I am curious if anyone has seen a lore explanation for why some halo infinite sentinels wield the shock rifle? A banished developed weapon. It makes sense why they would be wielding sentinel beams and heatwaves, but I cannot think of a good lore explanation for why the shock rifle would be among them. Perhaps this was just a gameplay choice to give them a bit more effectiveness at range, although it would be nice if there was a canonical reason that this was so.
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It was probably just 343 being lazy
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The Harbinger took control of the Sentinels (I guess?) and she’s working with the Banished so yeah. That’s what I pretend.
It indicates that shock weapons were originally Forerunner, so of course they’d be outfitted with it.
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These sentinels are not equipped with a generic shock weapon, but with a banished shock rifle. Perhaps this is just a gameplay quirk that is not meant to be looked at too closely (as in: sentinels needed a shock or ranged weapon and rather than make a redundant weapon in the sandbox just give them the existing weapon), but it is definitely not satisfactory to say that the shock weapon they are wielding is of forerunner origin.
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I personally never saw it as a Banished weapon, simply doesn’t seem anything like what they’d use (yes, I know they occassionally use it, but that doesn’t mean they created) so I always thought it had Forerunner origins or whatever the heck Harbinger is (she could be Endless or anything, Idk)
Anyway I’m not too heavy of a lore nerd, I am curious if anyone can tell me whether or not the Brutes ever used shock based weaponry before Infinite.
Well the gravity hammer always has had a crackling energy like pulse associated with the gravity blast. Not sure if thats a direct tie in or not.
I saw the shock weapons as more of a weapon unique to the faction that the Harbinger is from, that got commandeered by the Brutes
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no they added it in infinite
Yeah, and this is a fair thing to bring up (originally was my thought as well), when I did some digging however I found that according to a cannon fodder article as well as in halo: shadows of reach the shock rifle is specifically noted as having banished origin. So the gun is definitely a banished weapon.
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I may be missing something, but is it ever stated as a banished weapon?
I can only think of one thing, and that’s the Banished somehow convinced Adjutant Resolution they were allies and armed them.
I think it’s easily assumed to be because of the Red paint as well as the really archiac use of Electricity instead of Plasma or Hardlight.
it is, if you look at it has the body of a brute shot and the blade as well
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It is also explicitly stated as being of banished origin in both a canon fodder and in Halo: shadows of Reach.
Yes, I think without a specific explanation this is the most logical way it could’ve occurred. I think this is circumstantially supported by the fact that the banished are never seen in conflict with the sentinels or monitors as far as I can remember. Although the opposite case can also be made given that the banished want to release the endless which stands in direct opposition with the wishes of the monitors and by extension the entire installation. But I do think your guess is as good a guess as possible given what we know.
I wasn’t a fan of this myself, I would have absolutely taken Enforcers as a unique sentinel enemy type over sentinels but with weapons from other factions.
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