Editing Sangheili

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{{disambig header|the saurian species|their language|Sangheili (language)}}
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|name=Sangheili
|image=[[File:HINF Sangheili Mercenary Cutout.png|130px|left]][[File:H2A Sangheili-Minor.png|130px|right]]{{clear}}[[File:H5G-Render-SangheiliStorm.png|240px]]
|caption=Various Sangheili phenotypes (not to scale)
|latin=''Macto cognatus''
|classification=Saurian
|subspecies=
|diet=Omnivorous
|height=225–262 cm (7 ft 4 in–8 ft 6 in){{Ref/Book|Id=VIS|EVG|Page=61}}{{Ref/Game|Id=Library|CEA|Detail=[[CEA:Library|Library]]}}
|weight=139–178 kg (307–393 lb){{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}
|distinctions=Humanoid reptilian body structure; quadruple-hinged mandibles; binary circulatory system
|homeworld=[[Sanghelios]]
|techlevel=Tier 2
|notable-person=*[[Thel 'Vadam]]
*[[Let 'Volir]]
*[[Jul 'Mdama]]
*[[Merg Vol]]
*[[Jega 'Rdomnai]]
*[[Avu Med 'Telcam]]
*[[Fal 'Chavamee]]
*[[Ripa 'Moramee]]
*[[Sesa 'Refumee]]
*[[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]]
*[[Rtas 'Vadum]]
*[[Zuka 'Zamamee]]
*[[Ussa 'Xellus]]
*[[Inka 'Saham]]
*[[Thav 'Sebarim]]
*[[Okro 'Vagaduun]]
*[[Ordo 'Mal]]
*[[Chak 'Lok]]
*[[Orsu Lar 'Ahtalee]]
*[[N'tho 'Sraom]]
*[[Usze 'Taham]]
|othernames=*Elite 
*Split Chin{{Ref/Level|CE|Id=PoA|CE:The Pillar of Autumn|The Pillar of Autumn|Quote=Men, here is where we show those split-chin, squid-head, sons of bitches that they could not have picked a worse enemy than the human race.|Quotee=Avery Johnson}}{{Ref/Book|Conversations from the Universe|Section=343 Guilty Spark's Guide}}
*Split Jaw{{Ref/Site|Id=CF159|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-coming-of-age|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Coming of Age|D=13|M=11|Y=2024|LocalArchive=Armory Infinitum#MA5K Avenger}}
*Split Lip
*Squid Head{{Ref/Reuse|PoA}}
*Alligator{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Evo|Evo|Story=[[Headhunters (short story)|Headhunters]]}}
*Hinge-head{{Ref/Reuse|Gla1}}{{Ref/Novel|MorDi}}{{Ref/Novel|TTW}}{{Ref/SpOps|Id=Departure|Departure}}{{Ref/Audio|HtT|Episode 10: Gag Order|Detail=Xenophobia}}
*Four-jaws {{c|among [[Kig-Yar]]}}{{Citation needed}}
*Boss flappy mouths{{Ref/Site|Id=FanonCodder|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/the-hog-wild-req-drop|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Hog Wild REQ Drop - Fanon Codder|D=23|M=10|Y=2017}}
|languages=[[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]]
}}
{{Series/Species/Sangheili}}
{{Quote|On the blood of our fathers, on the blood of our sons, we swore to uphold the Covenant!|[[Rtas 'Vadumee]] before the [[raid on the Threshold gas mine]].{{Ref/Level|Id=H2Arbiter|H2|H2:The Arbiter|The Arbiter}}}}

The '''Sangheili'''{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=22|Quote=Sangheili: the Elite name for their race.}} ('''Macto cognatus''' in Latin taxonomy,{{Ref/Book|Id=Bestiarum|Bestiarum}} meaning "I glorify my kin") are a saurian{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=enemies&cid=24611|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo: Reach: Enemies - Elite|D=12|M=10|Y=2014}} sapient species known for their warrior culture and combat skill. Named after their home planet, [[Sanghelios]], they have historically been known to [[human]]s as '''Elites''' for their former role in the [[Covenant]]'s [[Covenant military|military]] hierarchy.{{Ref/Book|Id=h2prima|The Official Halo 2 Strategy Guide|Page=43}} Originally one of the Covenant's two founding species, the Sangheili formed the hegemony's military backbone until just before the end of its existence. They had a very strong rivalry with the [[Jiralhanae]],{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC142|Enc11|Page=142}}{{Ref/Book|Conversations from the Universe|Section=Grunt Conversation|Quote=And you have ears, you've heard the disrespect the Jiralhanae show the Sangheili. They hate each other. The Sangheili have lived too long under the shelter of the Covenant as the strongest of us. The Jiralhanae come stomping along and suddenly it's not so simple as it was.}} which finally led to genocidal violence during the [[Great Schism]] at the conclusion of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO22|GoO|Chapter=22|Quote=In the confusion caused by the departing Prophets, the Sangheili's ancient feud with the Jiralhanae had escalated into xenocide.}}{{Ref/Level|H2|H2:Uprising|Uprising|Quote=By the Prophets… what have these Brutes done? …They have shed our brothers' blood… and for that, they must die!|Quotee=Special Operations Sangheili}}

After the [[High Prophets]] [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] ordered the genocide of the entire Sangheili race during the Great Schism,{{Ref/Book|Id=TEVG|EVG|Page=25|Quote=…when the High Prophet of Truth appointed the Brutes for his own security, proclaiming the Elites to be heretics deserving extermination.}}{{Ref/Level|H2|H2:Quarantine Zone|Quarantine Zone|Quote=A bloody fate awaits you and the rest of your incompetent race, and I, Tartarus, Chieftain of the Brutes will send you to it! …When they learn? Ha ha. Fool! They ordered me to do it!|Quotee=Tartarus}} the species was forced into civil war against the Covenant proper.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint Jiralhanae}} This was established after the assassination of the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] at the hands of [[John-117]]. The two remaining Hierarchs held the Sangheili responsible for the Prophet of Regret's death, and the species was seen as "unfit" to continue to guard the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]]. The Prophets sought to achieve this through the use of the other Covenant races, primarily the [[Jiralhanae]].{{Ref/Level|Id=SI|H2|H2:Sacred Icon|Sacred Icon}} Consequently, the Sangheili led [[Covenant separatists|a rebellion]] against the Prophets. [[Fleet of Retribution|A significant number of Sangheili]] sided with the UNSC against the Prophet-led Covenant; this alliance continued to hold in the post-war era. The Great Schism formed the bedrock of the Covenant Empire's [[Battle of the Citadel|ultimate collapse]] and the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Game|Id=H3C|H3|Campaign}}

In the post-war years, the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], led by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and a grand council of [[kaidon]]s, emerged as the effective Sangheili government.{{Ref/Site|Id=hwp sos|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/swords-of-sanghelios|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe|Page=Swords of Sanghelios|D=3|M=11|Y=2015}} However, they were opposed by multiple Sangheili [[Covenant remnants|factions]] with differing ideals of how to build a future for their civilization, and the species remained embroiled in [[Blooding Years|civil war]] for several years while [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|continuing hostilities]] with Jiralhanae groups, in a two-front war.{{Ref/Reuse|esc3}}
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==History==
===Forerunner ecumene===
The Sangheili evolved in tropical wetlands of their homeworld, [[Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC1|BC|Chapter=1}} The Sangheili were one of the subject species of the [[Forerunner]]s during the [[Human-Forerunner wars]]. The Sangheili would hunt down and capture humans for the Forerunners in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Charum Hakkor]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gyre|Halo: Ghosts of the Gyre}}

===The Ark and reseeding===
During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the [[Librarian]] visited the planet to retrieve specimens of the Sangheili for preservation aboard [[Installation 00]]. After the firing of the [[Halo Array]], they were returned to their home planet to begin rebuilding their culture.{{Ref/Film|HLeg|Story=Origins}}

===Development of civilization===
[[File:AncientSangheili.png|300px|thumb|left|Ancient Sangheili on Sanghelios.]]
Much of the Sangheili's pre-Covenant history is being rediscovered by the Sangheili themselves.{{Ref/Reuse|CFAuditory}}

After being returned to their homeworld, the Sangheili discovered artifacts left by the Forerunners on their planet. The Sangheili revered the objects these "gods" had left, and considered tampering with them a heresy beyond any other. However, some Sangheili scientists defied their species' dogma and studied Forerunner artifacts in secret; they would later become instrumental in helping the Sangheili reverse-engineer weapons against the San'Shyuum.{{Ref/Novel|BC|Chapter=3}} Several hundred years prior to the formation of the Covenant, the Sangheili had developed slipspace technology and created dozens of independent [[Sangheili colonies|colonies]], though their homeworld of Sanghelios remained central to governance and culture. The planet of [[Creck]], discovered before the Sangheili's contact with the San'Shyuum was the seventy-sixth of designated worlds explored by Sangheili. At some point, an unknown number of Sangheili [[clan]]s waged war upon each other for numerous years on Sanghelios. These engagements became known as the [[Clan Battles of Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Reuse|BC1}}

===Forming the Covenant===
[[File:H2A Terminals - Sangheili surrender.png|left|300px|thumb|The Sangheili and San'Shyuum Reformists form the Covenant.]]
In [[938 BCE]], the Sangheili encountered the [[Reformists|Reformist]] [[San'Shyuum]], a race who also worshiped the Forerunners as gods, but had utilized Forerunner technology for their own needs, believing the technology had been left behind by the gods as gifts for their children. This sparked a [[Sangheili-San'Shyuum war|war]] between the two races over how to treat the relics. Even though the Sangheili were much more physically imposing and numerous, they suffered extreme casualties under the sheer power of the San'Shyuum's [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Dreadnought]], a surviving [[Keyship]], and by [[876 BCE]] even the most devout had to admit their survival depended on the reconstitution of their own Forerunner technology. This led both sides to an agreement that ended with the decommissioning of the Forerunner Dreadnought and a shaky alliance that eventually expanded into the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=CH9|CH|Chapter=9}}

The San'Shyuum helped assuage the Sangheili by informing them of the [[Great Journey]]: by seeking out the [[Halo Array|Holy Rings]] scattered throughout the galaxy and utilizing them, a "Great Journey" would transform believers into godlike beings. The [[Writ of Union]] was drawn up in [[852 BCE]] in order to codify the Covenant. Its first canto clearly outlines the nature of the Covenant from the perspective of the Prophets.{{Citation needed}}

Being one of the few races in the Covenant to achieve space-faring status without outside intervention, Sangheili interaction with the San'Shyuum was initially strained due to memories of the recent war. Many Sangheili felt that the Writ of Union meant surrender to the San'Shyuum, although most never voiced these concerns.{{Ref/Novel|BC|Chapter=2}} The Sangheili [[Ussa 'Xellus]] led a major rebellion against the Covenant that was eventually neutralized with the rebel [[Ussans]] going into hiding.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC14|BC|Chapter=14}} Over time, the San'Shyuum and Sangheili formed a prosperous relationship, eventually laying the foundation for the modern Covenant hegemony.

During their membership in the Covenant, the Sangheili were simply put, technological and societal equals of the San'Shyuum. However, for a significant period, they found themselves as the dominant military muscle for the entire Covenant structure - hardly surprising given the warlike, feudal nature of their homeworld. What was surprising was the cyclical stability this feudal society was able to offer. Technological and medical advancement prospered, and the intelligent, aggressive Sangheili were peerless until they encountered the San'Shyuum. With exchange of goods and ideas, the Sangheili adapted to and eventually embraced the Covenant religion, grafting its tenets to their own belief system.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}}

[[File:H4 - Prologue Covenant.png|thumb|left|250px|[[Sangheili Storm]]s deployed to a [[human colonies|human colony]].]]

===War of Annihilation===
{{Main|Human-Covenant War}}
When the Prophets declared war on a previously unknown species called [[human]]s, the Sangheili followed their lead without question. After a period of time, however, even though the Prophets insisted that the humans were "unclean beings" that must be eliminated from the galaxy, some seasoned Sangheili veterans began to question the refusal of the Prophets to even consider accepting the humans into the Covenant. They seem to believe that humans, although physically weak, at least compared to themselves, are brave and even honorable. As such, these few Sangheili believed that humans should be offered admittance to the Covenant due their ability to put up a fight on the ground.{{Ref/Book|Id=conversations|Conversations from the Universe|Section=Elite Conversation}} Some even believed that the humans were ''equal'' to them - a considerable step for a Sangheili, or any member of the Covenant, to make.{{Citation needed}} These Sangheili admired how willing and brave the humans were when fighting to survive against outright extinction, they even respected to a certain degree those few soldiers who were willing to stay behind and cover their comrades from a Covenant attack.{{Citation needed}} A few Sangheili even had more respect for the humans than they did for the San'Shyuum ''before'' the Great Schism.{{Citation needed}}
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===The Great Schism===
[[File:H2A Great Schism.png|thumb|300px|Sangheili and Jiralhanae controlled vessels battling around ''[[High Charity]]''.]]
{{Main|Great Schism}}
During the final months of the Human-Covenant War, the political shift caused by the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]] and [[Tartarus]], the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]], started a slippery slope that ended in the dissolution of the Covenant between the Sangheili and the San'Shyuum. Originally, the Jiralhanae were viewed as savagely aggressive and extremely goal-oriented, which the Sangheili viewed as a serious threat should the Brutes ever begin to desire political power. This fear became reality when the Honor Guards of the Prophets, originally an all-Sangheili class, were [[Changing of the Guard|transformed]] into a [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|duty of the Brutes]]. This was directly caused by the death of the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] at the hands of John-117, the human "Demon", despite Regret's protection from his personal squad of [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili Honor Guardsmen]]. Soon the Jiralhanae found themselves in new positions of power, becoming veritable replacements for the Sangheili. During the concurrent [[Battle of Installation 05]] and the [[Fall of High Charity]], the Jiralhanae had begun to massacre the Sangheili under Truth's orders to exterminate the entire species.{{Ref/Reuse|TEVG}} Additionally, [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Special Operations Commander]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]] discovered the truth of the [[Halo Array|Halo]] rings from the [[Monitor]] [[343 Guilty Spark]]. From this, they learned that the Prophets' promises of the Great Journey were false causing further turmoil.{{Ref/Level|Id=TGJ|H2|H2:The Great Journey|The Great Journey}}

These events led the entire Sangheili species to secede from the Covenant, unified to bring down the empire that had betrayed them.{{Ref/Site|Id=Waypoint Jiralhanae|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/jiralhanae|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe|Page=Jiralhanae|D=27|M=10|Y=2015|Quote=The resulting conflict would be called the Great Schism, and it would divide the Covenant into two, ultimately forcing the Sangheili out.}} They were aided by a few of the member species within the Covenant, such as many [[Unggoy]] and most [[Mgalekgolo]],{{Citation needed}} although many sided with the High Prophets despite the Sangheili's efforts. The secession included a movement to destroy the treacherous Jiralhanae and High Prophets, and the destruction of the [[Flood]] at all costs, eventually resulting in an alliance between the [[Fleet of Retribution]] and humanity.{{Ref/Reuse|H3C}}

The Great Schism stretched from the human homeworld, [[Earth]], all the way back to Sanghelios as the Sangheili attempted to wrest their share of the hegemony away from their new-found enemies. The Jiralhanae stepped in to fill the military void in ever increasing numbers, sensing the vacuum and opportunity left by the departure of the Sangheili.{{Citation needed}}

===Fall of the Covenant===
[[File:Arbiter the return.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The death of Truth at the hands of [[Thel 'Vadam]] was fondly retold and remembered by the Sangheili.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Story=The Return|Quote=For six years since the High Prophet died at the hands of our champion, the Arbiter…}}]]
{{Quote|I am not Covenant. The Covenant is dead. It was a lie. I am Sangheili.|[[Jat]] to [[Dahlia]] on [[Carrow]].{{Ref/Anthology|Fra|Story=Oasis}}}}
After the [[Battle of Earth]], the Sangheili and humans managed to stop and subsequently kill the [[High Prophet of Truth]], effectively dissolving the Covenant. However, the Sangheili and humans were coerced to deal with a more massive threat; the [[Flood]].{{Ref/Level|Id=TC|H3|H3:The Covenant|The Covenant}} Finally, the Arbiter and the Master Chief, after activating the newly constructed [[Installation 08|replacement Halo ring]], effectively ended the Flood threat.{{Ref/Level|Id=H3H|H3|H3:Halo|Halo}}

Following the destruction of the Covenant, Sangheili society plunged into crisis. Already lacking centralized governance and splintered to independent city-states spread across several dozen major colonies,{{Ref/Generic|Id=11th 2|[[Eleventh Hour reports]]|Detail=Report 2}} they fractured into [[Covenant remnants|multiple infighting factions]] with varying ideas on how to run their society, despite their ongoing war with the Jiralhanae. This was largely due to the fact they had become reliant of the Prophets during the millennia of the Covenant's existence. As they regained their independence, they were forced to re-learn to manage their society on their own, without the direction of the Prophets or the manual labor provided by the other client races.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla2|Gla|Chapter=2}} 

During this time, Arbiter Thel 'Vadam managed to gather a sizable alliance of [[keep]]s under the banner of the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], which became the preeminent governmental entity among the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|hwp sos}} Many other factions, such as the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]], opposed Thel 'Vadam and his allies, specifically their rejection of the notion of the Forerunners being gods.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla1|Gla|Chapter=1}} This eventually led to the Sangheili civil wars known as the [[Blooding Years]].

As the Great Schism went on, the Sangheili continued their [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|fight]] against the [[Jiralhanae]]. This was proving largely unsuccessful and the Sangheili were accepting serious losses. Without the Covenant to provide them with ships, technology, and repairs, they slowly lost warships and technologies they could not repair or replace. After the San'Shyuum went into hiding, the Sangheili began to prevail against the Jiralhanae, who in turn began to fight among themselves. Having abandoned the Covenant, the Sangheili were now in a state of mass confusion in regards to their religion, because even though the San'Shyuum lied to them, they had still given them purpose for their actions. Many Sangheili were still religiously devoted to the Forerunners and were attempting to uncover the meaning of their faith.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=HFTR|Evo|Story=The Return}}

Many Sangheili continued to relentlessly hunt down and slaughter the Jiralhanae.{{Ref/Reuse|HFTR}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HP|TFS|Story=Hunting Party}} While the two species typically did not work together due to their feud,{{Ref/Reuse|Envoy3}} a few were persuaded by [[Atriox]] to work for the [[Banished]], as he claimed to have no complicity with [[Tartarus]] and the other Jiralhanae who had [[Great Schism|betrayed and massacred]] their kind.{{Ref/Comic|TFS|Story=Hunting Party|Quote=I am not Tartarus or some fanatic. I am not Truth. I am not Regret. I am their remedy.|Quotee=Atriox}} As such, a small minority of Sangheili joined the Banished as mercenaries, some of which used their earnings of military resources to fight out disputes with other Sangheili kin on their [[Sangheili colonies|homeworlds]].{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM3|OSFM|Page=161|Quote=Strong and proud, with a refined martial tradition. The Elites in service to the Banished are primarily paid in resources and military equipment needed for inter-clan and factional warfare back in their home colonies.}} Joining the Banished was frowned upon in Sangheili culture, [[Let 'Volir|Let 'Volir's]] name was notably forever tarnished for working under a Jiralhanae.{{Ref/Game|Id=Volir|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Shipmaster Let 'Volir|Quote=His decision to bind his crew to the Banished has forever tarnished his name in "proper" Elite culture}}

===Post-Covenant===
After the Human-Covenant War, there was competition between the UNSC and the Sangheili, when it came to examining Forerunner ruins and relics like the [[Excession]].{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Story=From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal}} By March 2553, a [[Treaty of 2552|tentative ceasefire]] continued to exist between humanity and the Sangheili. Although Arbiter Thel 'Vadam campaigned for peace between the two species across various Sangheili states, many Sangheili continued to view humans with suspicion, perceiving them as a threat and wanting to destroy them once and for all. At the same time, the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] took advantage of the unstable political situation, attempting to keep the Sangheili splintered and disorganized by inciting the Servants of the Abiding Truth, led by [[Avu Med 'Telcam]], to rebel against 'Vadam. This was to ensure the Sangheili would not pose a threat to humanity again, in spite of the UNSC's alliance with the Arbiter's faction.{{Ref/Reuse|Gla1}}

ONI's aid allowed the Servants of the Abiding Truth to amass enough weapons to begin an [[Blooding Years|all-out insurrection]] against 'Vadam and his allies in early 2553.{{Citation needed}} Meanwhile, however, ONI's efforts also backfired; partially as a result of their actions the Sangheili [[Jul 'Mdama]] began a personal quest against humanity, forming a Sangheili-led [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|reconstituted Covenant]] mainly from ex-Covenant forces.{{Citation needed}} Four years after the battle at the Ark, this group launched an invasion on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] [[Requiem]], intending to find and awaken the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], a Forerunner [[Promethean]] they revered as a living god.{{Ref/Game|H4|Campaign}}

[[File:Hunters in the Dark full cover.jpg|thumb|250px|Joint UNSC-Swords of Sanghelios operation on [[Installation 00]].]]
In spite of ONI's underhanded mission, relations between humanity and Sangheili at large continued to be amicable. For example, the UNSC and the Sangheili under the Arbiter maintained mixed control over certain space territories, known as [[Joint Occupation Zone]]s. The UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios participated in joint operations, including the [[Mission to Installation 00]], where they successfully prevented the reactivation of the [[Halo Array]] and an [[Battle of Earth (2555)|attack on Earth]]. The UNSC Navy and the Sangheili also participated in joint naval operations, including one against [[Piracy|pirates]] in [[2557]].<ref name="catalog15">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2969315)]</ref> Human and Sangheili scholars also gathered and studied the Covenant's records together on Sanghelios.<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969317_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969317 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2969317)]</ref> Collaborative weapons research (such as the study of the physics behind the [[Type-33 Needler]]) and exchanges in military intelligence between the two species is also known to have taken place.<ref name="CatalogBIG">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=14 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Catalog Interaction'']</ref> and Zeta Halo containment efforts. In addition, a select number of Sangheili are known to have been offered the opportunity to train alongside Spartan-IVs in [[War Games]] simulations as part of the [[ANVIL initiative]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFHaveSmoa}} A notable example of trust and technological exchange between humanity and Sangheili is the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Helioskrill|Helioskrill armor]], a variant of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]], one of the most sophisticated pieces of human technology, which was designed by a Sangheili prodigy and manufactured by the [[Kolaar Manufactorum]], a forge based on Sanghelios.{{Ref/Game|Id=Heloskrill|H5G|[[HELIOSKRILL-class Mjolnir|Helioskrill]] armor description (Multiplayer Beta)|Quote=The HELIOSKRILL is a work of art crafted by a Sangheili prodigy inspired to test her skill against the best that humanity could muster.}} Not all humans were amicable towards coexistence with the Sangheili, as seen with the [[Sapien Sunrise]]. In [[Raid on Biko peace talks|one notable incident]], nine members from the aforementioned terrorist organization infiltrated [[Richard Sekibo]]'s delegation at a peace summit on the colony world of Biko. They intended to assassinate Sekibo and a Sangheili delegation while framing the Sangheili of the crime. The assassination attempt was foiled by Spartan John-117 though Sekibo was mortally wounded.{{Ref/Audio|Id=GO|HtT|Episode 10: Gag Order}} Unfortunately, the truth was covered up and John-117 was used as a scapegoat to hide the UEG's laxity towards preventing the attack, much to the frustration of the Sangheili delegation.{{Ref/Audio|HtT|Episode 08: Drip, Drip, Drip}} Later, John-117's name was cleared.{{Ref/Reuse|GO}}

During the crisis that foll