Drones

Drones are a race of insectoid creatures that are a member of the Covenant Army. They use their powers of flight to aid their Covenant allies in battle, however, if it wasn't for anti-gravity generators attached to their exoskeleton they wouldn't be able to fly at all on any planet with gravity above 1G.

The Drones were absorbed into the Covenant by force but have proven themselves to be excellent warriors and engineers. Their intricate knowledge of starship mechanics has led to them being second in Covenant support only to the Engineers themselves, much to the dismay of other wannabe Covenant tecchies like the Jackals and the Brutes. (LOL)

Drones have been given the dubious nickname of 'buggers' by the Humans, the term first being coined by Sergeant Johnson. However, their hive mind and lack of communicational skills mean that they pay little attention to vocal threats, making the term useless. In fact, the insult should probably be used to describe the Brutes rather than the Drones, but for obviously different reasons.