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[[File:BruteBodyguard.png|300px|thumb|A Jiralhanae Bodyguard with a [[ | [[File:BruteBodyguard.png|300px|thumb|A Jiralhanae Bodyguard with a [[leader power armor]].]] | ||
'''Bodyguard''' is a specialty [[Covenant rank structure|role]] in the [[Covenant]]. They serve as bodyguards for high-ranking leaders and other Covenant political figures.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsCampaignHalo3.aspx?gameid=20779 '''Bungie.net:''' ''Stats'']</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}} | '''Bodyguard''' is a specialty [[Covenant rank structure|role]] in the [[Covenant]]. They serve as bodyguards for high-ranking leaders and other Covenant political figures.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsCampaignHalo3.aspx?gameid=20779 '''Bungie.net:''' ''Stats'']</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Bodyguards are responsible for the protection and defense of high-ranking officials as well as for the enforcement of tribal law and/or military law.<ref name="HE145">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 145''</ref>{{Ref/Quest|Id=Hi|HI|Connections|Bipbap}} | Bodyguards are responsible for the protection and defense of high-ranking officials in the [[Covenant]] as well as for the enforcement of tribal law and/or military law.<ref name="HE145">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 145''</ref>{{Ref/Quest|Id=Hi|HI|Connections|Bipbap}} | ||
==By species== | ==By species== | ||
===Jiralhanae=== | ===Jiralhanae=== | ||
Bodyguards are responsible for the protection of their pack's [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Chieftain]] and other Covenant political figures as well as for the enforcement of tribal law and/or military law. Whenever there is a Chieftain nearby, one can expect to encounter Jiralhanae Bodyguards, which look very similar to [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captains]].<ref name="HE145" | Bodyguards are responsible for the protection of their pack's [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Chieftain]] and other Covenant political figures as well as for the enforcement of tribal law and/or military law. Whenever there is a Chieftain nearby, one can expect to encounter Jiralhanae Bodyguards, which look very similar to [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captains]].<ref name="HE145"/> | ||
Jiralhanae Bodyguards | Jiralhanae Bodyguards wear [[Leader power armor|leader]] [[Jiralhanae power armor|power armor]] colored a pale silver-blue with a red-colored undersuit.{{Ref/Reuse|HE145}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3}} They tend to favor Covenant weapons such as the [[plasma rifle]] and [[Vostu-pattern carbine|carbine]] rather than their own native technology, but they have been seen wielding the powerful and deadly [[Type-25 Brute Shot|brute shot]] and the [[Ukala Workshop Mauler|mauler]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3}} Bodyguards are equipped with a [[bubble shield]] for additional protection and [[regenerator]]s to heal themselves in combat, on the battlefield. Jiralhanae Bodyguards utilize [[power drain]]s to interfere with all electronic equipment and the energy shields that belong to hostile forces.{{Ref/Reuse|H3}} | ||
During the [[Battle of Installation 00]], some Jiralhanae Bodyguards served as the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]'s personal protectors,<ref name=H3>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> presumably replacing [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] whom most were killed by [[John-117]] while attempting to repel the Spartan from ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' during the [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=HU|HU|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|#3]]}} | During the [[Battle of Installation 00]], some Jiralhanae Bodyguards served as the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]'s personal protectors,<ref name=H3>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> presumably replacing [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] whom most were killed by [[John-117]] while attempting to repel the Spartan from ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' during the [[Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=HU|HU|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|#3]]}} | ||
===Unggoy=== | ===Unggoy=== | ||
The Bodyguard role | The Bodyguard role was also held by the [[Unggoy]] within the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}{{Ref/Reuse|H5G}} Most notably, [[Bipbap]], one of most dangerous Unggoy known by the [[United Nations Space Command]], was once a bodyguard for high-ranking officials within the Covenant, such as the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]], before joining the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}} | ||
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File:HINF Bipbap.png|Bipbap the | File:HINF Bipbap.png|Bipbap the Vanquisher, a former Covenant Unggoy Bodyguard. | ||
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{{Main|Unggoy Bouncer}} | {{Main|Unggoy Bouncer}} | ||
Unggoy bodyguards serving within the Banished are also known as Unggoy Bouncers, to which this role is available only by special appointment. Banished leaders can make use of them to protect the clan's leaders and assets, making both the greatest risk and holds the greatest prestige of any Unggoy role within the Banished and requiring only those willing to lay down their lives and guaranteeing sacrifices with ample remunerations for those in the bouncer's family. Those Unggoy wear the same [[Ultra-class armor|ultra-class]] [[Unggoy combat harness|combat harnesses]] as standard [[Unggoy Ultra]]s, albeit equipped with personal [[Energy shielding|energy shields]].{{Ref/Book|Id=EN|Enc22|Page=431}} | Unggoy bodyguards serving within the Banished are also known as Unggoy Bouncers, to which this role is available only by special appointment. Banished leaders can make use of them to protect the clan's leaders and assets, making the bouncer role both the greatest risk and holds the greatest prestige of any Unggoy role within the Banished and requiring only those willing to lay down their lives and guaranteeing sacrifices with ample remunerations for those in the bouncer's family. Those Unggoy wear the same [[Ultra-class armor|ultra-class]] [[Unggoy combat harness|combat harnesses]] as standard [[Unggoy Ultra]]s, albeit also equipped with personal [[Energy shielding|energy shields]], unlike most Unggoy ranks.{{Ref/Book|Id=EN|Enc22|Page=431}} | ||
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