- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I've played Halo1 both "fast and loud" and "slow and stealthy". It excells either way. That is the beauty of Halo.
I've managed to sneak through entire sections of the game without alerting anyone to my presence and have enjoyed myself immensely. Try and just sneak across the first Bridge on Assault on the Control Room without firing a shot or being shot at while on Legendary. It's an excellent challenge.
Though, I see no reason to knock out an opponent with a tranquilizer dart. They'd only awaken to alert enemies to your presence in some time. That was one silly thing about Metal Gear.
I wouldn't mind carrying a silenced pistol for the Grunts and Jackales. For the Elites, I came up with the following:
The XM-9 Skewer.
Desperate for a means to implement stealth missions in an environment that involves shielded opponents ONI determined it needed some form of specialized weaponry. While a pistol and silencer was perfectly capable of eliminating Grunts and Jackals with very little noise Elites were another matter entirely.
Their answer was the Skewer. It's a single shot, drop down the barrel loaded spear gun that uses compressed atmospheric gases to propel the bolt forwards. Inbetween shots, if one listens closely, you can hear miniaturized pumps compressing air for it's next shot.
The bolt is a sharpened steel prong containing advanced electronics that short circuit a shielding system in the same manner as the overcharged plasma blast allowing the bolt to "pop" the shield as it passes through striking the target.
Only a strike to the head is guaranteed immediately lethal but a bolt to to torso is still highly damaging.