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Jackals are the scouts and marksmen of the Covenant military. They are about 5'6" tall and due to their lack of physical durability, they carry a portable [[Jackal Personal Arm Shield|Energy Shield]] generator during combat. Jackals are employed mainly as sharpshooters with their excellent vision and dexterity, and are also deployed to defend strategic areas. When a Jackal is under fire, he or she will cover its head with its hands and trot away to another position from which to fire from. The first [[Human]] contact was between [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Johnson]] and [[Byrne]] on a Human freighter as Jackal pirates tried to board the ship. Jackals have never been seen using grenades except in the book [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]. This is probably because they wield both their weapon and their shield, and so cannot throw grenades while dual-wielding. They are called '''Kig-yar''' in Covenant language. Jackals were the first Covenant race that the [[Spartans]] encountered, as seen in [[The Fall of Reach]].