Rho 'Barutamee (Earth-4001)

Rho 'Barutamee was a veteran Sangheili fleet commander who served the Covenant Ministry of Fervent Intercession as the shipmaster of the CSO-class supercarrier Long Night of Solace and Supreme Commander of the Fleet of Valiant Prudence during the Human-Covenant War. His fleet was tasked with security and stewardship of Forerunner artifacts. 'Barutamee led his fleet in the opening stages of the Fall of Reach, resulting in his presumed death.

History
The history of Shipmaster 'Barutamee is the same as his mainstream counterpart.

Personality & Traits
Rho 'Barutamee was a skilled commander and an excellent tactician, and was noted to be unexpectedly reserved and thoughtful for a former Zealot. He was a fearless leader, though 'Barutamee became afraid for the first time in decades when he realized that punishment from the Hierarchs was a possibility following his impudence and apparent ineptitude at the Fall of Reach. He was disinterested in the war against humanity, but he had no qualms with wiping out an entire system's human population to procure local Forerunner artifacts. 'Barutamee was very ambitious; as a Zealot, he aggressively climbed through the Ministry of Fervent Intercession's ranks by exploiting weaknesses wherever he found them—taking advantage of greed, blind adherence to the Covenant religion, and the ignorance of former allies and comrades alike in order to ascend to the post of Supreme Commander. In battle, 'Barutamee often tactically ignored the United Nations Space Command's attempts to find vulnerabilities in his fleet to exploit, though he realized that he could not afford such luxuries at the heavily defended Reach.

Supreme Commander 'Barutamee was apparently a devout Sangheili and wished to claim Forerunner relics for himself. However, 'Barutamee's ambitions far exceeded the expectations of his enemies and rivals within the Ministry of Fervent Intercession. His personal objective was to locate the fabled Maethrillian, the Forerunner Capital of the ecumene. To help achieve this goal, 'Barutamee had secretly and illegally accumulated a large collection of powerful Forerunner artifacts that he believed would aid in his search. 'Barutamee attempted to pursue his own goals at Reach, while following his superiors' orders. He became conflicted when he learned that a large Covenant fleet from the Ministry of Resolution was en route to Reach, and he feared that the larger fleet would rob him of his chance to locate the Capital.