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| <center>''Were you looking for the [[Halo 3]] campaign level [[The Storm]]?''</center>
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| The '''Storm''' are a [[Sangheili]]-led<ref name="Demo">''Halo 4'' E3 2012 gameplay demo</ref> splinter faction of the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] that was formed in the wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Exam">[http://www.examiner.com/article/halo-4-s-storm-covenant-faction-officially-revealed '''Examiner.com''' ''Halo 4’s ‘Storm’ Covenant faction officially revealed'']</ref>
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| ==Background==
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| Breaking away from the main body of the newly peaceful Covenant, the Storm continue to adhere to the [[Covenant religion|religion]] and philosophy of the [[San 'Shyuum]].<ref name="Exam"/> In the summer of [[2557]], Storm forces on the [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] engaged [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] personnel who had become stranded on the installation, defying the tenuous cease-fire between [[human]]ity and the Sangheili. The Storm still maintained a presence on Requiem six months later,<ref>''[[Spartan Ops]]''</ref> attempting to gain control of a powerful weapon hidden on the shield world.<ref name="Exam"/>
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| ==Member species==
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| As in the original Covenant, the Sangheili serve as the Storm's military leadership caste. The [[Unggoy]] still serve as cannon fodder;<ref name="Demo"/> Unggoy in service to the Storm appear to have been selectively bred, genetically modified, or otherwise represent a different species from the mainstream type.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/05/09/The-Halo-Bulletin-5912.aspx ''The Halo Bulletin - 5.9.12'']</ref> Likewise, the [[Kig-Yar]], (at least the Jackals), are still deployed as skirmishers<!-- This refers to the Kig-Yar's method of deployment, not the Skirmisher breed.--> and light infantry; similar to the Unggoy, they possess a noticeably different morphology from those commonly encountered during the Human-Covenant War.<ref name="Demo"/><ref>[[:File:Halo 4 jackal.png|''Halo 4'' Jackal design]]</ref>
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:Halo4 Elite.jpg|A Sangheili member of the Storm.
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| File:Halo4 Grunt.png|An Unggoy in service to the Storm. Note the specimen's abnormal morphology.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Reclaimer Trilogy]]''
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| **''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:Factions]]
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Revision as of 08:12, August 14, 2012
