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Commander is a Sangheili military rank that existed within Jul 'Mdama's Covenant and continues to exist in the Swords of Sanghelios.[1]
Overview
Roles and responsibilities
Sangheili Commanders are battle-hardened warriors. Many of them have decades of experience behind them from serving with the Covenant, making them dangerous opponents on the battlefield.
Sangheili Commanders, like the Sangheili Majors before them, act as attack-and-command units within mixed-unit teams. They usually assert themselves as the leaders of local squads, and given their experience with mixed groups, they are valued for their expertise and intelligence on the field of battle. After the collapse of the Covenant, many Commanders set themselves up as warlords, accruing their own loyal forces and fleets, some forming their own separate alliances on far-flung colonies and others signing on with larger groups.[2]
Equipment
Armor
Sangheili Commander armor can be described as a more sophisticated set of the Sangheili Storm armor with both sporting the same lower body armor and chest harnesses; Commanders on the other hand wear more angular shoulder-pads, wrist-guards, a smooth bodysuit and a much more ornate helmet. Commander Armor appears similar to the suits worn by Sangheili Officers from the original Covenant in terms of design, although the Commander's set is colored a deep claret compared with the Officer's scarlet.[3] They can also occasionally be found in a green[4] and gold[5] combat harness. The raised claw on their boots are reminiscent of ancient ceremonial armor.[6]
Though, it has been seen that Commanders can wear different armor. In the case of Gek 'Lhar, he wore the Storm harness without a helmet. In the case of Parg Vol and Kitun 'Arach, they wore the Warrior-class harness.
Weaponry
Commanders have been known to wield both the infamous Vostu-pattern carbine and the devastating Type-50 concussion rifle.[7]
Gallery
Two variations of the Sangheili Commander in Halo 4.
A Sangheili Commander with a Type-50 concussion rifle.
A Sangheili Commander on Requiem.
A Sangheili Commander with a Kelos'Vaarda-pattern storm rifle.
A Sangheili Commander in Halo 4's Spartan Ops episodic campaign mode.
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A closeup view of a Sangheili Commander in combat, with shields flickering.
A Promethean Knight dispatches a Sangheili Commander.
A Sangheili Commander giving orders to Unggoy troops.
A Sangheili Commander and a Kig-Yar Heavy.
A Sangheili Commander and a Sangheili Storm.
Two Sangheili Commanders on Requiem.
A Sangheili Commander aboard the Song of Retribution in Halo: Escalation.
A Sangheili Commander getting stuck by a plasma grenade by Jameson Locke.
A Sangheili Commander using active camouflage on Raid on Apex 7 in Halo 5: Guardians.
A Sangheili Commander with a storm rifle on Escape from ARC.
A Sangheili Commander manning a Mikpramu-pattern Phantom's plasma cannon.
A Sangheili Commander on Sanghelios.
A Sangheili Commander with a Zubo-pattern beam rifle on Urban.
A cloaked Mythic Sangheili Commander on Attack on Sanctum.
Two Mythic Sangheili Commanders, both armed with a Pool of Radiance and a Vorpal Talon.
The Commander harness in Killer Instinct.
The Commander harness in Killer Instinct.
Concept art of the Commander harness, as it would have appeared in Halo Online.
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List of appearances
- Halo 4 (First appearance)
- Halo: Escalation
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Halo: Smoke and Shadow
- Halo: Renegades
Sources
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