Kig-Yar

The Kig-Yar are known by two names, 1) Jackals 2) Skirmishers The Kig-Yar had originally started as a group of spacefaring pirates.

The Jackals are seen more often than their counterparts.

Jackals usually carry either a Plasma Pistol or Needler with an Energy Shield, but they occassionally battle as snipers, in which they carry either a Particle Beam Rifle, Carbine, Needle Rifle, or Beam Rifle.

The Skirmishers are seen during the Battle of Reach, but they didn't actually fight during any of the later battles of the war.

Skirmishers usually carry either a Plasma Pistol or a Beam Rifle, but they occassionally carry dual Mini-Energy Shields with a Plasma Pistol.

There was even a shipmistress named 'Chur'R-Yar, she was in command of the 'Minor transgression. She discovered the planet Harvest and found a rich lode of suppposed Forerunner relics. She planned to keep a share of the claimed relics to herself, to better barter for the advancement of her race within the Covenant, but also because she wanted her ship out of commission during the Kig-Yar mating session. In her effort at hoarding a portion of the relics, Chur'R-Yar disabled the Luminary and threatened Dadab, an Grunt Deacon, to keep quiet. She was severely wounded by the UNSC soldier SGT Avery Johnson and died when she blew up a methane tank, attempting to kill him, destroying the 'Minor Transgression' in the process.

Even as the Grunts and Hunters defected to the Elites, the Kig-Yar stood their ground at the Prophets' side.