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Sangheili officers tend not to be original thinkers, tactically or strategically speaking, but they are rarely stupid. Many commanders are capable of using effective strategy and tactics, although most are raised by traditional military doctrine to observe their own honor codes, which demand Sangheili officers to be present in battle to serve with their troops, needlessly endangering the chain of command. Furthermore, the Covenant denote their ranks using a very clear and observable color-coded system that makes officers highly visible. When the Jiralhanae replaced the Sangheili, they began using more brutal tactics in battle, partially to demoralize human forces and partially to satisfy their own more unrestrained violent nature, including eating captives taken in battle, and continued the use of a color-coded tiered rank system. Both Sangheili and Jiralhanae troops use powered armor that features energy shields, providing limited protection against firearms, and provide leadership for squads of Unggoy and Kig-Yar. | Sangheili officers tend not to be original thinkers, tactically or strategically speaking, but they are rarely stupid. Many commanders are capable of using effective strategy and tactics, although most are raised by traditional military doctrine to observe their own honor codes, which demand Sangheili officers to be present in battle to serve with their troops, needlessly endangering the chain of command. Furthermore, the Covenant denote their ranks using a very clear and observable color-coded system that makes officers highly visible. When the Jiralhanae replaced the Sangheili, they began using more brutal tactics in battle, partially to demoralize human forces and partially to satisfy their own more unrestrained violent nature, including eating captives taken in battle, and continued the use of a color-coded tiered rank system. Both Sangheili and Jiralhanae troops use powered armor that features energy shields, providing limited protection against firearms, and provide leadership for squads of Unggoy and Kig-Yar. | ||
While the Covenant typically rely on massed infantry, they also deploy a range of other military forces, including long-range Wraith mortar tanks, and fast, nimble Banshee fighters to provide air superiority and close air support. Troop transport is provided by well-armed and protected dropships, particularly the Spirit and Phantom models, as well as the large, powerful [[Type-56 Lich]], or by armored vehicles like the Type | While the Covenant typically rely on massed infantry, they also deploy a range of other military forces, including long-range Wraith mortar tanks, and fast, nimble Banshee fighters to provide air superiority and close air support. Troop transport is provided by well-armed and protected dropships, particularly the Spirit and Phantom models, as well as the large, powerful [[Type-56 Lich]], or by armored vehicles like the [[Type-29 Shadow]], and heavy firepower is provided by a range of massive walkers, ranging from light units like the Locust, to larger units like the infamous Scarab, to rare but extremely large units like the Harvester and Kraken. While these walkers were originally designed for excavation work, using plasma weapons or lasers as drills to uncover Forerunner structures and artifacts, their size, armor and power made them ideal for conversion into powerful engines of destruction during the war with humanity. During planetary conquest, the Covenant often bombard positions with plasma from the air or from orbit, devastating large areas and reducing them to molten [[lechatelierite]] with the extreme heat. This process is extremely difficult, though not impossible, to survive. | ||
===Humanity=== | ===Humanity=== | ||