SUMMARY
Axl is a member of the Yonhet, an alien race native to a small moon called Yonhe, and who appear to be very talented at acquiring a large variety of difficult to find items. When the Yonhet initially came in contact with the Covenant, they were viewed as militarily insignificant, and with such a tiny population, there was little value in considering them as full signatories to the Covenant empire. However, their talents and usefulness gave them flexibility and a high degree of tolerance within the Covenant, and their cynical but devoted adherence to the potential benefits of the Great Journey meant that their loyalty was never in question.

The Yonhet are considered part the “Covenant fringe”, a collection of species scattered throughout the Orion Arm that both provide various strategic and infrastructure-related advantages as well as posing no real military threat to Covenant empire. With the war focus shifting, and attentions turned back towards human expansion and rebuilding efforts, ONI and the UNSC are just beginning to gather the first bits of intelligence on the exact nature and size of the Fringe.

Axl and many others of his species largely remained in hiding until the Human-Covenant War was over, both because it was a fight that wasn’t their own, and because the growing scale of the conflict had made exploration and trade much too dangerous and difficult. In the past few years, the Yonhet have begun to emerge in hopes that the coast is clear enough to make a profit from the fleeting peacetime and political uncertainty. In the opinion of more than a few Sangheili, the Yonhet are considered more reliable than even the Kig-Yar. Taking advantage of the chaos and confusion of the Treaty period, fledgling Covenant warlords have begun to turn to the Yonhet more often to take advantage of their natural skill at sniffing out Forerunner relics. The interaction between these new warlords and the fringe species’ varies greatly however. Where some Covenant leaders have seen fit to elevate particular individuals to more trusted roles, others have taken a more oppressive approach. This has led to multiple isolated reports of Yonhet mistreatment and even enslavement by Sangheili warlords desperate for a larger share of the reemerging Covenant power structure.

345 boating cactus.

Spoiler

Pretty interesting.
Where's that image from?

The Halo Universe on Waypoint was activated today.

Thoughts on it:

The lore behind their species is delicious, but god-dammit, I always prided Halo for not taking the easy route of just changing a facial feature on a human and calling it alien.

Forerunners are an obvious exception, but I dislike this.

Quote from: Sandtrap on November 10, 2014, 12:48:36 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on November 10, 2014, 12:46:13 PM

The Halo Universe on Waypoint was activated today.

Thoughts on it:

The lore behind their species is delicious, but god-dammit, I always prided Halo for not taking the easy route of just changing a facial feature on a human and calling it alien.

Forerunners are an obvious exception, but I dislike this.

I can agree with you. So far, all of Halo's alien have been....alien. Humanoid in structure but distinctly alien. The fellow up above reminds me of a batarian minus and extra pair of eyes. He looks out of place in the Haloverse.

The Archive agrees as well. And it displaced lore a bit too. Sangheili were repulsed by how humans looked. Shouldn't they be used to our physiology by that Yonhet?

Theory Time: I've begun formulating they are a Forerunner-Human offshoot, which might explain why they are so good at "sniffing" out Forerunner tech.

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on November 10, 2014, 12:48:15 PM

Quote from: Sandtrap on November 10, 2014, 12:47:14 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on November 10, 2014, 12:41:54 PM

345 boating cactus.

Spoiler

Pretty interesting.
Where's that image from?

I'd put money down that it's nightfall.

It is, Axl pisses off Randall and ends up getting socked in the face by him. You can see it in the Nightfall Launch Trailer.

Link?

Quote from: BritishLemön on November 10, 2014, 12:56:54 PM

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on November 10, 2014, 12:48:15 PM

Quote from: Sandtrap on November 10, 2014, 12:47:14 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on November 10, 2014, 12:41:54 PM

345 boating cactus.

Spoiler

Pretty interesting.
Where's that image from?

I'd put money down that it's nightfall.

It is, Axl pisses off Randall and ends up getting socked in the face by him. You can see it in the Nightfall Launch Trailer.

Link?

YouTube

1:15. You can see Axl's mottled head.

Quote from: Mr. Admirals on November 10, 2014, 12:53:22 PM

I'm okay with this design.
A second human-esque species is fine, considering all of the varied species that already exist. They don't all need to have "alien" designs.

Looks like a blind batarian.

Would be cool if the FoR theory about the Covenant simultaneously fighting off another alien empire was true though.

Quote from: BritishLemön on November 10, 2014, 01:23:37 PM

Quote from: Lord Commissar on November 10, 2014, 01:14:55 PM

Looks like a blind batarian.

Would be cool if the FoR theory about the Covenant simultaneously fighting off another alien empire was true though.

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When the Yonhet initially came in contact with the Covenant, they were viewed as militarily insignificant

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as well as posing no real military threat to Covenant empire.

Those two statements are separate and spaced out for a reason.