User blog:Pygmy Hippo 2/Covenant Elites/Sangheili (Halo) vs. Imperial Death Troopers (Star Wars)

The science-fiction genre has many evil empires and we took a look at some of those group's ground troops in my first year. But now we're looking at the special forces, the best of the best who are perfect for leading assaults against whoever opposes their leaders and for guarding their commanders from whoever tries to kill them with some of the best weapons available.

The Elites/Sangheili, the Covenant Empire's greatest troops who prove their merit with the blood of their enemies!

The Death Troopers, the Galactic Empire's surgically enhanced infantry who can guard and attack with equal effectiveness!

Who is Deadliest?

Covenant Elites/Sangheili (Halo)
"On the blood of our fathers, on the blood of our sons...we swore to uphold the Covenant!"

Bio:The Sangheili, also known as Macto cognatus or Elites, are a saurian species of fierce, proud, strong, agile and intelligent warriors and skilled combat tacticians. Sangheili are named after their home planet, Sanghelios. Known to humans as Elites, due to their skill in combat, the Sangheili formed the military backbone of the Covenant Empire for almost the entirety of its existence. They had a very strong rivalry with the Brutes, which finally became open hatred during the Great Schism, and the conclusion of the Human-Covenant war.-DF Wiki Page

Short Range:Type-25 Plasma Rifle

The Elites' fully automatic primary weapon has 100 battery units of superheated plasma, a range of 50m, a muzzle velocity of 126 m/s, and a rate of fire of 540 rounds per minute but can overheat.

Long Range:Type-50 Particle Beam Rifle

The Elites' semi-automatic marksman weapon has 10 ionized accelerated hydrogen particle shots, a range of 1, 500m, and a muzzle velocity of 3657 m/s with a 10× zoom.

Special Weapon:Type-1 Energy Sword

The Elites' close-quarters melee weapon is 49 inches long, weighs 5.2 pounds, is made of shaped plasma, and can be used to stab foes ten times.

Explosive Weapon:Type-1 Plasma Grenade

The Elites' antipersonnel grenade weighs 2 pounds, is filled with 9.3 oz latent plasma, sticks to whatever surface it hits and explodes in 3 seconds, and has a kill radius of 3 meters.

Imperial Death Troopers (Star Wars)
"It's the trooper you don't see that will get you."-Cassian Andor

Bio:Death troopers are an elite variant of the stormtroopers. They served as bodyguards for important Imperial officers and members of the Tarkin Initiative, as well as being used as special-mission experts. The earliest known deployment of the death troopers was in 13 BBY when they served Director Orson Krennic on his mission to find and capture Galen Erso. They would continue to protect the director until his death on the planet of Scarif at the start of the Galactic Civil War.-DF Wiki Page

Short Range:SE-14R Light Repeating Blaster

The Troopers' five round burst secondary weapon fires bolts of intense plasma energy, has a scope, and is pistol-sized with considerable recoil.

Long Range:E-11D Blaster Rifle

The Troopers' fully automatic primary weapon fires 500 bolts of intense plasma energy, a stock, a large-bore reinforced barrel, and has a high rate of fire but can overheat.

Special Weapon:Sonic Imploder

The Troopers' anti-infantry explosive uses sound waves to blind and weaken enemies in its proximity for a short time but can kill them if they're close enough.

Explosive Weapon:C-25 Frag Grenade

The Troopers' fragmentation grenade is filled with baradium-impregnated detonite with a conductive shell that can be activated with a twist.

X-Factors
Armor:The Covenant Elites wore Sangheili combat harnesses made of nanolaminate plating that emit personal energy shields via an armor lock and some used active camouflage to make themselves nearly undetectable by blending in with their surroundings. The Death Troopers wore black body-armor that was superior to the standard Stormtrooper armor and coated in Reflec to warp electromagnetic signals and their helmets had sensor and targeting systems along with a Neuro-Saav macromotion monitor.

Experience:The Covenant Elites have fought the UNSC in the Human-Covenant War and had to fight against their Covenant leaders near the end of the war in the Great Schism. The Death Troopers have fought against rogue Geonosian hives, force beings, the Rebel Alliance in numerous battles, and Dr. Aphra's crew.

Training:The Covenant Elites have been trained from childhood to be warriors with ranged weapons, hand-to-hand combat, and swordsmanship skills with promotion requiring killing enemies to prove their merit and being stronger and more agile than most species thanks to their biology. The Death Troopers were trained in a camp on Scarif where they learned how to fight in exotic environments, unarmed combat, heavy weapons, demolitions, and marksmanship in small squads for stealth missions along with being surgically enhanced to be above the average human in physicality.