Description from original post (created 2016-05-31 08:01):
The Halo Stealth Elite was a preview of sorts. Above is an Elite Minor from Halo: CE, not CEA, just the original CE. So there are also 2 variants of helmets for Minors and Majors.
Minor 2:
Major:
Major 2:
Zealot:
Spec Ops:
Stealth:
Elite history for Halo: Combat Evolved.
Human-Covenant war
Main article: Human-Covenant war
When the San 'Shyuum declared war on a previously unknown species
called "Humans," the Sangheili followed their lead without question.
After a period of time, however, some seasoned Sangheili veterans began
to question the refusal of the San 'Shyuum to even consider accepting
the Humans into the Covenant, even though the San 'Shyuum insisted that
the Humans were "unclean beings" that must be eliminated from the
galaxy.
These Sangheili seemed to believe that Humans, although physically
weak, at least compared to themselves, were brave and even honorable.
Some even believed that the Humans were equal to them - a considerable
step for a Sangheili - or any member of the Covenant - to make. These
few Sangheili admired how willing and brave the Humans were when
fighting to survive against outright extinction, they even respected to a
certain degree those few soldiers who were willing to stay behind and
cover their comrades from a Covenant attack. A few Sangheili even had
some degree of disrespect for the San 'Shyuum before the Great Schism.
Source:http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Sangheili