User:Ebon Shadowshot/Capture the Flag

A game of strategic thinking and tactical planning, Capture the Flag (often abbrieviated as CTF or Flag Capture) is a game played by the Covenant and Humanity alike. The most common variant of the game involved two teams with a flag in their base. Each team had to defend their own flag while attempting to capture the enemy teams. The winner was the team who captured the flag first. However over the centuries, different versions had formed and were commonly played.

As the war began to end in 2552, the Prophet of Truth banned the game as it was wasting money that needed to go to the war effort. Some Loyalists still play the game to this day, now free from Truth and the San 'Shyuum; it is rumoured that a game of Capture the Flag is part of the Jiralhanae training programme. Capture the Flag returned to Sangheilian culture following the outbreak of the Great Schism, as it forced the mind to think of conflict and tactics while still having fun. Although not used in the United Nations Space Command military training excersises, Capture the Flag was one of hundreds of options that was debated to be on the SPARTAN-II training system, but Dr Halsey decided against it.