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Unlike most other Covenant rankings, "Ossoona" was a temporary rank bestowed by the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]] upon specially selected Sangheili warriors and is a subclass of the [[Stealth Sangheili]] rank. Ossoonas are roughly equivalent to expendable spies or assassins, sent on high-risk missions of critical importance.<ref name="tf28"/>

Due to a lack of intelligence on the [[United Nations Space Command]], the Prophets had begun to pull a handful of Sangheili from active duty into temporary service as Ossoonas. In order to be chosen, these individuals had to be experienced officers. This is because higher ranking Sangheili are more valuable in active duty, whereas the lower ranking [[Sangheili Minor|Minors]] were considered too inexperienced and liable to either become compromised or abandon their mission in pursuit of their own personal glory.<ref name="tf28"/>

The mission of an Ossoona was to collect information on the enemy while avoiding any type of combat. Most Sangheili felt that there was little honor in such an assignment, but complied in accordance to their religious duty. Covenant leaders felt that zeal was a quality to be admired, but an espionage job would help tame young Sangheili and teach them the finer arts of stealth in battle.<ref name="tf28"/>

The title of Ossoona was usually bestowed for a single mission, though a series of missions were sometimes given. An Ossoona would always be equipped with [[active camouflage]] generators and recording devices similar to UNSC [[helmet recorder]]s. They were usually equipped with a [[Type-25 plasma pistol]] and [[Type-1 plasma grenade]]s as well as [[energy shielding]] just in case they were to be discovered. Ossoona missions would tend to include non-combat intelligence gathering, such as capturing high ranking enemy personnel, equipment, [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]s, weapons, etc.<ref name="tf28"/>