Skirmishers

Skirmishers are a race of idiotic bird-brained morons who served the Covenant and were present during the Fall of Reach, and nothing else. They seemed to have popped into existance at the start of the conflict and then just as suddenly disappeared. Jorgey hates them and killed almost every single Skirmisher on Reach, cooked up their flesh and served them up at the Grunt Stop.

Skirmishers seem to be related in some way to Jackals. Rumour has it that the Brutes attempted to cross-breed Jackals and Grunts but the results were so hideous that they threw them into some toxic waste barrels to destroy them, only for the creatures to drink up all the toxic waste and absorb it into themselves. The result was the Skirmisher. The reason why they are called Skirmishers is because they were originally used for Covenant training camps as targets and punch bags, until they developed sentience and asked to join the Covenant.

They can jump really high because they have springs in their feet and they can run really fast because they have their livers saturated in Red Bull at birth, allowing them to be high all the time. They can see in the dark, run on water, eat pot noodles and watch Glee. They really are terrifying creatures.

They seem to take advice from their Jackal ancestors as some seem to have energy gauntlets on their forearms. However, all these shields seem to do is prevent them from hitting their funnybone.