The Elites
There are a few varieties of the
Elite, but all are roughly 8’ 6” tall
and incredibly st rong . Their
strength allows them to rely on
brute force when necessary,
but t hey’re quit e capable of
brilliant battlefield tactics as
well. Their natural resilience is
augmented with full-body energy
shielding which recharges
when depleted. They wield plasma
pistols, plasma rifles, grenades
and needlers.
The Hunters
Hunters stand 12’ tall, though in
their combat state they contract
to approximately eight feet .
Hunters fight with a fuel rod gun
integrated directly into their
armor. They carry an enormous
and nearly-impervious metal
shield made of an unknown alloy,
which they sometimes use as a
melee weapon.
The Grunts
Approximat ely 5’ t all and
relatively weak, Grunts tend to
t ravel in packs and st ick
close to more powerful allies.
Individually they are easy to
defeat , but in groups t hey
can overwhelm careless Marines.
Their
armor
seems
to house some sort of life-support
mechanism. They are known to
use
a
variet y
of
weapons including the plasma
pist ol ,
plasma
rifle
and
plasma grenades.
The Jackals
With superior senses of sight,
hearing and smell, Jackals serve
as scouts and assassins for the
Covenant forces . They use
plasma pist ols and carry a
st rong
energy
shield
t o
compensate for their physical
weakness; a well-positioned
Jack al c an hold his own
against several Marines, though
grenades are effective against
them. They stand approximately
5’ 8” tall.
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The Covenant
he Covenant
he Covenant
he Covenant
he Covenant
The Covenant forces have spent more than thirty years trying
to wipe out humankind. Because their efforts have been so
successful, and because few Covenant troops have ever been
captured alive, little is definitively known about their origins,
society, or motivations. Intercepted communications and
battlefield reports indicate a religious underpinning to their
genocidal campaign. What follows are brief descriptions of
the alien races known to belong to the Covenant collective,
gathered mostly from encounters on the battlefield.
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