Red Sons of Sanghelios

The Red Sons of Sangheilios, also refereed to as simply the Red Sons or the Bloody Sons to those who despise them, are a extremist Sangheili terrorist group formed some time after the Human-Covenant War. Founded by Nusra 'Nagon, a former SpecOps Officer and war criminal, they refused to accept the outcome of the war and they oppose the Sangheili's alliance with humanity who they regard as vermin that should be destroyed.

They actively seek to undermine human-sangheili relations and incite war with the UNSC.

Origin
The origins of the Red Sons of Sanghelios lie with it's founder, Nusra 'Nagon. Nusra was a former member of Covenant Special Operations, once a leading member of the Prophet of Regret's Science Lances and the Minor Prophet of Justice's clandestine operations against the. Being involved in numerous secret projects, he was discovered to have been using augmentative chemicals on himself and his men in secret. He was expelled from the military and imprisoned on penal colony of Contrite Abyss. There he toiled in the deuterium mines for years until he was broken out by men loyal to him.

When the Arbiter chose to ally with the humans hhe convinced a great many Sangheili to follow him, but by no means all of them. Many factions railed against this such as and the Children of the Ancients.

Nusra was against the Arbiter's call for peace and was part of a growing number of Sangheili who wanted the war to continue. The Servants of Abiding Truth's uprising against the Arbiter had left him in a weakened position.

The Great Schism left many Sangheili at a loss, unsure of what to do with their sudden loss of purpose and faith. Young soldiers were especially affected, many of those raised faithfully but did not have their visioned cleared by years of experience. Many of these soldiers were still in denial or railed against the actions of the Arbiter as over enthusiastic dissent. This made recruitment easy.

Nusra went about gathering, his rogue SpecOps faction

Organization
As they were founded originally by elements of the Special Operations Group they hardly pose an easy target. When they are not are a heavily entrenched insurgency they use their fleet to keep mobile and out of reach; either impossible to remove or impossible to catch. Both the Office of Naval Intelligence and Special Operations estimate that the Red Sons have up to 95,000 members in their hold, with a unknown number of agents and partners acting on their will.

They operate from hidden bases hidden across space, re-purposed stations hidden in asteroid fields, and their ships, mostly light cruisers. From these hidden locations the Red Sons plan and plot their next moves. If any of these bases are somehow discovered they can simply be evacuated and scuttled before the Arbiter's loyalists can attack, a minor loss at best.

Funding
As a former Special Operations Officer, Nusra possessed a fairly large amount of political and military authority and used this to jump start the Red Sons. Possessing an impressive array of allies and contacts he secured considerable resources for the Sons. The surplus of weapons that flooded the post-war black markets made securing the necessities almost too easy, from weapons and information to warships.

Much of the Sons of funding comes from donations and supplies provided by sympathizers but they also deal in more seedy work to keep their organization afloat. From the criminal underground they channel funding through back channels and underground contacts and partners. They are also known to have a hand deep in arms dealing and hit contracts of which they often take against enemy targets under the guise of mercenaries while at the same time lining their coffers.

Ideology
Though united in their goal, ideas among the Red Sons vary and come together in a melting pot of sorts, coming from many different standings and walks of life, from former soldiers to merchants, peasants, political radicals and the incarcerated. The apparent aim of the Sons are somewhat isolationist in nature and very fanatical.

They believe that an alliance with the human race is a mistake. To them, as a warrior race the Sangheili must continue their war against the humans to finish what they started and finally exterminate them. Some elements show strong indications of xenophobic and supremacist ideas within their ranks.

Strategy
The designation of the Red Sons as a terrorist organization is an accurate one. Their objective is the incitement of war and the downfall of the Vadams and they are not afraid of using highly destructive and dishonorable tactics to achieve this. As much as 51% of their activity is located in human space leading a campaign of terror and political discord. The tactics of the Red Sons are extremely diverse ranging from hijacking spaceships, bombing buildings and vehicles, espionage, to individual assassinations.

Most of their overt attacks concentrate on using bombings and sudden attacks, including suicidal ones against dignitaries and ambassadors or negotiations with the UNSC. However closer examination would reveal another more subtle level of their strategy. At the same time that they using more brazen strategies they operate on a covert and political level.

As their main goal is a renewed war with humanity it is a major win for the Red Sons to provoke the UNSC and spurring the Sangheili into war, but in a position that the Sangheili may emerge victorious. They are willing to do whatever it takes to further their goals and are cunning enough to use their own actions as a smoke screen for higher-tier operations within Sangheili politics. As their actions reshape the political landscape their agents use their operations to incite the Sangheili people and levy support.