Posted by: Kasith
Zealots, as we all know have a natural, rechargeable Overshield in halo CE, while they did not go camo, those dead ultras, (the silver clad elites) which you can find all over the campaign sometimes leave behind a camo powerup or overshield powerup, possibly hinting that they were the top leader in combat, but unknown, as they only played their role as corpses.
In Halo 2, they should have overshields, but they dont seem that different to the spec ops elite when they fight with you against the brutes.
I haven't played halo 3, but yea, according to wiki, the AI for them was dumbed down sadly.
According to one of the novels(cant remember which one) those silver clad elites are like surveyor/reporters or something similar(having mental blank)