Editing Combat engineer

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Wikipedia|Combat engineer}}
{{disambig header|the UNSC specialist role|other articles titled "Engineer"|Engineer (disambiguation)}}
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|allegiance= [[United Nations Space Command]]
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*[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
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{{Quote|Broadly speaking, sappers are equally at home building things as they are blowing them up.|''Halo: Reach'' [[Armor customization (Halo: Reach)|Armory]] description - Assault/Sapper}}
'''Combat engineers''', also referred to as '''sappers'''{{Ref/Game|Id=HR|HR|[[Armor accessories/Assault|Assault/Sapper]] [[Armor customization (Halo: Reach)|Armory]] description}} are [[Wikipedia:Combat engineer|specialized]] [[UNSC]] servicemen that perform construction and demolition tasks during combat.

==Role==
Combat engineers are personnel who are tasked with construction of allied fortifications and demolition of enemy emplacements.<ref name="wiki">[[:Wikipedia:Combat engineer|''Wikipedia'': Combat engineer]]</ref> A number of dedicated [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR]] powered armor suits are designed for, and available for the use of combat engineering including the [[TECHNICIAN-class Mjolnir|Technician]], [[INDOMITABLE-class Mjolnir|Indomitable]] and the synonymously-named [[ENGINEER-class Mjolnir|Engineer]]. The [[Armor accessories/Assault|Assault/Sapper]] armor accessory is additionally available for Spartans as an attachment to their armor.{{Ref/Reuse|HR}} The [[ODST armor/DEMO|ODST/DEMO]] armor set is also available for [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODST]] combat engineers.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFHotDrops|D=28|M=2|Y=2021|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/hot-drops|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Hot Drops}}

==History==
[[File:Superstructure Stand-off.png|thumb|A UNSC combat engineer (left) and a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]].]]
Early in the [[Human-Covenant War]], the [[24th Marine Engineering Brigade]] were deployed onto [[Mesra]] to perform a number of critical asset-denial operations on the planet's [[xenotime]] mines.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}}

During the [[Fall of Reach]], Spartan [[Emile-A239]] employed the [[Armor accessories/Assault|Assault/Sapper]] armor accessory for his [[B-class Mjolnir]].{{Ref/Reuse|HR}}

During the [[Battle of Draetheus V]] in [[2555]], UNSC combat engineers assisted Spartan [[Edward Davis]] in destroying a [[Forerunner]] structure on the moon of [[X50]].{{Ref/Level|HSA|Mission 13: Assault on the Supply Lines}}{{Ref/Level|HSA|Mission 14: Infiltration of the Covenant Perimeter}}{{Ref/Level|HSA|Mission 15: Superstructure Stand-off}} Several engineers would be deployed on [[Draetheus V]] itself.{{Ref/Level|HSA|Mission 22: The Scorching of the Thicket}}

==Known units==
===UNSC Army===
Combat engineering units within the [[UNSC Army]] are structured under the [[UNSC Army Corps of Engineers]].
*[[412th Engineer Command]]{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE17|HE|Issue=17}}

===UNSC Marine Corps===
UNSC Marine combat engineers are structured within the [[UNSC Marine Corps of Engineers]].
*[[Hades Corps]]{{Ref/Film|HLeg|[[Prototype]]}}
*[[15th Combat Engineer Battalion]]<ref name="hsa">''Halo: Spartan Assault'', ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault/Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref>
*[[24th Marine Engineering Brigade]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=HO1|Oblv|Chapter=1}}

==Known personnel==
===UNSC Army===
*[[Holly Tanaka]] {{C|Formerly}}{{Ref/Reuse|HE17}}

===UNSC Marine Corps===
*[[Brigadier General]] [[Artur Pahlavi]]{{Ref/Novel|Oblv|Chapter=3}}
*[[Private First Class]] [[Nozomi Li]]{{Ref/Reuse|hsa}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HR Sapper Chest Icon.png|The Sapper equipment available for MJOLNIR.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Prototype]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{C|Indirect mention}}
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers|Limited Edition dossiers]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

[[Category:UNSC combat occupations]]