In Response To: Re: Cuddling. Hunter. pairs. (scarab)
: I always wondered what was so special about a bonded pair. If they weren't a
: breeding pair then what was the point? Why such a deep connection?
: And yes, snuggly Hunter pairs are a good thing in their own right. :-)
: In a sense they already did because some time back, pre Halo 3 days, I
: suggested that Lekgolo could take many forms - that there was nothing
: inevitable or natural in the bipedal form to collections of sentient
: worms. I even suggested that they could combine together to form giant
: mechas.
: Bungie went one better and gave us Lekgolo Scarabs.
: Though I think that they missed a trick with the AA guns in halo 3 and Reach.
: They could have been modified Scarabs. They could have made them easier to
: board so that you didn't have to go through the leg damaging mechanism
: just to get on board to kill them.
: And I still want to see a cutscene with Scarabs walking out of an Assault
: Carrier's hanger bay and dropping down to a planet below. Imagine what it
: would be like for an army on the ground. One second there is no enemy to
: be seen. Then the skies are filled with falling Scarabs - retro rockets
: blazing. 10 seconds later you have a full blown war on your hands.
: I have another obsession about how the Covenant or UNSC could swiftly deploy
: forces onto any planet they visit. Its their bread and butter so they both
: have to be good at it.
: A Scarab could hold troops and a couple of Ghosts in its hold. A bigger
: Scarab could hold a Wraith or Banshee or two. The entire package is mobile
: and ready to fight as soon as it lands.
: I've never seen sniper towers being deployed. I wonder if they could act like
: the multi-occupant drop capsules that we saw in Reach. Maybe the energy
: used by the gravity lift could be used instead to generate the shield
: curtains that those drop capsules used. Then, just before impact, they
: could drop the shields and activate the gravity lift to suspend the
: occupants to protect them from the final impact. In essence combine the
: two things into an instant deploy checkpoint/observation post.
: ODST drops could be accompanied by drop capsules that hold extra supplies or
: even Mongeese for rapid transport from the drop site.
ODST drops often ARE accompanied by drop capsules with extra supplies and mongeese. (See Cole Protocol)
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