the [[United Nations Space Command]] and later to hunt down the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]], the Bloodstars were organized into [[Bloodstar Flotilla|their own flotilla]] of [[intrusion corvette]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS12|HSS|Chapter=12}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS18|HSS|Chapter=18}} | |||
Following the dissolution of the Covenant, the remnants of the Bloodstars were absorbed into the [[Banished]], who created a new iteration of the unit and tasked it with a new purpose: hunting [[UNSC]] [[Spartan]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HI}}{{Ref/Game|Id=Banishedbloodstars|Halo Infinite|part=TACMAP|Quote=A Jiralhanae officer in the Banished ranks, Balkarus has tried valiantly in recent years to gain a place within the '''Banished iteration of the Bloodstars''' spec ops group.}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=cflegendend}} | |||
==Covenant== | |||
{{Unit infobox|variant=Cov | {{Unit infobox|variant=Cov | ||
|image= | |image= | ||
|authority-title=Affiliation | |authority-title=Affiliation | ||
|authority= | |authority=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS12}}<br> | ||
[[Covenant]] | |branch=[[Sangheili]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS12}}<br> | ||
|branch= | |||
[[Sangheili]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS12}}<br> | |||
[[Jiralhanae]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}<br> | [[Jiralhanae]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}<br> | ||
[[Kig-Yar]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15 | [[Kig-Yar]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15}} | ||
|branch-title=Species | |branch-title=Species | ||
|mission= | |mission=Special Operations unit | ||
*Gathering of information and hunting down [[SPARTAN-II program|high-value targets]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}} | |||
|mission-title=Function | |mission-title=Function | ||
|role= | |role= | ||
|size=One [[kai'd]] | |size=One [[kai'd]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS12}} | ||
|equipment= | |equipment= | ||
|notable= | |notable=[[First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS12}}<br> | ||
[[First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS12}}<br> | |||
[[Atriox]]<br> | [[Atriox]]<br> | ||
[[Castor]]<br> | [[Castor]]<br> | ||
[[Orsun | [[Orsun]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
====Meeting with traitors==== | ====Meeting with traitors==== | ||
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During Task Force Yama's [[Attack on Zhoist|assault]] on the Covenant's holy colony of [[Zhoist]], 'Szatulai led his Bloodstars onto the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] after realizing that the Spartans were boarding it. However, 'Szatulai discovered too late that the Spartans had managed to sneak past them, resulting in a confrontation with them in one of the fabrication barns for the partially-construction [[Covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Hammer of Faith]]''. As John-117 and [[Kelly-087]] prepared to use the barn's [[gravity lift]]s to throw a pair of activated [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s onto the supercarrier, the Bloodstars' Sangheili forces began emerging from the lifts in pairs, ignoring the HAVOKs in favor of attacking [[Blue Team]]. Frederic-104 was able to kill several with an [[M41 SPNKR]] while [[Linda-058]] took out more with an [[M99 Stanchion]]. As the battle raged between Blue Team and the Bloodstars, 'Szatulai attacked John in close quarters combat and nearly bested him. John eventually managed to overpower 'Szatulai and he was killed when Kelly blew off 'Szatulai's head with John's [[M90 shotgun]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS27|HSS|Chapter=27}} | During Task Force Yama's [[Attack on Zhoist|assault]] on the Covenant's holy colony of [[Zhoist]], 'Szatulai led his Bloodstars onto the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] after realizing that the Spartans were boarding it. However, 'Szatulai discovered too late that the Spartans had managed to sneak past them, resulting in a confrontation with them in one of the fabrication barns for the partially-construction [[Covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Hammer of Faith]]''. As John-117 and [[Kelly-087]] prepared to use the barn's [[gravity lift]]s to throw a pair of activated [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s onto the supercarrier, the Bloodstars' Sangheili forces began emerging from the lifts in pairs, ignoring the HAVOKs in favor of attacking [[Blue Team]]. Frederic-104 was able to kill several with an [[M41 SPNKR]] while [[Linda-058]] took out more with an [[M99 Stanchion]]. As the battle raged between Blue Team and the Bloodstars, 'Szatulai attacked John in close quarters combat and nearly bested him. John eventually managed to overpower 'Szatulai and he was killed when Kelly blew off 'Szatulai's head with John's [[M90 shotgun]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS27|HSS|Chapter=27}} | ||
Though the Sangheili Bloodstar forces on the Ring of Mighty Abundance were killed, [[Castor]] and [[Orsun]] didn't emerge from the gravity lifts until after everyone else was dead. Rather than engaging the fleeing Spartans, the two Jiralhanae fled in Banshees before the HAVOKs destroyed the ''Hammer of Faith''. Castor and Orsun were able to reach a stable orbit around Zhoist before the detonation and were picked up by the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience where they reported the death of 'Szatulai and the failure to kill any of the Spartans.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS27}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSSEp|HSS|Detail=Epilogue}} | Though the Sangheili Bloodstar forces on the Ring of Mighty Abundance were killed, [[Castor]] and [[Orsun]] didn't emerge from the gravity lifts until after everyone else was dead. Rather than engaging the fleeing Spartans, the two Jiralhanae fled in Banshees before the HAVOKs destroyed the ''Hammer of Faith''. Castor and Orsun were able to reach a stable orbit around Zhoist before the detonation and were picked up by the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience where they reported the death of 'Szatulai and the failure to kill any of the Spartans.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS27}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSSEp|HSS|Detail=Epilogue}}{{clear}} | ||
==Banished== | ==Banished== | ||
{{Unit infobox|variant=Ban | |||
|image= | |||
|authority-title=Affiliation | |||
|authority= | |||
[[Banished]]{{Ref/Game|Id=HI|HI}}{{Ref/Reuse|cflegendend}} | |||
|branch= | |||
[[Sangheili]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS12}}<br> | |||
[[Jiralhanae]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}<br> | |||
[[Kig-Yar]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15}}<br> | |||
[[Unggoy]]{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HI}} | |||
|branch-title=Species | |||
|mission=Special Operations unit | |||
*Hunting down [[Spartan|high-value targets]]{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HI}} | |||
*Occasionally leading mercenary clans | |||
|mission-title=Function | |||
|role= | |||
|size= | |||
|equipment= | |||
|notable= | |||
[[Arch Khordat]] [[Barroth]]<br> | |||
[[Sangheili General|General]] [[Inka 'Saham]] | |||
}} | |||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
====Battle on Zeta Halo==== | ====Battle on Zeta Halo==== | ||
Following the end of the Covenant War, what remained of the Bloodstars order was reappropriated by the [[Banished]],{{Ref/Site|Id=cflegendend|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings|D=13|M=12|Y=2021}} who formed their own iteration of the unit.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Banishedbloodstars}} The Bloodstars' ranks were replenished with veterans of the Covenant War, mercenaries, and some of the Banished's best warriors, and the unit was trained into a ruthless force dedicated to hunting and killing [[Spartan]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HI}} Some members of the Bloodstars who were involved in the [[Installation 07 conflict]] hoped to secure a promotion to the [[Hand of Atriox]] by killing [[John-117]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=cflegendend}}{{Expand-section}} | Following the end of the Covenant War, what remained of the Bloodstars order was reappropriated by the [[Banished]],{{Ref/Site|Id=cflegendend|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings|D=13|M=12|Y=2021}} who formed their own iteration of the unit.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Banishedbloodstars}} The Bloodstars' ranks were replenished with veterans of the Covenant War, mercenaries, and some of the Banished's best warriors, and the unit was trained into a ruthless force dedicated to hunting and killing [[Spartan]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HI}} Some members of the Bloodstars who were involved in the [[Installation 07 conflict]] hoped to secure a promotion to the [[Hand of Atriox]] by killing [[John-117]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=cflegendend}}{{Expand-section}}{{clear}} | ||
==Equipment== | ==Equipment== | ||