Zuka 'Zamamee

Zuka 'Zamamee was a Prophet-blessed Sangheili Special Operations Officer who fought in the Battle of Installation 04.

Biography
'Zamamee was part of the forces in the Fleet of Particular Justice, which followed the when it fled the Fall of Reach into the Soell system, where Installation 04 was located. The Covenant fleet arrived some time before the Autumn and waited for the human ship on the far side of Threshold, engaging it immediately after it exited slipspace. The Covenant sent boarding parties to the ship, and Zuka 'Zamamee was one of the leaders of the raid.

'Zamamee led a group of Unggoy into the Pillar of Autumn where he encountered SPARTAN John-117 and Cortana attempting to escape. He attempted to stop them, but the Master Chief shot him in the head with an M6D pistol; this wounded 'Zamamee, but did not kill him. However, 'Zamamee's assistant was killed. As he lay wounded, a unit of Unggoy, led by Yayap and Gagaw, picked him up and carried him off the ship for medical attention so they could avoid having to fight and inevitably die.

Not long after the battle, 'Zamamee took Yayap as his new assistant, much to the latter's immediate dismay. He told Yayap about a plan to kill the human who had wounded him, "a warrior so capable that he represent[ed] a danger to the entire battle group" and appealed to the representatives of the Council of Masters aboard the Truth and Reconciliation. Soha 'Rolamee, a Sangheili aristocrat, turned his idea down at first, but later approved it after the Master Chief and several Marines raided the vessel, killing hundreds of soldiers and rescuing Captain Jacob Keyes, who had been held prisoner on the ship.

'Zamamee set his first trap inside the security center of the Silent Cartographer, utilizing a pair of Mgalekgolo and a lance of Unggoy under Yayap's command. However, one of the Unggoy, Linglin, accidentally killed one of the Mgalekgolo with a clumsy overcharged plasma pistol shot to its exposed back, allowing the Spartan to overwhelm the team. 'Zamamee and Yayap survived only by hiding in a cargo pod. The Master Chief killed the other Mgalekgolo and shot Linglin in the head, decapitating him, and then escaped.

After escaping the island, 'Zamamee was then warned by the Prophet of Stewardship aboard the Truth and Reconciliation that the price of another failure was death. The Prophet showed 'Rolamee's severed head, and ordered 'Zamamee to continue seeking the human with the special armour.

'Zamamee later arranged for Yayap to be captured so that the Unggoy could be taken to Alpha Base and signal the former when the Master Chief arrived there. When signaled, 'Zamamee led a group of about thirty Special Operations Sangheili aboard the captured Pelican Charlie 217 and infiltrated Alpha Base. The mission was simple; capture as many landing pads as possible and hold them for six dropships filled with Unggoy, Kig-yar, and more Sangheili. He also coordinated for a contingent of ground forces led by Field Master Noga 'Putumee to lead a simultaneous assault on the base. Though he freed Yayap, the two figured out that the attack was failing. However, Yayap told 'Zamamee that the Master Chief was guarding the Banshees that had been stolen by the humans. Convinced, 'Zamamee headed over to the Banshees, only to realize that Yayap had tricked him. Angrily, he began to threaten Yayap, but Yayap threatened him in turn, going so far as to point his plasma pistol at 'Zamamee before the Sangheili could take any preventative action. 'Zamamee, knowing that the attack would soon fail and that his life was in imminent danger, decided to accept Yayap's plan to escape. The two barely managed to escape in a Banshee as the assault was repelled by the human defenders.

'Zamamee, as advised by Yayap, finally traveled to the Pillar of Autumn crash site where he took on the alias of Huki 'Umamee, another Sangheili who had been killed, to avoid punishment. He stayed there, performing the tasks asked of him until the SPARTAN arrived aboard the ship in order to destroy the reactor core. During a tense meeting, 'Zamamee offered to track down and kill the Master Chief, much to the relief of his commanding officer, 'Ontomee.

Using information fed to him by Yayap, 'Zamamee's final attempt to kill the Spartan was a plan to ambush the Master Chief on an elevator. Armed with a Shade turret and surrounded by Unggoy, he nearly succeeded in killing the Master Chief. However, the Master Chief quickly retreated and Cortana disabled the elevator, causing it to hurtle towards the bottom of the shaft. The SPARTAN tossed two fragmentation grenades down into the elevator shaft. The explosion killed the Unggoy and tossed 'Zamamee out of the Shade, stunning him. 'Zamamee and the elevator then impacted upon the bottom of the shaft, snapping his spine and killing him almost instantly. The last thing 'Zamamee saw before his death was the Master Chief.

Trivia

 * Although depicted in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary employing an infiltration harness due to the game's graphical remaster, 'Zamamee is canonically considered to visually resemble his appearance in the original release of Halo: Combat Evolved. In a Canon Fodder article published in September 2022, an image of 'Zamamee was deliberately featured by Alex Wakeford depicting him in the game's 2001 graphics as opposed to the remaster.
 * In Halo: Combat Evolved, many events that happen are inconspicuously caused by Zuka 'Zamamee, like the battle in the security room in the level The Silent Cartographer.
 * In Halo: Combat Evolved, on the level The Maw, the Elite who is encountered on the elevator after destroying the fusion reactors actually is canonically Zuka 'Zamamee, but he doesn't operate a Shade turret. Also, depending on the level of difficulty, there can be more than one Elite in the elevator.
 * 'Zamamee kept a journal during the Battle of Installation 04, excerpts of which are featured in the 2010 reissue of Halo: The Flood. In the journal, 'Zamamee displays a religious fervor somewhat at odds with his considerably more worldly characterization in the novel proper.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo: The Flood
 * Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary