Covenant Special Operations

Special Operations (SpecOps) was the specialized operations division of the Covenant's Special Warfare Group.

Roles and operations
The Covenant's Special Operations was established by the Special Warfare Group for the execution of specialized operations. Special Operation units were typically sent on missions with acute and specific objectives and were not associated with any broader Covenant military application. The division's objectives covered the sabotage of enemy installations and supply lines, assassinations, stealth infiltration, and retrieval of Forerunner artifacts, although it was an extremely versatile group of performing low-risk sentry or defense missions. Special Operation units also participated in classified missions that were personally commissioned by a Hierarch of the Covenant.

Personnel within this group were regarded as skilled warriors of the Covenant military, deployed to perform unconventional, high-risk operations. Members of the Special Operations had proved themselves on the battlefield in both martial combat and in their marksmen abilities.

Organization
The Covenant's Special Operations was dominated by the Sangheili, though there were some Unggoy members. The Special Operations division is placed under the control of the Special Operations Commander, who would command operations in the field or remotely from High Charity. A typical lance under the Special Operations consisted of two Special Operations Sangheili and two to four Special Operations Unggoy. In some occasion, a lance would be led by a Special Operations Officer.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo: The Flood
 * Halo: First Strike
 * Halo 2
 * Halo Graphic Novel
 * The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor
 * Halo 3
 * Halo 3: ODST
 * Halo Legends
 * Prototype
 * Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
 * Headhunters
 * ''Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian
 * Halo: Reach
 * Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
 * Halo 2: Anniversary
 * Terminals
 * Halo: Ground Command
 * Halo: Tales from Slipspace
 * Hunting Party