ハンター
出典: Halopedia
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青の装甲に身を包んだ大型コヴナント。初代HALOからの登場。 人型に見えるが、これは装甲内で複数のミミズ状の生物が有機的に 結合した姿である。耐久力は非常に高い。 コヴナントの中では最大の種族で、身長は3ｍを優に超える。出現する時は必ず二体ペアである。 装甲は頑強で、たとえ背後からであっても攻撃は通用しない。 弱点は背部や腹部の装甲が無い部分で、頭部に見える部分ではない。 主武器は右腕に内蔵された燃料式ロッドガン。これにより対車両戦でも遺憾なく戦える。 また、盾によって接近戦もこなす。 実力を認めたエリート族以外の種族とは交流を持たず、HALO2のエリート族コヴナント脱退に伴い、 ハンター族の多くが人類と敵対しなくなった。
[編集] Background
When the Mgalekgolo home world of Te was visited by the Covenant, intent on mining its riches, they faced, instead, heavy resistance from what the humans know as "Hunters". Their physiology gave them a tremendous and unexpected advantage in combat, not only hampering, but even halting, the Covenant's advance and killing an Arbiter. The Covenant were further infuriated by the Lekgolo's destruction of Forerunner artifacts during the Mgalekgolo's routine feedings.[3] In ground combat campaigns they were mostly victorious, despite the valiant effort of the Sangheili. The Covenant was forced to rely on orbital bombardment, a strategy against which the Mgalekgolo had little-to-no defense. Thus, to save themselves from extinction, their only choice was to agree to join the Covenant. This later came to be known as the Taming of the Hunters. Terms for their induction into the Covenant were eventually met, despite communication difficulties (which hampered the process). In their agreement to join with the Covenant, the Lekgolo worms, which fed on specific minerals, were consigned to investigate the Forerunner Dreadnought that resided in High Charity and help uncover its inner workings. Their price for this trade was access to space-travel technologies and exploration of the Covenant space lanes.
When a single colony of Mgalekgolo becomes too big, the colony will divide in half to create two independent Mgalekgolo colonies. These colonies will share an extremely close and mysterious bond, referred to only as being "bond brothers", or "mates".[4] The armor and Assault Cannons used by the Mgalekgolo were given to them by the Sangheili after the former joined the Covenant. Mgalekgolo that have split into "bond brothers" are recognized by spiked appendages that rise from their shoulders, which means that they are bonded to another Mgalekgolo.[5] Bonded Mgalekgolo colonies are dropped into battle together by the Covenant, as the Spartans learned: where you find a Hunter, there is another close by. If one of the bonded colonies is killed, the other will go into a frenzied state, much like the berserk state of a Jiralhanae, or the suicidal charge of an Unggoy. If left alone for a long period of time, however, they will adopt a "split personality" of shooting followed by melee attacks.
During the Battle of Onyx, some Hunters apparently had command of lower-ranking Sangheili, signifying they may have a higher military rank in the Covenant military than previously indicated.
