- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
This text is about the theroies about the Shangheili (or Elite) to the far left in the Reach banner
People that agree with me that it is an Spartan don't need to read it all, but comments and thoughts is welcome.
First of all.... Where did the thought of the SPARTAN to the far left, really is an elite?
(Image from Privet Cabooses thread, also Special Thanks to StrikeForce for creating these.)
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1328/spartans.jpg
Check that picture
And whatch VERY close on the "thing" to the far left.
When you are done, compare the shape of that to this:
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/7472/340714-800px_arbite r3_super.jpg
(That picture is of the Arbiter from Halo 2 and 3. And it should probably be an Arbiter if the case now was that the figure on the left is a elite)
Now, lock at this picture
http://img193.imageshack.us/i/spartans2.jpg
And please, don't complain on my poor MS Paint performance there, thanks.
First of: The Helmet.
The helmets aren't anywhere near alike. And an elite head would probably never fit inside an Mjolnir helmet.
Second: Shoulders: The shoulder parts are more like eachother. But still, the upper body of the left figure in this case, is much more massive than Arbiters upper body. And the shoulder plates aren't so alike more towards the elbows.
Waist: If you can't tell the difference here, I don't know what to tell you.
Same here, more massive waist on the figure to the left. The Arbiter wears no belt, the other one does.
Legs / knees: The armor part is completly different here to. And! The Shangeheilis knees are bent the opposite way of us humans (fact from "Contact Harvest", Halo novel)
I would compare the hands also, if the Spartan image gave me a better view of his hands.
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From Privet Cabooses post:
The far left is clearly Sam, he looks different, because he's in Mark IV armor, thats what he died in, he was a head taller then the other spartans, Bigger, and stronger.
And last.
It wouldn't make any sense if the left figure was a elite either. (If not that speculated "time travel" thingy was invovled.
Becasue the alliance between the humans and the shangheili didn't occure untill the last parts of Halo 2.
And Reach was before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved.
Discuss :)