Gao battle-jumpers

Gao battle-jumpers are armored stealth troops of the Gao Republic's Ministry of War.

Roles and operations
Gap battle-jumpers are armored stealth troops of the Gao Republic's Ministry of War 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 squads 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.

Wyvern aircraft can deploy a relatively large complement of battle-jumpers into engagements via drop lines attached to the crafts.

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 Administration 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 glass Gao's surface.

On July 6, 2553, after the Gao Republic 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-II Blue Team to procure Forerunner ancilla Intrepid Eye from the Spartans. Half of the unit was quickly eliminated by the Spartans, though the battle-jumpers continued to pursue despite their mounting causalities. 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.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Last Light