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A '''civilian''', according to international humanitarian law, is a person who is not a member of his or her country's [[uNSC Defense Force|armed forces]]. The term is also often used colloquially to refer to people who are not members of a particular profession or occupation, especially by [[Civilian security forces|law enforcement agencies]], which often use rank structures similar to those of military units. Often, the military's main purpose and occupation is to defend the civilians from invaders. However, many civilians, such as Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] are involved with the military.

Civilians only play a side role in the [[Halo universe|''Halo'']] games. Examples include the Voi factory workers in ''[[Halo 3]]'',<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', campaign level, [[The Storm]]</ref> the civilians on [[Arcadia]] in ''[[Halo Wars]]'', and the civilians in [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]], [[Reach]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. Another example is the meta-game [[Sadie's Story]] in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.<ref>''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', campaign level, [[Mombasa Streets]]</ref>  

Both civilians and civilian vehicles have an increased role and appearance in ''Halo: Reach''. For example, in the level [[Exodus]], the player can save civilians that are being slaughtered by [[Jiralhanae]]. Killing a civilian in ''Halo: Reach'' results in the immediate death of the player with the message, ''"You killed a civilian!"'' Alternatively on co-op, if the player kills two civilians after respawning, Noble Team will turn on the player and kill them instantly with one shot like [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]] and [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sgt. Johnson]] from ''Halo 3''.

File:Uprising_Cleveland_Shadows.jpg|Civilians being round up by Covenant in ''[[Halo: Uprising]]''.

File:H3 factory workers.jpg|Civilian factory workers in the ''[[Halo 3]]''.