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Posted by: Nardo
[but the Prophets had eventually planned to betray the Elites, if you take into account all that stuff listed in portals 'n whatnot. If that were the case, they would leave the noble with expendable Elites to attack, and save the Brutes to better their chances when they overthrew the remaining Elites at Delta Halo. eh?
Wasn't it just Truth who had the dealings with the Brutes [in contact harvest]? Regret, who's forces attacked earth in Halo 2, still relied on the elites for personal protection [Halo Wars] and military functions while the brutes still held their second class role within the covenant so in any military act, at that point, they would have been treated by all concerned parties, not just the phrophets, in the context of that role.
So, the Brutes would be the natural choice for a suicide assignment holding a city on a hostile world while the more important members of the covenant (the Prophets AND elites) caimed a ring, somewhat similar to the doomed front line infantry role the brutes assumed in Halo Wars when the covenant first encountered the flood in that game.
Besides, overthrowing the elites was only spurred by the unforseen death of Regret. Even if he saw the brutes as being more important to the Hierarchs schemes, Regret certainly wouldn't have made preparations for those plans since he had no idea that it would be around Delta Halo that they would have come to fruition.
[Edited on 06.03.2009 9:57 PM PDT]