A covenant fleet just happens to be outside Requiem just as John gets there.
My theory is that they have been cloned or modified to be controlled by this new threat, as an outside protection to try and stop intruders getting in. Or that they are infected by something created by this new threat so that they can control them.
The Elites and the Grunts both have a similar pale “skin”. Both species also have a slightly different anatomy, this is possibly the best canonical reason they are different.
Grunt
Elite
If the changes aren’t due to canon, then they would be either rogue or have learned of this threat, and are either worshiping them or attempting to wipe them out.
What do you think? Discuss and post your own theories.
A theory requires evidence, I see none on your end.
There is no theory. Its a new Art Direction. Simple as that.
From the OXM
> Scott gives the reason for the design change: “I want the characters to emote. Having characters with visible teeth is important to me”
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> His aim is to make the chiefs enemies “fierce, frightening and Alien”
> A theory requires evidence, I see none on your end.
Definition of “theory” - A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something.
Ideas do not require “evidence”.
And the evidence is there, you can see that they both have pale skin. Do you have any evidence to say that my Idea’s aren’t possibly what 343i have in store?
My thoughts on this theory. I think its a REALLY stupid theory (no offense). However, it does make sense. We have no clear idea of who the new threat is, so we dont know what they are capable of.
> There is no theory. Its a new Art Direction. Simple as that.
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> From the OXM
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> > Scott gives the reason for the design change: “I want the characters to emote. Having characters with visible teeth is important to me”
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> > His aim is to make the chiefs enemies “fierce, frightening and Alien”
That is about the teeth. That is based on their armour, not their anatomy.
> Definition of “theory” - A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something.
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> Ideas do not require “evidence”.
Then don’t call it a theory. When people make claims like these, they back them up with evidence to support them.
> And the evidence is there, you can see that they both have pale skin.
That correlates to cloning…how?
> Do you have any evidence to say that my Idea’s aren’t possibly what 343i have in store?
Argument from ignorance, don’t try to shift the burden of proof onto me when you make a claim and can’t back it up.
You’re looking at it way too deeply. All 343 wanted to do was make the Covenant as ugly as possible.
> A theory requires evidence, I see none on your end.
A scientific theory requires evidence. He is using the term “theory” informally.
OT- I thought something similar about the bio-engineering, but its highly unlikely since the changes are pretty much impossible, and impractical. (based on the technology the covenant has, and the actual idea of changing a creature from having an exoskeleton to the opposite.)
Either way, he has no evidence to back up his claim.
> That correlates to cloning…how?
I didn’t just say cloning, I said modified or infected aswell. If both these species have paler than normal “skin” colour and different anatomy, then they have possibly been either of them.
The skin colour is evidence to support modification and infection.
> I didn’t just say cloning, I said modified or infected aswell. If both these species have paler than normal “skin” colour and different anatomy, then they have possibly been either of them.
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> The skin colour is evidence to support modification and infection.
Well then I suppose there must’ve been modifications on every species from Halo: CE onward them because they all look different in each game!
/sarcasm
As somebody already said, there new look is probably just graphical and artistic.
> > A theory requires evidence, I see none on your end.
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> A scientific theory requires evidence. He is using the term “theory” informally.
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> OT- I thought something similar about the bio-engineering, but its highly unlikely since the changes are pretty much impossible, and impractical. (based on the technology the covenant has, and the actual idea of changing a creature from having an exoskeleton to the opposite.)
I’m referring to this new threat cloning/modifying the covenant. They might be as advanced as the precursors, and they could change and create species.
Not sure why it has to be a race “like” the Precursors when they are still alive…
> Not sure why it has to be a race “like” the Precursors when they are still alive…
We don’t know what this enemy is, and we don’t know how advanced they are in technology. This new threat could be even more advanced than the Precursors. This threat could even be the Precursors for all we know.
> > Not sure why it has to be a race “like” the Precursors when they are still alive…
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> We don’t know what this enemy is, and we don’t know how advanced they are in technology. This new threat could be even more advanced than the Precursors. <mark>This threat could even be the Precursors for all we know.</mark>
It is, although it won’t be them directly. It’s all in Halo: Primordium.
> Either way, he has no evidence to back up his claim.
His claim is just a hypothesis, which of course there will be no evidence. He was just proposing a idea that could explain the art change.
I dont know the significance of evidence in this topic, the OP isnt saying it will happen,(in which case he would need evidence) he i simply proposing a hypothesis.
Either way, in doesn’t matter. He is not proposing a scientific theory.
> > > Not sure why it has to be a race “like” the Precursors when they are still alive…
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> > We don’t know what this enemy is, and we don’t know how advanced they are in technology. This new threat could be even more advanced than the Precursors. <mark>This threat could even be the Precursors for all we know.</mark>
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> It is, although it won’t be them directly. It’s all in Halo: Primordium.
Then who’s to say they haven’t modified or infected these covenant outside of Requiem? They have the technology to do so, and its possible seeing as a fleet is positioned outside Requiem.
EDIT: The fleet could be part of their indirect hostility.
…Or they are simply renegades to the Elites that still believe in all journey stuff?
> …Or they are simply renegades to the Elites that still believe in all journey stuff?
he is talking about their design. They have extra fingers now
