Posted by: Junknot
Well, I agree fully that this is a golden hunter. It makes sense that hunters would at least have a armour with higher protection or more important missions. And the video is irrefutable.
However.
Why would the covenant waste something so valuble against such weak troops (meaning the odst)? Even a regular hunter was something valuble, an important resource that was not thrown about willy nilly. Why not instead send these gold hunters to stop the demon(MC), which the covenant saw as a much greater threat? I mean, even the term demon signifies that the covies really start to shake when they see the spartan is on the way.
So why throw such a precious resource at something the covenant doesnt even view as a threat?
This, is why I think that this isnt just going to about capturing new mombasa.
Something big is going down in New Mombasa, and these Hunters are just another sign of it.
Oooooooooor.
Bungie didn't think of a high ranked Hunter for Halo 3, and thought it would be cool to put it in ODST.
That's the most likely reason...
Also, Hunters aren't so scarce that they are considered a precious resource. They can spare a few for an invasion, especially since ships usually have Hunters.
Anyway, I think the worms that make up Hunters can have high ranks, but usually not in Hunter form.