So I had yet another thought: Dutch and the Rookie both dropped with SMGs (as seen in the opening cutscene), and you when you play them, you start eith said SMGs. Romeo, however, dropped with a sniper rifle. So, if you put two and two together, perhaps we could be seeing a throwback to the classic sniper sequence from Halo CE? After all, ODST certainly bears many gameplay similarities to CE; fall damage, health, so on, and we saw a tribute in Halo 3 (on The Ark), so it wouldn't surprise me. Thoughts?