User:Ebon Shadowshot/Zajap

"'Enthusiasm' is probably how I can some up this Unggoy."

- Taza 'Relam on Zajap

Zajap was an Unggoy hailing from central Balaho. Shortly into adulthood, he along with hundreds of other Unggoy joined the Covenant Army to bring honor to the Sangheili and the Holy Prophets. When the Great Schism began in 2552, Zajap was among the numerous Unggoy to willingly join the Covenant Seperatists. After participating in the Battle of Installation 00, he continued to serve the Seperatists army against the Jiralhanae. He was often noted for his determination to not fail his group leader.

Covenant Service
Zajap joined the Covenant Army in 2543, late in the war. Many, if not all, of his early battles involved humans from the United Rebel Front, which the Covenant came into combat with much during the 40's. He demonstrated survivability of a higher degree than the other Unggoy, being the one of three Unggoy survivors of the first mission.

Battle of Tenderia
During the Battle of Tenderia (2543-2544), Zajap was present throughout it's duration. At the beginning during the initial phases, the Unggoy assisted in destroying the Anti-Air defences put up by the URF to stop UNSC Ships. His brother Barjap was hit by shrapnel in the legs at the base of one of the Anti-Air defences, and Zajap managed to grab Barjap by the shoulders and pull him to safety while under fire. Once Barjap was behind cover, Zajap took the Fuel Rod Gun from his wounded sibling and managed to cripple the inner casing of the gun, exposing its central core to be destroyed by the Covenant forces. Zajap then stood his ground alongside his file as they fought off the Humans. When the Human assault ended, the well-defended Covenant forces had taken minimal casualties. Unfortunatley, Barjap had died from his wounds by sunset, and was sent back to an unknown location for burial. Soon after this, Zajap was assigned a new task, which was the purging of the nearby city of Jholo.

His journey to Jholo was temporariliy halted by the presence of scattered Humans trying to fend off the Covenant attacks. While still working as a team, the Human resistance was largely unorganised and posed not much of a threat. Neither of these facts, however, made it easier for Zajap or his Squad while trying to cross through the canyons between the Anti-Air defences and the city.

Trivia

 * He is largely inspired by a particular Unggoy in Halo: Reach's Campaign who seemed to not die and continued to fight on when it's leader was killed. Whether this a glitch or bug is not known.