Bestiarum

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The Bestiarum is a compendium of information about the various species in the Halo Universe.
It is included exclusively in the Legendary Edition and Collector's Edition of Halo 3. In the Collector's Edition it is a physical book, while in the Legendary Edition it is included in an expanded digital form on the Legendary-exclusive DVD.
The book has renders and a grid outline of sorts of the entities of the Halo Universe. It also includes information about the species' homeworlds and the Forerunner Technological Achievement Tiers. It is written from a Forerunner point of view and cites its sources including communications from The Arrays, The Shields, 2401 Penitent Tangent, and 343 Guilty Spark. It is worth noting however that the latter Monitor's observations are "under investigation."
==Bestiarum - (CAVEAT)==
The following information has been gleaned from a variety of sources, impartial and otherwise. Records retrieved from alien systems cannot be verified except by cross-reference against our own records. The significant system-wide lull in record-keeping for many of these species invalidates much of the provable veracity of this information. The following document is as accurate as possible under difficult circumstances but should be treated as an incomplete investigation only.
Investigation Status: ON GOING.
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Information origins include:
UNSECURED ALIEN COMPUTER ARCHIVES (SUSPECT)
RECORDED OBSERVATIONS (VARIABLE)
TRANSLATED COMMUNICATIONS (VARIABLE)
INTERLOPED SYSTEMS (SUSPECT)
OWN ARCHIVAL EVIDENCE (ACCURATE)
COMMUNICATIONS FROM ARRAY INSTALLATIONS (CLEAR)
COMMUNICATIONS FROM SHIELDS (CLEAR)
ASSUMPTIONS FROM MONITOR 343 GUILTY SPARK (UNDER INVESTIGATION)
ASSUMPTIONS FROM MONITOR 2401 PENITENT TANGENT (CLEAR)
DNA/RNA/Silicon samples are encoded in this datastream. Reproduction of individuals for analysis is prohibited by this facility.
==Beastiarum==
===Unggoy===
[GRUNT, Monachus frigus]
HOMEWORLD
Balaho
POPULATION
320 Million
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
Pack/Matriarchal
GOVERNMENT
Tribal/Religious hegemony client
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Native Tier 6/Adopted Tier 2
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Negligible 
===Jiralhanae===
[BRUTE, Servus ferox]
HOMEWORLD
Doisac
POPULATION
12.5 Billion (estimated)
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
Pack/Alpha oriented/Warlike/Patriarchal
GOVERNMENT
Feudal subdictatorships/Religious hegemony client
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Native Tier 4/Adopted Tier 2
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Significant to serious 
===Kig-Yar===
[JACKAL, Perosus latrunculus]
HOMEWORLD
Eayn
POPULATION
10 Billion
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
Luck egalitarianism/Ochlocracy
GOVERNMENT
Postindustrial capitalism/Religious hegemony client
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Native Tier 4/Adopted Tier 2
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Negligible to Mild 
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===San'Shyuum===
[PROPHET, Perfidia vermis]
HOMEWORLD
(High Charity)
POPULATION
500 million (at reseeding);
23,831,346 (currently)
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION
Theocracy
GOVERNMENT
Religious hegemony
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Tier 2
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Significant to serious 
===Yanme'e===
[DRONE, Turpis rex]
HOMEWORLD
Palamok
POPULATION
2.980 Trillion
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
(Hive[?])
GOVERNMENT
Monarchy/Religious hegemony client
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Native Tier 4/Adopted Tier 2
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Negligible 
===Mgalekgolo===
[HUNTER, Ophis congregatio]
HOMEWORLD
Te
POPULATION
unknown
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
Egalitarian
GOVERNMENT
Socialism/Religious hegemony client
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Native Tier 3/Adopted Tier 2
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Mild 
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===Sangheili===
[ELITE, Macto cognatus]
HOMEWORLD
Sangheilios
POPULATION
8.135 Billion
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
Manorialism/Militant/Patriarchal
GOVERNMENT
Religious hegemony
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Tier 2
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Significant to serious 
===Human===
[HUMAN, Homo sapiens sapiens]
HOMEWORLD
Earth
POPULATION
200 Million (sudden change)
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
Mixed/Democratic/Religious
GOVERNMENT
Emergency military
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Tier 3
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Significant to serious 
===Huragok===
[ENGINEER, Facticius indoles]
HOMEWORLD
(Various[?])
POPULATION
N/A
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
N/A
GOVERNMENT
Religious hegemony client
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Tier 1
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
(Nonexistent[?]) 
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===Flood===
[PURE FORM, Inferi redivivus]
HOMEWORLD
(Extra-galactic[?])/
~first contact (G617g)
POPULATION
(unknown[?])
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
(Utopian socialism[?])
GOVERNMENT
N/A
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Native Tier 7/Adopted Tier 2
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Significant to serious 
===Gravemind===
[GRAVEMIND, Inferi sententia]
HOMEWORLD
(Extra-galactic[?])/
~first contact (G617g)
POPULATION
(unknown[?])
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
(Utopian socialism[?])
GOVERNMENT
N/A
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Native Tier 7/Adopted Tier 2
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Significant to serious 
===Uncategorized===
[RECLAIMER, Homo sapiens augeous]
HOMEWORLD
Earth/other
POPULATION
200 Million (sudden change)
SOCIETAL APPROXIMATION 
Mixed/Democratic/Religious
GOVERNMENT
Emergency military
TECHNOLOGY TIER
Tier 3
CURRENT THREAT TO ARRAY
Significant to serious
(ties with group - Human) 
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