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And so there was a man who ate cake.
And he was happy it was that way.
Posted by: Sanjeev
Posted by: SkyFilmer
Posted by: Sanjeev
Posted by: SkyFilmer
Posted by: Sanjeev
Not quite. I think the Scarab was intended to dig up the Portal to the Ark (Then believed to be the Ark itself). That's why that Scarab is different than the current Scarab. That was just a mining Scarab.
Actually, the reason it's different is because after looking at it, Bungie thought it wasn't much fun to fight against and looked a bit like a basket.
So they redesigned it and gave it it's own AI to make it more fun to fight against.
Of course, that is the real reason. But, I believe what I said was the canonical reason.
You're canonical reason does make sense, though If they wanted to dig up that Portal, they probably would have had plenty of Scarabs out there and much more protecting them.
That's the thing. Playing further into Halo 2, I believe the level 'Regret', Cortana intercepts an apology letter from Regret to Truth and Mercy. Regret jumped the gun and went to Earth earlier than was planned. That's why there was only two ships. That's why it was so scrappy.
Wouldn't be surprised if that were the reason.
However Cortana also intercepted a message saying the Covenant were surprised that Humans were on Earth. So they may have just thought that humans wouldn't be so populated on Earth and decided to let a small fleet take care of it all.
And maybe his apology was an apology for deciding for them to attack with such a small fleet or for leading the humans to Delta Halo.
[Edited on 08.02.2009 12:08 AM PDT]