Jul 'Mdama's Covenant

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The Covenant Remnant is an umbrella term for members of the former Covenant Empire who remain loyal to the hegemony's ideals in the wake of the Human-Covenant war, the Great Schism, and the disappearance of the San 'Shyuum. The de facto leader of the remnant's main body is Jul 'Mdama.

Background
After breaking away from the main body of the newly peaceful Covenant, the Covenant Remnant continued to adhere to worshipping of the Forerunners, particularly the Didact. The Covenant Remnant was founded in 2553 by Jul 'Mdama and Kaidon Panom.

Sometime in 2554 the Covenant Remnant discovered the Shield World Requiem, but they could not find a way inside and had been transmitting 'Didact' to the sphere ever since.

In the summer of 2557, Storm forces on Requiem engaged UNSC personnel who had become stranded on the installation, defying the cease-fire between humanity and the Sangheili. The Covenant still maintained a presence on Requiem six months later, attempting to awaken the Librarian hidden in the Shield World. The Covenant would eventually vacate the planet when Jul acquired one half of the Janus Key and set the planet to collide with the sun.

Member species
As in the original Covenant, the Sangheili serve as the Storm's military leadership caste. The Sangheili armor covers less of their skin than the standard Sangheili Combat Harness, owing to the fact that most of the armor is scavenged or non-military. It is worth noting that the Sangheili have a larger head and oral structure including a more protruding mouth towards the front of their cephalic structure unlike the Sangheili seen in Halo: Reach or Halo 3 as the Elites in the two previous games have a skinnier cervical unlike the thick neck seen on the Storm Elites.

Ranks: Storm Sangheili, Sangheili Ranger, Sangheili Commander, Sangheili Warrior, Sangheili Zealot and Shipmaster.

Unggoy: The Unggoy serve their traditional role as cannon fodder.

Ranks: Unggoy Storm, Unggoy Ranger, Unggoy Imperial and Unggoy Heavy.

Kig-Yar: Kig-Yar are deployed as skirmishers, light infantry and marksmen. Similar to the Unggoy, they possess a more reptilian morphology than those commonly encountered during the Human-Covenant war.

Ranks: Kig-Yar Storm, Kig-Yar Sniper, Kig-Yar ranger and Kig-Yar Heavy.

Mgalekgolo: Mgalekgolo serve a heavy infantry role.

Catherine Elizabeth Halsey joined forces with Jul 'Mdama at the end of Spartan Ops season one for revenge against the UNSC. Jul 'Mdama saw her as important, giving her some crude medical attention after she was shot by Sarah Palmer. There is, however, no evidence that she actually subscribes to the beliefs of the Covenant Remnant, and as such she is not technically a member.

Vehicles

 * Type-26 Assault Gun Carriage
 * Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft
 * Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle
 * Type-44 Troop Carrier
 * Type-56 Ground Support/Ultra Heavy Deployment Platform
 * Seraph
 * Drop Pod
 * Type-56 Ground Support/Ultra Heavy Deployment Platform
 * Seraph
 * Drop Pod

Trivia

 * The Covenant Remnant is commonly referred to as the "Storm Covenant." This is due to their "Storm" ranking system and the new Storm Rifle (the successor to the Plasma Rifle).
 * Unlike the regular Covenant, the Remnant is not averse to using Human technology. There are several examples of Remnant units, such as Parg Vol, collecting UNSC weaponry. Other examples include the theft of several UNSC nukes that then had their warheads removed and used in an attemt to destroy the UNSC Infinity.


 * ​In gameplay, Remnant units will even man machine gun turrets.
 * It is interesting that in the Spartan Ops cutscenes, only Storm Sangheili are featured, despite there being a multitude of ranks and species among the Covenant Remnant. Furthermore, only blue Storm Sangheili are featured despite the fact that most if not all ranks come in different colors.
 * All species of The Covenant present in Halo: Combat Evolved are featured in The Covenant Remnant thus far.
 * Jul Mdama is the only Zealot in Halo 4 that has blue armor and a different holographic symbol.
 * Gek is the only Storm Sangheili that didn't wear his helmet in the cutscenes, even when he was hunting down Henry Glassman and Spartan Thorne.
 * Each rank except Sangheili Zealots, Sangheili Warriors, and Unggoy Rangers have different color armor.

List of Appearances

 * Halo 4