| rdfs:comment | - Nobody can doubt the effectiveness of the SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-III Programs, both in terms of military performance and as psychological deterrents and morale sappers. Among the Covenant, who treat all such creatures with a nearly supernatural regard, they acquired a reputation as Demons, and were the only warfighters to ever give the Sangheili, a warrior race that prides itself on its fearlessness, reason to hesitate in their battle plans against humanity. Their existence single-handedly allowed humanity to survive the Human-Covenant War, holding back the Covenant onslaught long enough for the Great Schism to begin, shattering it forever and giving humanity respite.
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| abstract | - Nobody can doubt the effectiveness of the SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-III Programs, both in terms of military performance and as psychological deterrents and morale sappers. Among the Covenant, who treat all such creatures with a nearly supernatural regard, they acquired a reputation as Demons, and were the only warfighters to ever give the Sangheili, a warrior race that prides itself on its fearlessness, reason to hesitate in their battle plans against humanity. Their existence single-handedly allowed humanity to survive the Human-Covenant War, holding back the Covenant onslaught long enough for the Great Schism to begin, shattering it forever and giving humanity respite. It is therefore understandable that the Covenant sought to render the threat the Spartans posed them neutralised. Assembled in 2542, the Raak'ezh Warrior Creche was one of dozens of Zealot strike forces assembled by the Covenant to hunt down and kill UNSC special warfare operators, managing to kill a number of Spartans and other augmented personnel, taking part in actions on half a dozen human colony worlds, especially on Hope. It would continue to operate through until the start of the Schism, when it was officially deactivated as the Sangheili Armed Forces formed its grudging alliance with humanity. Unofficially, it would continue to hunt down and kill enemy targets, this time among the Blood Covenant. After the conclusion of the War of Vengeance, the Raak'ezh would be recruited by the Governors of Contrition as a mercenary force, once more (and gleefully so) deployed to kill Spartan targets during the Second Great War, managing to kill Oliver-B112 during the Second Battle of Cloistering Expectancy in 2569 during the joint SAF and UNSC defence of the planet, an important armoury and resupply base for both factions. This act would be its downfall - Kukri Team, of which Oliver was a member, would go semi-rogue, hijacking an ONI Prowler and hunting down every single member of the Raak'ezh Warrior Creche, concluding with the death of its leader while attempting to flee for his life in 2571. Kukri were later pardoned for this action, but it would be the final end for one of the Covenant's most ferocious and feared Zealot strike forces.
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