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A '''Civilian''', according to international humanitarian law, is a person who is not a member of his or her country's [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|armed forces]]. The term is also often used colloquially to refer to people who are not members of a particular profession or occupation, especially by [[Civilian Security Forces|law enforcement agencies]], which often use rank structures similar to those of military units. Often, the military's main purpose and occupation is to defend the civilians from invaders. However, many civilians, such as [[Dr. Halsey]] are involved with the military. | A '''Civilian''', according to international humanitarian law, is a person who is not a member of his or her country's [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|armed forces]]. The term is also often used colloquially to refer to people who are not members of a particular profession or occupation, especially by [[Civilian Security Forces|law enforcement agencies]], which often use rank structures similar to those of military units. Often, the military's main purpose and occupation is to defend the civilians from invaders. However, many civilians, such as [[Dr. Halsey]] are involved with the military. | ||
So far, extremely few have been seen in any of the [[Halo Universe|''Halo'']] games. Except for the [[Voi Factory Workers|factory workers in Voi]] and the civilian vacationers in [[Arcadia]], no civilian characters appear in any of the games, besides the meta-game [[Sadie's Story]] in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. However, civilian characters appear more frequently in materials outside the games.<ref>''[[Halo 3]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Uprising]]''</ref> | So far, extremely few have been seen in any of the [[Halo Universe|''Halo'']] games. Except for the [[Voi Factory Workers|factory workers in Voi]] and the civilian vacationers in [[Arcadia (Planet)|Arcadia]], no civilian characters appear in any of the games, besides the meta-game [[Sadie's Story]] in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. However, civilian characters appear more frequently in materials outside the games.<ref>''[[Halo 3]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Uprising]]''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 12:52, March 21, 2010
A Civilian, according to international humanitarian law, is a person who is not a member of his or her country's armed forces. The term is also often used colloquially to refer to people who are not members of a particular profession or occupation, especially by law enforcement agencies, which often use rank structures similar to those of military units. Often, the military's main purpose and occupation is to defend the civilians from invaders. However, many civilians, such as Dr. Halsey are involved with the military.
So far, extremely few have been seen in any of the Halo games. Except for the factory workers in Voi and the civilian vacationers in Arcadia, no civilian characters appear in any of the games, besides the meta-game Sadie's Story in Halo 3: ODST. However, civilian characters appear more frequently in materials outside the games.[1][2][3][4]
