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Subject: My new vehicle theory.

Right, I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there will be a new transport vehicle for Halo 3: ODST, which will be aiding the Rookie in getting around quicker.
It will be called the Lion., or some other predatory big cat.

I know it may seem like a stab in the dark, but here are 3 clues that I have picked up since ODST's announcement that allude to a new vehicle.

1. ages back when ODST was still called 'Recon' and the game was still in it's creation, a Bungie update mentaion that "Vic DeLeon's recent work has him thinking a lot about Zebras".
Firstly I thought that this meant a vehicle called a Zebra, but that seems a bit obvious. Also, predatory animals are always hunting , so it makes sense. ( to me anyway)

2. The Bungie webcam has had a picture of a Hot Wheels toy up on one of them for a long time now, and I can't see why they would leave it there if it didn't have some sort of meaning. I think that it's a clue to a new transport vehicle, somewhere in between the Warthog and Mongoose we have all grown to love.

3. When Joseph Staten was doing his demo earlier this week with IGN, someone joked about being "traveling on an elephant", Joseph responded by saying: " You don't know how close you really are". Both Elephants and Lions share ( roughly) the same habitat, so once again, it seems plausible.

I understand that this is pretty much wild speculation, but that what this forum is for, right?
Anyway, feel free to point out any flaw, contribute, or just voice your opinion.

[Edited on 06.03.2009 11:15 AM PDT]

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Also, notice how UNSC vehicles are named after animals and what they do (such as Warthogs are fast and powerful, Elephants are big and slow, Mongeese are small and fast). Maybe the Zebra has some cool jumping feature, because Zebras do that a lot.

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Hey man, at least you're bringing some thought out points to your theory instead of just saying "Oh there's going to be a new vehicle in the game."

Also it makes sense since walking around New Mombasa would take a lot longer than using some sort of transportation.

  • 06.03.2009 11:15 AM PDT

maybe...like a vehicle with a cloaking device??

  • 06.03.2009 11:18 AM PDT

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Also it makes sense since walking around New Mombasa would take a lot longer than using some sort of transportation.

I see no problem with just jacking cars and driving them. "Grand Theft Halo: ODST"!

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Less than 4 months 'til release, it would be nice if there was a neat piece of concept art thrown our way (throwing a lion to the lions?) ~begs~

  • 06.03.2009 11:22 AM PDT

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Posted by: Mizzou
Also, notice how UNSC vehicles are named after animals and what they do (such as Warthogs are fast and powerful, Elephants are big and slow, Mongeese are small and fast). Maybe the Zebra has some cool jumping feature, because Zebras do that a lot.
Or zebra due to its speen prehaps as there as fast as a horse.

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Posted by: walshypru
Right, I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there will be a new transport vehicle for Halo 3: ODST, which will be aiding the Rookie in getting around quicker.
It will be called the Lion., or some other predatory big cat.

a puma?

  • 06.03.2009 11:23 AM PDT

Per Audacia Ad Astra

I want to see a Covenant vehicle called a 'Raven' which, to understand what it looks like, you must do the following;

-Imagine a Ghost
-Make it twice as wide
-Make it the same length as the warthog
-Put a Plasma Turret on the back
-Make it hover just like a ghost

That's a Raven for you. Obviously there won't be a 'Raven' as i'm probably the first on Earth to think of it (or atleast the name).

Anyway, your thoughts on the 'Lion' are backed up with evidence and I respect that but I don't think there's a new vehicle. If there is then you can wait to prove me wrong when Halo 3: ODST is released. I haven't seen a vehicle in the gameplay yet. Just destroyed Warthogs.

[Edited on 06.03.2009 11:24 AM PDT]

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Posted by: Bungie Sam
I want to see a Covenant vehicle called a 'Raven' which, to understand what it looks like, you must do the following;

-Imagine a Ghost
-Make it twice as wide
-Make it the same length as the warthog
-Put a Plasma Turret on the back
-Make it hover just like a ghost

That's a Raven for you. Obviously there won't be a 'Raven' as i'm probably the first on Earth to think of it (or atleast the name).


Anybody else miss the Halo 2 Specter?

  • 06.03.2009 11:26 AM PDT

Per Audacia Ad Astra

Posted by: SD2522
Anybody else miss the Halo 2 Specter?


That's kind of what I had in mind. But you could change it so much.

  • 06.03.2009 11:28 AM PDT

Posted by: Bungie Sam
I want to see a Covenant vehicle called a 'Raven' which, to understand what it looks like, you must do the following;

-Imagine a Ghost
-Make it twice as wide
-Make it the same length as the warthog
-Put a Plasma Turret on the back
-Make it hover just like a ghost

That's a Raven for you. Obviously there won't be a 'Raven' as i'm probably the first on Earth to think of it (or atleast the name).

Anyway, your thoughts on the 'Lion' are backed up with evidence and I respect that but I don't think there's a new vehicle. If there is then you can wait to prove me wrong when Halo 3: ODST is released. I haven't seen a vehicle in the gameplay yet. Just destroyed Warthogs.


Yeah, but compared to other claims, such as " Dare iz A Spart4N!!!", or " oMg u M33T the ChieF!!", I doesn't sound too absurd, and Bungie did say they were holding a few things back...

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Joseph Staten said on the IGN E3 live press conference that there will be different ways the travel around campaign, but we will have to wait and find out what modes of transport there will be. (maybe a pelican prehaps??) listen from 10:30 onwards to what the question is asked, the what the awnser was given

  • 06.03.2009 1:37 PM PDT

It would be nice to finally drive those civilian cars that we first saw in Halo 2.

  • 06.03.2009 1:47 PM PDT

i miss the spectre

  • 06.03.2009 1:49 PM PDT

or maybe a small ATV...a mongoose you know the one in the preview at E3...

  • 06.03.2009 1:51 PM PDT

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  • 06.03.2009 1:52 PM PDT

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How about an Elephant? Raging through occupied streets and bridges.

Equipped like a pirate ship with weapons, hornets, land vehicles and turrets, and lots of men. Like the Scarab of humans.

Then it gets destroyed. The 1st Elephant destroyed by Covenant forces. Maybe a Carrier beam.

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Um guys, did anyone else notice Staten mention that the super ran garbage trucks on an automatic system? Garbage trucks would be a similar size to the elephant...just saying

  • 06.03.2009 2:00 PM PDT

well in the e3 demo i watched he said the super had the ability to control garbage trucks and other aspects so maybe garbage trucks could be used as a transport? just a guess tell me what you think of this possibility

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Posted by: SD2522
Hey man, at least you're bringing some thought out points to your theory instead of just saying "Oh there's going to be a new vehicle in the game."

Also it makes sense since walking around New Mombasa would take a lot longer than using some sort of transportation.

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HOPE u can use a pelican in ODST

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