Rojka 'Kasaan
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- "Rojka believes that Sangheili and humans can live together on this world. That all Sangheili and humans have to learn this. Or we will all die."
- — Jat informs Dahlia about Rojka 'Kasaan's views.
Rojka 'Kasaan is the former Fleetmaster, Kaidon, and founder of the Sangheili city-state of Rak on the planet Rakoi, who played an instrumental part in the Carrow Conflict of 2558.[3] Following the conflict, he abdicated his position to Akato 'Dakaj and became the Sangheili envoy to the human settlement of Suraka.[2]
Biography[edit]
Early life and Covenant service[edit]
Rojka was born on the Sangheili colony of Glyke. From an early age he formed a close bond with Daga 'Rathum, sparring against him at their keeps. He also yearned to become a Shipmaster and had spent his service in the Covenant fighting for a command.[4] During his time in the Covenant, he and Daga were deployed as reserve units, rebuilding and refurbishing Covenant warships in orbit of Sanghelios. As such, Rojka did not participate in the Battle for Earth or the final battles of the Human-Covenant War.[5] He also visited High Charity many times before its destruction.[6] He was also not present when Glyke was destroyed by Gray Team during Operation: SUNSPEAR in 2553. After the Great Schism occurred and hearing of his homeworld's destruction, Rojka took control of the fleet he was tasked to repair.[6] He traveled to the ruins of Glyke to observe the ruins and deployed many probes to monitor all activity in the system.[7]
Pre-Carrow Conflict[edit]
Thel 'Vadam asked the newly-made Fleetmaster to bury his anger over the destruction of Glyke for the sake of post-war peace. He then requested Rojka to take his fleet along with the survivors of Glyke to rebuild their lives on the planet of Rakoi, the former human colony of Carrow that was now situated in the Joint Occupation Zone. Rojka felt great dishonor at first over moving on from his life on Glyke, but he then saw the opportunity to form a new lineage on a new world and lead his people to a new future.[6] As such, his forces landed on Carrow and founded the city of Rak along the Astlehich River on the eastern side of the Uldt Desert. Rojka served as this city's Kaidon.[8] They were able to carve out an existence on the world but had difficulty keeping their warships in peak condition.[9] Sometime after Rak was established, the world's human colonists returned, taking residents in the city of Suraka on the other side of the Uldt Desert and in various smaller encampments within the desert. These smaller settlements were involved in skirmishes against some Sangheili at various oases, making a conflict between the two groups seem inevitable. Believing that the humans and Sangheili needed to work together in order to survive on Carrow, Rojka agreed to meet at a peace summit with the Governor of Suraka and a representative of the Unified Earth Government.[9] As such, he received Diplomatic Corps envoy Melody Azikiwe and her staff prior to the date of the summit. Rojka's willingness to work with humans met resistance and caused tension in Rak, with his cousin Thars 'Sarov gaining a following that stood in opposition to the Kaidon and the humans on the planet.[3]
Sometime prior to the Carrow Conflict, Rojka's probes detected a human signal on the edge of Glyke's debris field. He returned to the system in his flagship, the Unwavering Discipline, and recovered a Bumblebee escape craft containing three Cryo chambers that held the members of Gray Team. Rojka took the Spartans and stored them on the Unwavering Discipline, debating on whether to kill them or to use them for trade.[7]
Carrow Conflict[edit]
Conflict with Thars[edit]
The day before the scheduled peace summit, Thars took his forces into orbit and launched an attack on Suraka, destroying their long-ranged communication and slipspace capable vessels. Rojka briefly considered working with Melody to prevent the conflict from escalating before realizing that he had to act. He engaged Thars with his fleet, and though he was outnumbered he was able to destroy a significant portion of Thar's fleet, eliminating two heavy destroyers, four light destroyers, and one Covenant frigate and damaging four other frigates. However, the Voice of Maardoth's entrance into the battle to aid Thars's frigates and heavy cruiser with their own heavy cruisers and heavy destroyers overwhelmed Rojka's forces. He began losing his escort fleet, which left the Unwavering Discipline exposed to smaller craft, and Rojka began preparing to be boarded by Thars's forces. During this period he met with Melody, offering to grant her an honorable execution and refusing to let her release Gray Team. He then returned to the command bridge, where he learned of the Frigate Retribution's Promise's destruction and mourned the needlessness of the conflict with Daga, who was serving as a field commander under Rojka.[3] He then witnessed the destruction of the frigate Vengeful Deed and the death of his friend Khoto 'Gaaran, leaving only the Unwavering Discipline under his command. Rojka was then contacted by Thars, whom he warned against working with the Jiralhanae and informing his cousin that he would not surrender.[9] He then ordered the ship to cease maneuvering and allowed their shield to be taken down prior to being boarded. However, upon hearing that Melody had armed herself and was moving through the storage holds, he realized that she was attempting to free Gray Team by herself and rushed to stop her. Rojka forced his way into the hanger, dodging and surviving a Anskum-pattern plasma grenade thrown at his feet by Melody.[10] However, when he and Mrata entered the room, they were met by a recently awoken Jai-006 and Adriana-111, who killed the latter and forced Rojka to retreat and reassess his plan of attack. He was hailed by Daga and told to return to the bridge for a final stand before he engaged a deployment of Thar's boarders who had entered the hanger in a R'sisho-pattern Tick.[11] Rojka killed five of these boarders and witnessed Gray Team escape the ship in their Bumblebee escape craft. He therefore ordered that the Unwavering Discipline's engines and shields be repaired so they could chase the Spartans to the surface of Carrow.[12] After rallying the crew behind his pursuit and explaining his situation to Thars, Rojka had his ship jump to slipspace, temporarily escaping his foes and bringing him closer to the planet.[7] He then brought the ship into Carrow's atmosphere and witnessed Thars's forces being ambushed by part of the Voice of Maardoth fleet.[13].
Into the Uldt[edit]
Unable to keep their shield up during their descent, the Unwavering Discipline crashed in the Uldt Desert.