If you watch the series trailer there is a jackal with an energy gauntlet and a sword. These guys would be fun to fight in infinite if done right.
Jackal Duelist
Lore: These jackals are normally seen in space combat working in places that weapons fire can call everyone in the room themselves included. as such they have mastered melee and the use of their shields even reflecting explosives thrown at them. unlike the main ranks their shields don’t have the firing notches allowing for better protection. Higher ranks have even been seen with cloaking or shields.
Gameplay: comes in 3 ranks, dueler, knight, pirate.
Dueler
info: the lowest ranked jackal sword fighter, these guys don’t really use tactics rushing at their enemies using their shields to block fire and explosives.
Knights
info: equipped with armor, a helmet, both a shield and gauntlet shield, these bastards are stronger then even elites in melee, they have even been seeing turning off their gauntlet and using manglers to deal with ranged targets only to seamlessly drop it when the enemy gets close.
Pirate
info: the strongest of the Jackal duelists, assassins use a cloak, modified UNSC snipers, and stolen repulsers. easily mistaken for bog standard jackal snipers at range, the difference is their cloak makes them impossible to detect till after they fire and even then only for 5 seconds while it reactivates. If an enemy gets close they will swap from their sniper to their gauntlet and stolen UNSC repulser.
even at range they will use that Repulser to return explosives to sender both thrown and launched types. in melee they will use it to block melee attacks like sword lunges and hammer swings. They will also use it to “lung” at the player firing it off behind them sword aimed at the player.