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The '''Unggoy'''<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 191 - "Unggoy: the Elite name for the Grunt race".</ref> are a | The '''Unggoy'''<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 191 - "Unggoy: the Elite name for the Grunt race".</ref> are a species of subordinate warriors in the unified conglomerate races of the [[Covenant]]. The [[Humans]] have termed such warriors '''Grunts''', because of their speech patterns<ref>[[Halo 1 Orange Grunt Action Figure]]</ref> and their status in Covenant society. | ||
==Introduction== | |||
Grunts are the lowest-ranked species of the Covenant, and are the lowest in the Covenant caste system. They are often pressed into combat and manual labor<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]''</ref>, although they are poor and overall cowardly warriors. They are physically diminuitive, and wear minimal armor, are too weak to bear most types of heavier weaponry, and are tactically inadept and inaccurate at shooting. | |||
They are unusual in that they appear to be a [[methane]]-based lifeform. Their combat armor is even integrated with a methane rebreather system, as Grunts appear to be unable to survive long without methane<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]''</ref>. | |||
==Rank== | ==Rank== | ||