Just a small thing, but do y’all think they should start using the different species’ real names more often during the campaign? They’ve been doing it more in the novels, I feel it makes it seem more "sci-fi"ish.
Perhaps have the scientists and admirals and whatnot use their correct names more often, and the servicemen who are used to it call them by their more common names.
I just think it’d give the story more of an intricate feel.
Thoughts?
Completely agree, after all the elites have taken to calling humans by their proper title (ex. spartan instead of demon) it’s only fair to return the favor. 
> Completely agree, after all the elites have taken to calling humans by their proper title (ex. spartan instead of demon) it’s only fair to return the favor.
It’s not as common as you think. In Glasslands, we’re still called vermin and other names.
Well if you were a General or Field Commander or any other higher ranking officer, wouldn’t you want your commands to be easily understood?
For example, Marines seem to use the words “grunt” and “elite” commonly. It would be most effective for a commanding officer to use those terms in order to make easily interpreted commands.
Also, the nicknames the soldiers give to the enemies seem to do a fairly decent job at describing that enemy’s appearance or behavior. Elites look superior(elite). Grunts look weak and are common foot soldiers(aka grunt), and etc.
I can almost imagine this as an easter egg:
Field Commander: “Move move move! We have a lance of Kig-Yar incoming!”
Soldier: “Those are the ones with the swords, right?”
“We’ve got Kig-Yars in the courtyard!”
I was thinking about this the other day: What do the Covies call themselves, not the Covenant, surely. That’s too earthly.
And what about their vehicles? We call them Ghosts and Banshees! Did they pick up on our battle cries, “Banshees! Fast and low!” and “Someone take out that wraith!” These spectral names wouldn’t exist in their language, right?
> > Completely agree, after all the elites have taken to calling humans by their proper title (ex. spartan instead of demon) it’s only fair to return the favor.
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> It’s not as common as you think. In Glasslands, we’re still called vermin and other names.
True, but in Glasslands we magically produced a ship that was three miles long while struggling to keep our colonies in line…
But yes, it would be a nice change but I’d like to see the nicknames used more often like Split jaw.
It would be cool, but it probably wouldn’t roll off the tongue nicely. Imagine if all the marines called the chief Master Chief Petty Officer John 117, by the time they are done talking, a jackal would probably beam rifle their face off. Same with the post above, kig-yar doesn’t seem to roll off nicely. Maybe it would only be good in certain situations, just not in battle, like you said with the scientists and admirals.
> > > Completely agree, after all the elites have taken to calling humans by their proper title (ex. spartan instead of demon) it’s only fair to return the favor.
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> > It’s not as common as you think. In Glasslands, we’re still called vermin and other names.
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> True, but in Glasslands we magically produced a ship that was three miles long while struggling to keep our colonies in line…
>
> But yes, it would be a nice change but I’d like to see the nicknames used more often like Split jaw.
Just please no Hinge-head, I still don’t know why Traviss thought that was some common nickname for Elites.
> > > > Completely agree, after all the elites have taken to calling humans by their proper title (ex. spartan instead of demon) it’s only fair to return the favor.
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> > > It’s not as common as you think. In Glasslands, we’re still called vermin and other names.
> >
> > True, but in Glasslands we magically produced a ship that was three miles long while struggling to keep our colonies in line…
> >
> > But yes, it would be a nice change but I’d like to see the nicknames used more often like Split jaw.
>
> Just please no Hinge-head, I still don’t know why Traviss thought that was some common nickname for Elites.
She was too busy plotting how best to make Halsey look like an idiot. I swear, we need Nyulend back…
> > > > > Completely agree, after all the elites have taken to calling humans by their proper title (ex. spartan instead of demon) it’s only fair to return the favor.
> > > >
> > > > It’s not as common as you think. In Glasslands, we’re still called vermin and other names.
> > >
> > > True, but in Glasslands we magically produced a ship that was three miles long while struggling to keep our colonies in line…
> > >
> > > But yes, it would be a nice change but I’d like to see the nicknames used more often like Split jaw.
> >
> > Just please no Hinge-head, I still don’t know why Traviss thought that was some common nickname for Elites.
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> She was too busy plotting how best to make Halsey look like an idiot. I swear, we need Nyulend back…
Overall, I enjoyed the novel, but she left me shaking my head many times. I swear, the confrontation between Parangosky and Halsey near the end almost embarrassed me that I was reading it.
I agree completely, but I’d like to see the humans and Spartans remain “Scum” or “Demon”, that give’s it a more Sci-Fi-is
I think the Covenant should call eachother by species. Like when an Elite dies the grunts yell “Sanghieli down!”
> Well if you were a General or Field Commander or any other higher ranking officer, wouldn’t you want your commands to be easily understood?
>
> For example, Marines seem to use the words “grunt” and “elite” commonly. It would be most effective for a commanding officer to use those terms in order to make easily interpreted commands.
>
> Also, the nicknames the soldiers give to the enemies seem to do a fairly decent job at describing that enemy’s appearance or behavior. Elites look superior(elite). Grunts look weak and are common foot soldiers(aka grunt), and etc.
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> I can almost imagine this as an easter egg:
>
> <mark>Field Commander: “Move move move! We have a lance of Kig-Yar incoming!”</mark>
> <mark>Soldier: “Those are the ones with the swords, right?”</mark>
as funny as that is, new coming players wont understand the easter egg and think that elites are actually called Kig-Yar