- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
It's like any game or movie you ever watch... they always have wierd names for things because they don't speak english. I wouldn't think that "The Covenant" is tehir name in their own tongue, but that is a translation into english. Same goes for all the other names like Elite, Grunt, etc. They are probably nicknames.
When you look at Marathon you can see the same things. They are the Pfhor, and then there are english classifications of them- fighter, hunter, enforcer, etc.
When you do Sci-fi writing like this you have to toss in some weird names, it makes it more believable... and gives us something to talk about! ;-)