Sangheili Ranger: Difference between revisions

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{{Outofdate|[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]}}

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|branch=[[Fleet Security]]<ref name="visual"/>

|mission=Unconventional warfare<ref name="visual"/>

|role=[[Extra-vehicular activity]]<ref name="visual"/>

<br> Specialized reconnaissance<ref name="visual"/>

|notable=[[Vil 'Kthamee]] <br> [[Loquen 'Nvong]] <br> [[Ziln 'Klel]] <br> [[Kola 'Baoth]]

The '''Sangheili Rangers''' are a specialized [[Sangheili]] unit in the [[Covenant]], its post-war [[Covenant remnants|remnant factions]],<ref name="h4">'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''Interactive Guide''</ref> and the [[Banished]].<ref name="HW2"/> Within the Covenant Empire, they were organized under [[Fleet Security]], a division of the [[Special Warfare Group|Covenant Special Warfare Group]].<ref name="visual"/> Experts in [[Extra-vehicular activity|extra-vehicular]] space and aerial combat, the Rangers are a threat to ships, stations, as well as many other types of flightcraft.

Normally deployed as an expeditionary force during limited naval engagements, it is they who choose which craft are to be boarded and which destroyed. Experts in both zero-g combat and demolitions, they have been the bane of many a ship.<ref name="Joyride"/> Rangers also perform HAZOP operations and traditional scouting roles.<ref name="H4Rangertoy">'''Halo 4 Series 2 Elite Ranger Action Figure''' box descirption</ref>

 

Sangheili Rangers are combat experts in environments with little or no gravity. However, they are commonly deployed planetside during engagements. A Ranger's ease of mobility poses the greatest threat to his opponents on a world's surface.<ref name="enc133">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 133'' (2011 edition)</ref>

Sangheili Rangers have served since the dawn of the Covenant.<ref name="H4Rangertoy"/><ref name="BC">'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'''</ref> Sangheili Rangers were deployed during the [[Covenant]]'s [[Fall of Reach|attack]] on the human colony planet [[Reach]]. During the later stages of the [[Siege of New Alexandria]], a team of Sangheili Rangers entered the [[New Alexandria Hospital]] shortly after [[SPARTAN-B312]] destroyed a [[Covenant communications jammer]]. They attempted to kill the Spartan, but were ultimately killed by the supersoldier.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[New Alexandria]]''</ref> During their attempts to seize the [[Forerunner]] [[Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|artifact]] located under [[SWORD Base]], the Covenant deployed many Sangheili Rangers along with other troops to attack [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]'s laboratory, but all were slain by the defending [[SPARTAN-III]]s of [[NOBLE Team]]. Several were also present at the [[Asźod ship breaking yards]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[The Package]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> Near the end of the battle, a large contingent of Sangheili Rangers was dispatched to the [[UNSC Circumference]] along with their [[Kig-Yar]] [[Kig-Yar Ranger|counterparts]] in order to retrieve the ship's NAV database. They were stopped by [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]], but not before causing the presumed death of [[James-005|one of its members]].<ref name="ReferenceA">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref>

During the opening stages of the [[Battle of Earth]], Sangheili Rangers were among the forces deployed to a cluster of [[orbital defense platform]]s above [[Earth]] to destroy them with [[antimatter charge]]s and tip the battle in favor of the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|Covenant fleet]]. They were successful in destroying [[Athens Station|two]] [[Malta Station|of]] the platforms but were prevented from destroying the [[Cairo Station (station)|third]] due to the intervention of a [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[John-117|soldier]].<ref name="cairo"/> Upon his arrival at [[Installation 05]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] deployed his forces onto the surface of the ringworld. Among these forces were Sangheili Rangers. They were unable to prevent the Hierarch's assassination at the hands of the Master Chief.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]''</ref>

Sangheili Rangers also serve in the mercenary group known as the [[Banished]], as part of [[Let 'Volir|Let 'Volir's]] [[Enduring Conviction|crew]] when he joined.<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref>. These forces were part of the massive Banished deployment onto [[Installation 00]] in [[2559]]. The Sangheili Rangers of the Banished served as marksmen and skirmishers, rather than extravehicular combat specialists.<ref name="HW2">'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref>

The Rangers wear hermetically sealed combat armor that would allow them to work in the vacuum of space or other similarly hazardous environment.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In addition to this, the Rangers are equipped with either an [[antigravity pack]] or a [[Covenant thruster pack|thruster pack]], providing them greater mobility. The armor of a Sangheili Ranger allows them to operate in gravity and [[oxygen]]-free environments, but the thrusters on their armor are specifically designed for mobility in gravity-intensive environments.<ref name="enc133"/>

Like most Sangheili units, the Rangers utilize [[Type-25 plasma rifle|plasma rifle]]s and [[Type-51 plasma repeater|plasma repeater]]s as their standard armament.<ref name="lnos"/><ref name="cairo"/> On some occasions, Rangers within the original Covenant would use the [[Type-52 focus rifle|focus rifle]] and the [[Type-31 needle rifle|needle rifle]].<ref name="cairo"/><ref name="nightfall">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Nightfall]]''</ref> [[Lodam Armory]] also produces a combat harness for Rangers, based off their harness for Covenant [[Sangheili Storm|Storm units]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-fury-s-road '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Fury's Road'']</ref>

[[File:reach 1641531 Medium.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Ranger in mid-flight.]]

*They more commonly utilize a [[type-56 needler]] in combat.

Sangheili Rangers are anti-infantry units armed with T-51 carbines that can be built by every Banished leader at the [[Raid Camp]]. Unlike Rangers in other games Banished Rangers do not use jetpacks, and are not equipped with energy shields. In [[Blitz]] Rangers cost 30 energy while Assault Rangers cost 50 energy. They come in pairs and threes unlike UNSC [[sniper]]s, who are deployed alone.

File:Reach E310 SangheiliRanger.png|A Sangheili Ranger with a [[Type-52 focus rifle|focus rifle]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.

File:HReach - Ranger 2.png|A Sangheili Ranger standing still wielding a [[Type-51 plasma repeater|plasma repeater]] in ''Halo: Reach''.

File:HW2 Sangheili Rangers Frontier.png|thumb|A squad of Sangheili Rangers on the map, [[Frontier]] in ''Halo Wars 2''.

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