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Subject: It seems as though the Covenant may have themselves an Elephant or ...

Just looking through the E3 ODST trailer again (the same one here), I noticed what seems to be an Elephant. Does it look similar to the front-left hand side of the Elephant in this picture? What's even more disturbing is that it's outlined in red. Could the Covies have taken over one?


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Of course, it may not be an Elephant at all, but that then leaves the question, what is it?

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  • 06.04.2009 1:34 AM PDT
Subject: It seems as though the Covenant may have themselves an Elephant!

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Well the closest thing that the Covenant have to the Elephant is the Shadow.

  • 06.04.2009 1:36 AM PDT

what time do you see it?

  • 06.04.2009 1:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: dazarobbo
Just looking through the E3 ODST trailer again (the same one here), I noticed what seems to be an Elephant. Does it look similar to the front-left hand side of the Elephant in this picture? What's even more disturbing is that it's outlined in red. Could the Covies have taken over one?


Of course, it may not be an Elephant at all, but that then leaves the question, what is it?

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At what time in the trailer does it show the Elephant?

  • 06.04.2009 1:37 AM PDT

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Well, Joe did mention that there would be something similar to 'escaping the city on an Elephant', so perhaps the Covenant wanted a piece of that action?

  • 06.04.2009 1:37 AM PDT

Forgot to link the picture. Fixed now.

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Posted by: dazarobbo
Forgot to link the picture. Fixed now.


Its a Phantom.

Posted by: SonicJohn
Well, Joe did mention that there would be something similar to 'escaping the city on an Elephant', so perhaps the Covenant wanted a piece of that action?


My theory? You see an abandoned Elephant in the city. Its a Beacon. Flashback involves evacuating a group of civilians who survived out of the city. Due to loads of Covenant AA fire, they can't get Pelicans in. These Civilians are loaded onto the Elephant, along with some of NMPD and Marines. Its almost over. Everyone's evacuating the city. As one of the ODSTs, you are to provide protection and aid to the Elephant as it moves throughout and eventually out of the city.

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Posted by: dazarobbo
Forgot to link the picture. Fixed now.
Now that I look at it, it looks really abstract.

Looks more like either a Chopper or a Prowler. Actually, it looks much more like a Prowler.

  • 06.04.2009 1:41 AM PDT

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That is a little a puzzling. After looking a little bit at all of the pictures I am pretty sure that what is in the video is not a elephant or anything close to it. It might be some covenant vehicle we know of that just looks weird due to the angle,, blur,, and all sorts of things. But,, it could very well be something new.

After thinking a little about it,, the object kinda resembles a specter to me.

  • 06.04.2009 1:44 AM PDT

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Sounds like a bunch of Justin Bieber wannabes in here. I bet you all wear skinny jeans too.

I don't see it...

  • 06.04.2009 1:44 AM PDT

you see it again from the other side of the bridge but just for a very short time. it´s far smaller than an elephant.

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  • 06.04.2009 1:45 AM PDT

Posted by: Sanjeev
Posted by: dazarobbo
Forgot to link the picture. Fixed now.


Its a Phantom.
Not a chance. It's waaayyy too small for that. And if it were only debris from a Phantom, I doubt it would show as an active enemy through the VISR.


Good catch too, SJ. I too now think it looks more like a Prowler.



Posted by: SEIBERTnr90
you see it again from the other side of the bridge but just for a very short time. it´s far smaller than an elephant.
Yeah, I noticed there was something else on the other side, but it just doesn't seem to match up with how far away it is.

For example, there's a beam (looks to be roughly 45 degrees) that overlaps the image of the object; you can use that as a reference point. There's a similar beam on the opposite side of the bridge which is parallel to the original one. That red outlined object looks to be much closer than the original one.

Unless... it's on a sort of conveyor-belt.

  • 06.04.2009 1:58 AM PDT

I thought it looked like the Talon from battlefield 2142

  • 06.04.2009 2:06 AM PDT
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It is a Phantom.

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Reference Pic 1

Reference Pic 2

Reference Pic 3

The lights you see are the same lights in Reference Pics 1 and 2. And that tiny bit at the end, sticking out, is the back of the Phantom, as seen in Reference Pic 3.

  • 06.04.2009 2:11 AM PDT

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Posted by: Sanjeev
It is a Phantom.
Can't be. It's too small to be a Phantom.

It definitely looks more like a Prowler seeing as it has the two spokes at the front. Maybe the Brutes upgraded their vehicles for night-prowling?

  • 06.04.2009 2:12 AM PDT
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Hmm, seems like a Prowler too.

  • 06.04.2009 2:15 AM PDT
Subject: It seems as though the Covenant may have themselves an Elephant or ...

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Joe Staten did tell Goldstein that his quip about Elephants was surprisingly close to the truth (IGN E3 ODST Press Conference), so if it isn't an Elephant, it is probably something similar; a Covenant equivalent perhaps.

  • 06.04.2009 3:30 AM PDT