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Posted by: OrderedComa
Posted by: Stacka30
The color of a Shangheilis armor (like all other species in the Covenant militry) is determined by their rank. The reason why you never see a purple elite is because only Elites of the the Rank of Supreme Commander may have (along with a purple cloak), but they may also choose to wear a golden harness, like Zealots.
They probably have gold harness because Supreme Commander is one of the many subsets of the Zealot rank.
Yeah, so basically it's sort of an informal/formal combination, Purple while doing their designated roles and then Golden when in active duty or with superiors (aka, Thel before being branded in Halo 2)