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Games with stories that involve aliens invading another planet.
Animals and Creatures that serve to populate levels and give the world life. Usually passive and may try to avoid or runaway from the player, But some may become hostile to the player once attacked/provoked. Some may not be able to be interacted with at all either being in the background/foreground or too far away.
New addition to the Halo multiplayer system for Halo: Reach. Combines the ideas of Perks from Call of Duty 4 and Equipment from Halo 3.
The Jiralhanae are called Brutes by the UNSC. As a result of the expulsion of the elites from the Covenant, they serve as the primary antagonists during the events of Halo 2 and 3.
Grunts are part of the Covenant Army. Due to their sheer number and low standing, they are often used as cannon fodder.
In the Halo series, flying insect creatures who fight alongside the Covenant.
The empire for the Forerunners.
A prolonged battle in the Human-Covenant war.
Halo Waypoint is a downloadable application for the Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 that serves as a hub for both information about the Halo series and the "Halo career" of players.
Henchmen are the loyal grunts caught in between the player and the main antagonist. Without them every game would be nothing more than a boss battle.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
The Human-Covenant War was a series of battles that was fought between the UNSC and the Covenant Empire.
As mentioned from the book The Fall of Reach.
One of the alien speicies that comprises the Covenant of the Halo series; known mostly for use their use energy shields and long range weaponry in battle.
A moment in a game in which the player is faced with overwhelming odds, designed to be unbeatable by conventional means, but in which the player is encouraged to continue to fight anyway.
A militia is a group of regular citizens that work, often without pay, to enforce laws and provide defense for a community.
Noble Team is a small-scale fire squad of the UNSC Special Warfare Command Group Three, comprised of mostly Spartan-III super soldiers and one Spartan-II commando.
Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (A.K.A. Helljumpers) are UNSC special forces from the Halo franchise. They are considered the best of the best of the natural Humans; only the cybernetically and surgically-enhanced Spartan supersoldiers outperform the ODSTs.
A division of the UNSC Navy in the Halo franchise. They played an integral part in the Human-Covenant War.
Very large African flightless birds.
Planet destruction sometimes a gameplay mechanic, sometimes a plot point. Should cover pending as well as actual destruction.
Typically representing the elite of humanity's Space Forces, Space Marines have appeared in numerous games such as the Doom series and Warhammer series.
Genetically and cybernetically-enhanced supersoldiers, the SPARTANs are Humanity's first and last line of defence against the Covenant. The Master Chief is a SPARTAN-II. They are named after the ferocious Greek warriors of antiquity.
Despite fighting each other constantly during the Human-Covenant War, the Elites and Spartans worked together to stop the Flood and save both their races from extinction.
An alien alliance consisting of several unique species that serves as one enemy in the Halo franchise.
The ancient race responsible for the Halo ringworlds, thought to be long absent from the universe.
The United Nations Space Command is the military force that represents the united Human race in the Halo franchise. They are all that stand between the Covenant and their goal of exterminating Humanity.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
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