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Says it right there, in the Halo 3 section, that Truth took the Dreadnought to the Ark to activate it when the human fleet ambushes him. This needs to be changed, as this is NOT the Ark; it is the Portal to the Ark.
71.180.144.236 20:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Did anyone else notice that the current Covenant age is the seventh age, and the it is of relamation the age in which the "reclaimers" will come perhaps i don't it just seems odd to me.
Seven is used many times in the Halo series. Don't ask me to list all of them. Chenzo23 03:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Here are the stuff that are seven in Halo 2:
1. There are 7 types of covenant
2. 343 Guilty Spark's Number in actually 7x7x7
3. 2401 Penitent Tangent's Number in actually 7x7x7x7
4. Gravemind sometimes speaks in lines of 14 syllables.
(e.g 1) This one is machine and nerve, and has its mind concluded. This one is but flesh and faith, and is the more deluded. (e.g 2) Silence fills the empty grave, now that I have gone. But my mind is not at rest, for questions linger on.
5. In a certain level, there are seven grenades arranged to look like a circle.
6. The seventh age in the covenant calander
7. There are 7 halos.
8. There are 7 types of boardable vehicles
9. There are fifteen levels in Halo 2. (15 (Levels)-1 (Halo 1)/2 (Halo 2))
10.There are 7 types of multiplayer games
There are probably more, but these are the ones I managed to find.
User: agunimon60
Seven is simply a reoccuring motif in Bungie works. For example, the offcial Bungie fandom is called "The Seventh Column" or their "Seven Step Plan to World Domination." They simply use that number as an identifying trait and running in-joke among long-time Bungie fans. It is fun to observe, sure, but best not to look too deeply into it or make a big deal of it, you will just end up running yourself in circles looking for permutations on that number. -
Fearless Son
17:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
The race itself isn't that important, or at least any more important than any other races; most of the article is POV, in-universe, and unsourced; once I remove the cruft, it wont' be that large and can be merged. Dåvid Fuchs ( talk / contribs) 02:35, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
I moved this to the front because it needs to be discussed. I'm calling for removing the merge tag because no one has made an attempt to clear out the cruft (signifying to me that readers deem its important) in the two weeks since it's nomination. Please reply '''Support''' or '''Oppose''' // 3R1C 17:32, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
This article is in dire need of cruft removal. Unfortunately, since the whole of wikipedia seems to be against this article being split into subsequent smaller pagers (vehicles, races, etc), the information is going to have to be prioritized and stuff not in accordance with wp:nor, wp:fict, et al is going to have to be removed. I'm going to start doing this today. I'm going to attempt to marginalize as many of my edits as possible so that anything someone disgrees with can easily be found in the history. If you have a problem with something I removed, post it in this section // 3R1C 15:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm in the process of re-writing the section and subsection on vehicles. It's really ugly and not encyclopedic at all, not to mention hard to read. Questions, comments, concerns are more than welcome while I do this // 3R1C 21:41, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The vehicle section should probably be merged. List of vehicles in the Halo universe, which was originally essentially Covenant and Human vehicles with descriptions, was [ [1]] some time back, with no indication to reverse that decision. Heck; I'd merge the pages myself, but I'm not exactly sure what would and wouldn't be appropriate to move in. Ourai тʃ с 19:00, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Guys, "jiralhanae" is Korean for "That's bullshit" (or many other more vulgar interpretations) It's been on this page for a long time, and I'm not a Halo expert by any means, so I want to make sure it's legit. Err, I want someone with the right resources to make sure it's legit. I suppose it could be a coincidence, but not likely.
Why doesn't it say the military rank of a white haired Brutes or councel members(when the Brutes replaced the Elites on the council). I meen shouldn't white haired Brutes be stronger by nature and be Brute veterens, and shouldn't council members have Honor Guard hellmet, flag and White hair, and shoudn't this be mentioned under Military. --[User:Anonamous]
its right i used to have the limited edition of Halo 2 and it is jiralhanae
Uh, just a speculation and question. Did anyone read Ghosts of Onyx? Spartan-III production included inducing chemicals that gave the trainees reflexes and reactions like a brute (agressive and reckless) in stressful situations, giving them an advantage if outnumbered. Also, some of these Spartan-III were MIA. Could this mean a betrayal of UNSC because of an overload of the "animal" inside the brains of these Spartans?
Rollback 03:30, 25 January 2007 (UTC)tnpirate92
What exactly do you mean by that? If you mean that you think a "rebellion" by S-IIIs could take place, then don't worry. First, at the end of GoO, only a couple of S-IIIs are left and they have been highly trained to defend humanity. Besides, who would they defect to? This is off the topic of this discussion as well. Please move this to the Spartan-II or make a Spartan-III page. El Oscuro 15:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
It is stated that elites use human weapons. As far as I can recall, the only time I have seen Elites use human weapons is when the arbiter chooses to do so, or gives a human weapon to one of his Elite allies. And I believe this only happens while fighting the flood, where human weapons are more effective. So it would seem that it would be better to rephrase it to say that Elites are capable of wielding human weapons, but do not choose to do so unless ordered to by the arbiter.
Also, in the same section it mentions the dual weilding of plasma swords by Elites in the Halo Graphic Novel. Should it also be noted that they are seen weilding a sword and rifle simultaneously, or that they seem to have their own variation on the jackal energy shield?
The Covenant's lack of use of "infidel" weaponry is inaccurate; the only source of this actually happening is when the Master Chief recals a Jackal refusing to use a human weapon and instead fighting hand to hand, in Fall of Reach; there's no other recorded point in Halo canon where the Covenant express a refusal to use human weaponry. There are several instances where they actually do use them; e.g. a Grunt carrying a Marine's pistol and web belt in The Flood, and the Elite executing Dowski with Keyes' pisol later on. Both the LE manual and Halo 2 have also shown that the Covenant have no qualms about using human weapons. Peptuck 06:39, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Though they may have a part to play later in the Halo series, I don't think they deserve an section because there is so little useful information in it. Anyone agree with me? -- Rubiksphere 06:40, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm around eighty percent sure that the "Sharquoi" is a race of Covenant. I believe they were meant to be bosses towards some of the last levels, but were taken out for some reason, probably because Bungie wanted to live up to it's rule of "no bosses". I don't remember exactly where I heard this, but I think it was from the Bungie forums. They supposedly look bigger than a hunter, are whitish yellow. That's about all I remember. I read this some monthes ago, and maybe someone else has more recent insight, so I didn't edit the page. Chenzo23 03:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
In the list of vessels, I think the Covenant destroyer Bloodied Spirit, which was taken by the SPARTAN Blue Team and used to travel to the planet Onyx, should be included. It had a sister-ship, which was destroyed by FENRIS nukes, but I don't think the name of it was given. S W Is For Life 08:14, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone have a good source for this section? I was about to remove it as speculation, but decided that I should bring it up first. bibliomaniac 1 5 02:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
This post might be a bit short but, would it be possible to get a covenant weapon list in this Wiki? Jaller141 21:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
More looks should be taken into this topic. As Orson Scott Card did give further descriptions of the buggers in later books. However, as to how much is yet to be seen. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.192.181.84 ( talk) 04:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC).
OSC's buggers are similar in that they serve a "hive-mind," but the physiology is notably different. I assumed the Halo buggers got the nickname because they are so irritating (hard to shoot because they fly around so much.) However, Bungie has admitted to being influenced by many other sci-fi works, and the Ender series was read by a LOT of people, most likely including many Bungie staffers... Smw543 12:22, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
In between getting the Halo Graphic Novel up to snuff, I'm going to clean up this article. Which entails gutting a fair amount of it, as its unsourced speculation. So be warned. Dåvid Fuchs ( talk / frog blast the vent core!) 02:33, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I think that this article is pretty much near a standard where we could have it nominated for GA. However, there are some things that have to be done:
Dåvid Fuchs ( talk / frog blast the vent core!) 16:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
As far as I'm aware, the parts about the "Taming of the Hunters" section of the article are accurate, and are taken from excerpts of the Halo Story Bible shown in the Halo: Combat Evolved strategy guide. I think. Peptuck 20:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
This article is in well shape; however some of the images on the "Species" section need to be sourced, after this has been attended I will gladly pass the article. - 凶 15:52, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Issues for hold have been dealt with, congrats. -- 凶 20:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
IIRC either Bungie's own Bestiary or the Halo 1 manual state that they are five feet in height. They seem smaller because they're hunched over with the methane rebreathers and you're an eight-foot-tall Elite or Spartan. Peptuck 17:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Really? Wow. This changes my view on the game entirely. Thanks for the information. HaLoGuY007 01:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
For some reason people are still vandalizing the height specification. Neil the Cellist 01:29, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I know this is as much OR as the section i just reverted, but wouldnt it be sensible to assume that the reason the covenant speak english in halo 2 as opposed to halo is because of the arbiter. Having to play roughly 50% of the game as a character whose language the player cannot understand, recieving missions, orders, and updates in a language the player cannot understand, is ridiculous. WookMuff 22:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Alright, I understand. No harm intended, it was my fault. Neil the Cellist 19:29, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
According to the Bestiarium packaged with Halo 3, grunts speak English, I won't get into why; and in Halo: The Flood (the novel that coincides with the Halo 1 timeline) several high ranking elites speak English, implying they are capable. Grunts have always spoken English in the game (even in Halo 1) and at least some Elites also spoke English prior to H2. Hope my nerdy knowledge helps! By the way, Wikipolicy clearly says that just because other examples exist, that doesn't mean it's true in every case. English subs in an English game like Halo are for deaf people, et al. I move for application of Occam's Razor; the explanation that Bungie made the Elites speak English in order to simplify play is the simpler solution requiring the fewest unverified assumptions, ergo it should be taken as default unless one can prove otherwise. Smw543 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 12:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Someone with the IP address 24.231.161.180 keeps editing the Halo articles, constantly changing certain words around or adding nuisance phrases like "Hunters are gay and are known to be bad at sex". I tried running a WhoIS IP Search but it yielded no results. I'm guessing that the IP is a proxy of a sort, because I can't trace it at all. Any ideas? Admin help? Neil the Cellist 19:31, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't know who added this, but I'll remove it anyway:
"Hunters are hard to kill. They can be killed by grenades specificly plasma. If you dont have any of those try and get a beem rifle and remember they come in packs.
This page is rife with spoilers, and lacks the standard warning.
I am confused with the date that the Human-Covenant War started. The Halo: Combat Evolved instruction manual says it started in the year, 2517, thirty-two years before the events of Halo: CE, but Halo: The Fall Of Reach says it was 2525. Considering that Halo: CE came out after Halo: The Fall Of Reach, it would be more updated than the book and I would conjecture that it started in the year 2517. Lil Kizzle 15:58, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Is there really a need to keep that in there? I noticed that the Korean meaning of Jiralhinae isn't there, despite the fact that consensus seems to agree that it means "berzerker" or nutjob, or whatever--and yet the Tagalog meaning of Unggoy seemed to sneak in there. I saw that and did a doubletake--"Is that what Grunts are called in the Philippines, or is this the meaning of Unggoy in Tagalog? What's this mean?". In short: Why is it there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.116.182.235 ( talk) 03:52, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Just to ask, what exactly does it mean that they are coded in Halo 1. Does that mean they have a cameo or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.136.223.186 ( talk) 18:02, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.199.15.33 ( talk) 01:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC)