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{{Title|''Kai'd''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
A '''''kai'd''''' was a military unit of the [[Covenant]], comparable to the human military [[company]] crossed with a pack of bloodthirsty warriors.{{Ref/Twitter|TDenningauthor|1041769954163531777|Troy Denning|Quote=Think of it as something between a traditional military company and pack of bloodthirsty carnivores.|D=05|M=4|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS9|HSS|Chapter=9}} Personnel assigned to a ''kai'd'' were outfitted with their own unique armor and utilized a separated [[proselytization network|battle network]] for communications.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS27|HSS|Chapter=27}}

==History==
During the [[Ninth Age of Reclamation]], upon learning that the [[United Nations Space Command]] intended to deploy [[Spartan-IIs]] to destroy his [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience]] over [[Biko]], [[Fleetmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] ordered [[First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] to assemble a ''kai'd'' composed of the [[fleet]]'s best warriors to hunt down the Spartans.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}} 'Szatulai assembled the [[Bloodstars]] ''kai'd'', a flotilla composed of [[intrusion corvette]]s and skilled warriors.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS12|HSS|Chapter=12}} However, most of the ''kai'd'' was destroyed during a [[Battle of Zhoist|battle]] at [[Zhoist]].{{Ref/Reuse|HSS27}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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{{Covenant military organization}}