Lance

This article is about the medium-sized Covenant military organisational unit. For the missile batteries, see M95 Lance or M97 Lance.''

A lance is an organizational unit of the Covenant military, and later its various successor factions.

Overview
Under the Covenant's military, a lance was a grouping of low-ranking or low-caste warriors, led by an officer.

Composition
A lance was smaller in size than a file, while levies of low-ranking Unggoy may be organized into combat lances under the command of a Sangheili. A lance is roughly the equivalent of a fireteam in terms of composition; lances have occasionally been described as analogous to squads, though a file serves as a better comparison to a squad than a lance does.

Brute lance
This lance comprises of Jiralhanae.

Demi-lance
A demi-lance is a type of lance, dissimilar to a standard combat lance in terms of composition; a group of two Zealots led by a Field Marshal could constitute a demi-lance.

Science lance
A science lance was a variation of a lance formed to recover and examine captured technology. A science lance was deployed to Damascus Materials Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV in 2525, following the Battle of Chi Ceti.

Storm lance
This lance comprises of storm units.

Notable Lances

 * Shields of Requiem Lance
 * Swords of Sangheilios Combat lance

List of appearances

 * Halo Wars
 * Halo: Reach
 * Halo: Ground Command
 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo 2
 * Halo 4
 * Halo 5: Guardians