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The Sangheili War Navy is a branch of the Sangeheilian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations. Its roles include patrolling Sangheili territory, engaging in ship-to-ship combat with enemy aggressors and the deployment of the Sangheili Field Army. At its height, the SWN fielded thousands of warships ranging from Dreadnoughts to Assault Carriers to Frigates supported by a armada of agriculture and refueling vessels.

History
The Changing of the Guard was a critical moment in Covenant military history, where the Jiralhanae had taken the role of the Prophets protectors from the Sangheili. However the effect was not as wide spread as thought; Only in High Charity, the Second Fleet of Homogenous Clarity and the Fleets attacking the Terran homeworld did the roles fully change. As the message was sent across Covenant space, it confused Sangheili Ship- and Fleetmasters, knowing the order came from the Prophets but the Prophets they knew and believed in would not replace the Sangheili with the Jiralhanae: a race considered inferior in Sangheili eyes.

However, a second transmission were sent from Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum merely minutes after the Prophets ordering all Sangheili to slaughter the Jiralhanae beasts aboard their vessels. The result differed from ship to ship: on some vessels Jiralhanae were slaughtered as they slept unaware of the political unheavel, other Jiralhanae were prepared for the Sangheili and managed to take control from the Sangheili. On the larger scale, Fleets were broken between Jiralhanae and Sangheili commanders resulting in various Fleets not knowing who controlled other Fleets in Covenant space.

Order was restored when Arbiter Thel 'Vadam called for all Sangheili-controlled Fleets to retreat to Sanghelios and hold behind the Line - the boundary of the newly formed Republic of Sangheili Meritocracy.

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