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Posted by: Masta Chief 99
Posted by: Hikaru 119
There were 300 Elite Imperial Guards inside there. It also said that the Elites were offended by the Brute being so close to the Prophet of High Truth.
Early a copy of Cortana even said that the Brutes were Temple Gaurds and nothing else. Not ceremonial, but Temple. There is a difference.
Another thing where I say the Brutes are probably old in the Covenant ranks.
The UNSC is just finding out about these other species within the Covenant ranks. From 2525 to 2552 all we fought were Grunts and Jackals. It was not until July of 2552 on Sigma Octanus IV that we saw our first Hunter or Engineer. And it was not until the Fall of Reach that we saw our first Elite.
Right now (in 2552) the Covenant are just finally pulling back the stops on their higher ranked units is all they are doing. They are rolling out the higher, and I am assuming, the races that are getting fed up with the Grunts and Jackals getting all the kills.
i may be wrong but i don't think that we were just fighting grunts and jackals in the beginning, i'm pretty sure that there were hunters and elites too. if it was just grunts and jackals, the marines are even more pathetic than i thought
Trust me, this is true. It clearly states in each instance that this is true. After Sigma Octanus IV the Spartans were debriefed on their exsistance and the UNSC added them to their known knowledge of the Covenant ranks. They also did likewise for the Engineers. Then they even speculated on another " Elite " race that could be in exsistance. When the first Elites then appeared on the Circumference Space Station above Reach the Chief thought this more or less. " So this was an Elite, it was time t see what this new form of Covenant threat could do. "
Elites were introduced then, Hunters and Engineers at Sigma Octanus IV and Grunts + Jackals between 2525 and 2552.
And Brutes could have been in for a long time. The Covenant empire is huge. There is no knowing how long it has been around, but judging by its size there is sufficent evidence that the Brutes have been aoart of the Covenant for a long ass time. Maybe not since the beginning, but definitely in for a long time.
[Edited on 6/28/2004 9:42:18 PM]