Editing Gao battle-jumpers

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|name=Gao battle-jumpers
|image=
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|affiliation=[[Gao Republic]]<ref name="ll346">'''[[Halo: Last Light]]''', ''pages 346-348''</ref>
|branch=[[Gao Ministry of War]]{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}}
|type=Stealth troops{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}}
|role=Missions behind enemy lines{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}}
|size=
|nicknames=
|battles=[[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]]{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}}
|commanders=[[General]] [[Hector Nyeto]]{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}}
}}

'''Gao battle-jumpers''' are armored stealth troops of the [[Gao Republic]]'s [[Gao Ministry of War|Ministry of War]].{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}}

==Roles and operations==
Armored stealth troops operating under the [[Gao Republic]]'s [[Gao Ministry of War|Ministry of War]], Gao battle-jumpers are trained to operate behind enemy lines for months or years at a time with no supervision or support. Battle doctrine calls for a [[company]] or [[platoon]] of battle-jumpers to deploy and then attack an initial target as a unit, then break into [[squad]]s and scatter, with each squad locating and attacking its own designated high-value targets. In addition, battle-jumpers are deployed in a variety of other roles.{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}}

[[Wyvern]] aircraft can deploy a relatively large complement of battle-jumpers into engagements via drop lines attached to the crafts.{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}}

==History==
Created and developed by [[General]] [[Hector Nyeto]], the Gao battle-jumpers were first deployed during the [[Insurrection]] when the [[Gao Republic]] went to war against [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Colonial Military Authority]] forces on [[Gao]]. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], the battle-jumpers were rumored to have destroyed a [[Covenant]] [[battle group]] that was en route to [[Glassing|glass]] Gao's surface.{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}}

On [[2553#July|July 6, 2553]], after the Gao Republic [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|attacked]] the UNSC's [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] in an effort to forcibly remove the UNSC from the planet, a [[platoon]] of battle-jumpers was deployed to the [[Montero Jungle]] to intercept [[Spartan]] [[Blue Team]] to procure [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]] [[Intrepid Eye]] from the Spartans. Half of the unit was quickly eliminated by the Spartans,{{Ref/Reuse|ll346}} though the battle-jumpers continued to pursue despite their mounting casualties. The Spartans took the helmets of several dead battle-jumpers to listen to their orders being transmitted through the helmets. Ultimately, the Spartans killed most of the battle-jumpers sent to engage them and Blue Team was successful in leaving Gao with Intrepid Eye.<ref name="ll357">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 357-359''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Gao Republic]]