Dipdip

Dipdip (Oracle Code U1-M0917-911) was an Unggoy that served the Covenant during the Human-Covenant War. His early life is largely unknown, being that he was one of millions of Unggoy children, also due to the fact of Unggoy having a low position in the Covenant. The Fieldmaster of his legion noted that he had some mental problems after his whole lance was single handedly killed by a Spartan, with Dipdip experiencing psychotic episodes of ferocity unusual for Unggoy.
His problems put him in a penal unit, where he remained until the Great Schism, eventually breaking free before joining the Banished as a mercenary-thrall. Over the years his efficiency in combat and extreme bloodlust has garnered him favor with the Jiralhanae of the Banished, and he was made a Warlord and Goblin Jockey, eventually serving as a faithful lieutenant to his former penal unit commander, Field Master Grono 'Yendam.
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
Dipdip was born on the Covenant Capital High Charity sometime in the Ninth Age of Reclamation (2535). He, like most Unggoy, was taken away from his parents and deployed in the Covenant at a young age. He was put to be placed in the military at the age of only seven, and his parents were confirmed to be weeping at his departure.
Dipdip grew up in the slums of High Charity as part of a large Unggoy litter. He helped the family scrap around for food, since the daily rations were not enough to feed the large family. He would also play games such as tag with his siblings, avoiding the dangerous streets. The whole family was constantly abused by neighboring Kig-Yar, who even carried off Dipdip's infant sister and devoured her. Dipdip's uncle had also faced an untimely end, when he was abducted and killed by a gang of Kig-Yar. Their bodies were found in their homes a few days later, being slaughtered by a rival gang. Dipdip was eventually drafted into the Covenant military.
=== Covenant Military Service ===
Dipdip led a relatively minute career in the Covenant military's Fleet of Raging Dominance; typical of many Unggoy during the Human-Covenant War. Promoted to the rank of Heavy due to his bloodlust and affinity for explosives, Dipdip was respected by his superiors - as much as a Sangheili could respect an Unggoy. A notable exception to the many lulls of his career happened during combat against a Demon, in which his entire file was slaughtered. Armed with only a Fuel Rod Cannon, the Unggoy violently expelled the Demon with multiple shots, garnering acclaim from the others in his legion.
While predicted to have mental problems stemming from his conscription as a child, the Unggoy warrior's condition had worsened after his fateful encounter, proceeding to brutalize one of the Kig-Yar in the new file he was assigned to. Eager to remove a troublesome pest from their lower ranks, but unwilling to tarnish the legion's reputation by executing a slayer of Demons, Dipdip's Field Master opted to transfer him to a penal unit in the fleet under the command of a disgraced Sangheili Major named Grono 'Yendamee. While they had vastly conflicting personalities, the two came to a mutual understanding of each other - Dipdip recognized Grono's more pragmatic traits and his less pompous attitude compared to most other Sangheili, and the shamed officer gained modicum of respect for the Unggoy's tenacity and bluntness.
During the Great Schism, Dipdip took the opportunity to flee from the Covenant, stranding himself by circumstance on the Joint-Occupation world of Venezia. There, he was abducted by a Jiralhanae slaver named Jagratius, who sold him into the service of a fledgling faction known as the .
=== Banished Career ===
== Equipment ==
Within his life in the military, Dipdip has mainly used a single weapon; his fuel rod gun. While using plasma pistols and needlers in his early days of the Covenant, Dipdip has used his fuel rod gun ever since using it to kill the Demon that slaughtered his lance. It was never taken away from him, as he would whine and bawl if he did not have it. Dipdip somehow never died in his time in his penal unit, and this weapon is almost certainly one of the reasons for the Unggoy's survival. Unbelievably, Dipdip never lost his weapon during the Human-Covenant War.
== Ranks ==
=== Covenant Empire ===
* Minor 
* Major 
* Heavy 
=== Banished===
* Conscript 
* Assault 
* Goblin Jockey 
* Warlord 
== Non-Canon Sources ==
Dipdip participated in Survival of the Fittest Season 7 and Season 8.
During Season 7, Dipdip was portrayed as a mercenary working for the Flame. Due to the season's cancellation, he never made an appearance.
During Season 8, Dipdip was portrayed as a Warlord in service to the Banished just prior to the Versis Campaign. He was a part of Fireteam Red-Lima, and his teammates were 's Thomas Koepke, 's Althea, and 's Chur'R-Ren. Due to the latter's mistrust of the team, Chur'R-Ren swiftly betrayed them, killing Thomas Koepke. Dipdip and Althea managed to work together to kill the Kig-Yar. In the aftermath, Dipdip mistook Althea for a Spartan, and due to his hatred for them, attacked her. While the Executor-clad AI managed to kill Dipdip with a headshot, he stuck a plasma grenade to her in his death throe, killing her as well. Consequently, the Announcer disabled friendly fire for all remaining fireteams to prevent another unintended bloodbath. Dipdip finished in 90th place.
== List of Appearances ==
* A Lax Conversation 
* Foundations/Insanity
* Foundations/Schism
=== Non-Canon ===
* Survival of the Fittest
** Season 7
** Season 8 (Fireteam Red-Lima, Top 90)
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