Kai'd: Difference between revisions

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A '''''kai'd''''' was a military unit of the [[Covenant]], comparable to a traditional military [[company]] crossed with a pack of bloodthirsty warriors.<ref>[[Troy Denning]] on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TDenningauthor/status/1041769954163531777 "''Think of it as something between a traditional military company and pack of bloodthirsty carnivores.''"]</ref><ref name="ss9">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', Chapter 9</ref> Personnel assigned to a ''kai'd'' were outfitted with their own unique armor and utilized a separated [[Covenant battle network|battle network]] for communications.<ref name="ss27">''Halo: Silent Storm'', Chapter 27</ref>

During the [[Ninth Age of Reclamation]], upon learning that the [[United Nations Space Command]] intended to deploy [[Spartan-IIs]] to destroy his [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience]] over [[Biko]], [[Fleetmaster]] [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]] ordered [[First Blade]] [[Tel 'Szatulai]] to assemble a ''kai'd'' composed of the [[fleet]]'s best warriors to hunt down the Spartans.<ref name="ss9"/> 'Szatulai assembled the [[Bloodstars]] ''kai'd'', a flotilla composed of [[intrusion corvette]]s and skilled warriors.<ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', Chapter 12</ref> However, most of the ''kai'd'' was destroyed during a [[Attack on Zhoist|battle]] at [[Zhoist]].<ref name="ss27"/>

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