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[[File:TLJ Special Operations.png|thumb|right|180px|Special Operations]]Covenant Special Operations is the other subsection of the Special Warfare Group and have appeared prominently in the ''Halo'' series. Personnel within this group are regarded as some of the most skilled warriors of the Covenant military, sent in to accomplish the most covert and dangerous operations. Ranks for the Special Operations span across both the Unggoy and Sangheili species, but while there is only one Grunt rank, three have been identified for the Elites. | [[File:TLJ Special Operations.png|thumb|right|180px|Special Operations]]Covenant Special Operations is the other subsection of the Special Warfare Group and have appeared prominently in the ''Halo'' series. Personnel within this group are regarded as some of the most skilled warriors of the Covenant military, sent in to accomplish the most covert and dangerous operations. Ranks for the Special Operations span across both the Unggoy and Sangheili species, but while there is only one Grunt rank, three have been identified for the Elites. | ||
Unfortunately no visual distinctions can be made between the armour of a regular Special Operations Elite and that of a Special Operations Officer thus far; this is because the armour used by Special Operations has changed as a whole across each video game title. In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' all of the Special Operations that were featured wore a jet-black version of the traditional combat harness. In ''Halo 2'' and ''Halo 3'' their combat harness was again dark, but with a pearlescent-purple shade. And when the unit finally returned in ''Halo: Reach'' it was with a dim brown-maroon hue, albeit in the new Spec Ops armour permutation, which the jet-black Special Operations Sangheili from ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' have now likewise been outfitted in. | Unfortunately no visual distinctions can be made between the armour of a regular Special Operations Elite and that of a Special Operations Officer thus far; this is because the armour used by Special Operations has changed as a whole across each video game title of the series. In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' all of the Special Operations that were featured wore a jet-black version of the traditional combat harness. In ''Halo 2'' and ''Halo 3'' their combat harness was again dark, but with a pearlescent-purple shade. And when the unit finally returned in ''Halo: Reach'' it was with a dim brown-maroon hue, albeit in the new Spec Ops armour permutation, which the jet-black Special Operations Sangheili from ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' have now likewise been outfitted in. | ||
Interestingly the Special Operations Officers that have appeared in media which was released in proximity to the games have also conformed to this unity. Both [[Huki 'Umamee]] and [[Zuka 'Zamamee]], who appeared in ''Halo: The Flood'', wore jet-black armour the same as the rest of the Special Operations Elites from ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. And [[Bero 'Kusovai]] sported dark armour with a slight pearlescent-purple shade when he appeared in the ''Halo Graphic Novel'' story, ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]'', the same as the Special Operations Elites from ''Halo 2''. Therefore even outside of the games, it would appear that there is currently no colour distinction between regular Spec Ops Sangheili and Officers. Yet the authority that they have is very different. As ''Halo: The Flood'' reveals, the Spec Ops Officer has a fairly large amount of military authority, with the ability to not only lead a squad of lower ranked Special Operations forces, but also acquisition operations and have appointed assistants. | Interestingly the Special Operations Officers that have appeared in media which was released in proximity to the games have also conformed to this unity. Both [[Huki 'Umamee]] and [[Zuka 'Zamamee]], who appeared in ''Halo: The Flood'', wore jet-black armour the same as the rest of the Special Operations Elites from ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. And [[Bero 'Kusovai]] sported dark armour with a slight pearlescent-purple shade when he appeared in the ''Halo Graphic Novel'' story, ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]'', the same as the Special Operations Elites from ''Halo 2''. Therefore even outside of the games, it would appear that there is currently no colour distinction between regular Spec Ops Sangheili and Officers. Yet the authority that they have is very different. As ''Halo: The Flood'' reveals, the Spec Ops Officer has a fairly large amount of military authority, with the ability to not only lead a squad of lower ranked Special Operations forces, but also acquisition operations and have appointed assistants. | ||