- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: meshnaster
i think grunts are the most intelligent of the covenant (not counting the prophets, since i haven't seen them around in the game yet) sure, the elites are good at fighting, but i think that's it. it seems like elites are bred to know everything about battle. grunts have the most technology, including the fuel rod cannon and the atmosphere suits. i bet the grunts came up with all the weapons the covenant use, just the elites and jackals and hunters are more physically suited to use them. also, grunts are the only covenant that can speak english, which i can guess is not the native language of their planet.
but of course, i don't see how jackals got to be primary fighters, since they are incredibly fragile. they are just as weak as grunts, but their sheilds give them all the defense they have. perhaps since it is a time of war, they just got everyone to fight that they could.
maybe prophets are the equivalent to our government. our government can't fight or develop tactics, they can't build weapons, but they can tell people to fight and build weapons. prophets are probably just figureheads of authority so the covenant will have some sort of structure and controll.
umm are you high? the grunts are dumb. i mean god they run into the crowd when you throw a nade on em. they cant be smart. they are funny though.