Halo "Jackal" Enemy

It's been a long time since I posted about Halo. So I figure that now is a good time to post on Halo. The Jackal is a halo enemy that you see all over the place. I can honestly say that you can spot a good 50-100 of them or more in any level other than the first one (first level only has elites and grunts). Jackals are easy to spot, they have a large, glowing shield on their left arm. This shield is blue for minors and orange for majors. Halo 2 and 3 have sniper jackals that have no shield but rather a 2-handed "beam rifle". This post is about the minors and majors. Jackals carry plasma pistols and can use the overcharge ability on it (the overcharge has a little homing and completely drains any shield down to 0). The best way to dispatch a jackal is to either use explosives (shield can't deflect and jackals are completely oblivious to grenades in Halo 1) or plasma weapons (sustained fire will fry shield). Another option is to snipe them if your at a distance and carrying sniper rifle. The shield does have a weakness, there is a small slot from which the fire past the shield, and you can hit them through this slot. Jackals are pathetic alone and annoying in numbers.