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===Role and responsibilities=== | ===Role and responsibilities=== | ||
Skirmishers are typically deployed as shock troops or in tightly confined choke points where they can use their superior mobility to outmanoeuvre their enemy.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLegendary}} Within the Covenant, Skirmishers were able to attain several ranks in the standard Covenant [[Covenant rank structure|military rank system]] including [[Minor]] and [[Major | Skirmishers are typically deployed as shock troops or in tightly confined choke points where they can use their superior mobility to outmanoeuvre their enemy.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLegendary}} Within the Covenant, Skirmishers were able to attain several ranks in the standard Covenant [[Covenant rank structure|military rank system]] including [[Skirmisher Minor|Minor]] and [[Skirmisher Major|Major]], with the most combat-experienced of the latter drawn into the ranks of the [[Skirmisher Murmillo|Murmillones]]. [[Skirmisher Commando|Commandos]] served as special operations hunter-killer Skirmisher units, while [[Skirmisher Champion|Champions]] served as chief commanding officers over [[Unggoy]] and lower-ranked Kig-Yar.{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=186-187}} | ||
Skirmishers are deployed as shock troopers or for the defence of critical choke points, using their speed to outflank, outmanoeuvre or overpower an enemy infantry force.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} While serving in the Banished, the best skirmishers are granted a level of autonomy and discretion which far exceeds other Kig-Yar.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLegendary}} Those serving with the Banished regularly make use of point defence gauntlets similar to those utilized by the Covenant's Murmillones.{{Ref/Game|Id=HINFModel|HI|Skirmisher model}} | Skirmishers are deployed as shock troopers or for the defence of critical choke points, using their speed to outflank, outmanoeuvre or overpower an enemy infantry force.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} While serving in the Banished, the best skirmishers are granted a level of autonomy and discretion which far exceeds other Kig-Yar.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLegendary}} Those serving with the Banished regularly make use of point defence gauntlets similar to those utilized by the Covenant's Murmillones.{{Ref/Game|Id=HINFModel|HI|Skirmisher model}} | ||