- Wolverfrog
- |
- Fabled Legendary Member
Posted by: Tai MT
Why would the covenant have power drains? Power Drains are OBVIOUSLY human equipment.
Think about it. A power drain shuts off vehicles and disables shields. it's given to infantry in order to disable shields.
How many humans use shielding? Just the Spartans. And the Spartans aren't numerous enough to warrent the creation of, or deploying of, Power Drains.
Meanwhile, at least 70% of the Covenant use shield tech of some sort.
So, why on earth would the Covenant have Power Drains, and why would they ever use them? On the off chance they run into Master Chief? That's stupid.
In all honesty, I don't consider equipment to be canon; just a gameplay mechanic. It really doesn't make sense that the Brutes would use power drainers, yet they do so anyway. The radar jammer would also be pointless for the Covenant to use because the Master Chief is the only one with a motion tracker.
So yeah, until we hear about in a book or see it in a cutscene, to me, equipment isn't real canon.