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Subject: why are pelicans always shot down??

Posted by: PrisonLove12
It's a big, noisy, aircraft carrier containing armed marines, and it has no defensive weapons whatsoever.

Hell, I'd be more concerned if they weren't shot down multiple times a game.

no wepons? uhhh have you read the books, and in Halo 3 in the covenet pelicans pwn along with you, and the first level after you get Jhonson, plus most of them have a 50 cal in the rear. not much, but hey.

  • 11.01.2009 8:51 PM PDT

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Whoever it was that said they weren't sure if Pelicans could break through a planets gravity, here's an answer. They can, many times in the books they enter and leave a planet'a atmosphere.

  • 11.01.2009 8:52 PM PDT

Well, if you watch some videos with Planes in it, you can see that if you crash, pilots almost always die. I guess with the Pelicans in Halo, they're just a target because of the high UNSC activity that always follows the main characters in the game.

  • 11.01.2009 9:03 PM PDT
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this is why.

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  • 11.01.2009 9:06 PM PDT
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My question is not why are Pelicans shot down so much, but why aren't Phantoms shot down more?

Its not as if they're remarkably resilient, or maneuverable. Shouldn't the UNSC have some powerful SAMs? Ones capable of shooting down Phantoms?

Look at Russia's S-300 system. The missile has a range approaching 120 miles, and some variants, though not all, have warheads above 200lbs of HE. That should be able to crack a Phantom, and the UNSC is another 500 years in the future.

What I hope to see in Reach is the whole breadth of the UNSC Covenant war. We've only seen a small fraction of all the weapons available to both sides, hopefully in Reach, they'll use the invasion to show many full scale battles.

Imagine, you're tasked with killing a Gold Elite leading an attack on a UNSC airbase. Above, the Covenant are dropping in Phantoms, loaded with troops. You'll see dozens of them shot down, then you'll have to avoid their wrecks smashing to the earth, while you pick your way through scattered Covenant bands to the Covenant HQ.

Reach shouldn't be about a few dozen soldiers and vehicles on each side, they should reach to show as many as humanly possible.

  • 11.01.2009 9:07 PM PDT

just because a lot of pelicans get shot down around MC doesn't meant their bad. It shows how lucky he is. (which is why cortana picked him)
it's kinda like saying when you have the choice to kill someone with a plasma pistol, or a tank, you kill the tank. The covenant simply choose to take down the more valuable choice.

  • 11.01.2009 9:10 PM PDT

Does anyone else think it would be a cool idea if they reference in Halo Reach how Pelicans are always shot down?

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  • 11.01.2009 9:50 PM PDT

Why So Serious?

It;s a tradition.... lol jk But i;ve wondered the same question as well.

  • 11.01.2009 9:57 PM PDT

Long live the Last Refuge!

Why are their always helicopters shot down in movies? Its just to add a layer of drama and action to the game.

  • 11.01.2009 10:01 PM PDT

On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. EPIC FAIL!!

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

BECAUSE I THREW IT ON THE GROUND!



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  • 11.01.2009 11:07 PM PDT
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  • 11.02.2009 12:39 AM PDT
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You forgot Halo Wars when you have to transport the generator thingy because the Pelicans were shot down!

  • 11.02.2009 12:42 AM PDT

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Posted by: jon does smuk
Yeah i agree with pelicans crashing alot i want to actualy see what the are good for they realy dont do -blam!- and did anyone notice they can fly in space? wtf there a troop transport vehicle yeah they can fly but honastly being able to escape a planets gravity. I would liike them to be taken out all together along with hornets because well i just hate hornets and wish bungie never thought of them


Nope, Pelican cant be removed.

It's practically nailed to canon so, no.

  • 11.02.2009 1:09 AM PDT

Well, for one they aren't always shot down, there are a lot of pelicans you encounter that don't get shot down, such as the ones at the start of halo 3 that escape the base, or the ones that drop you off on the ark. Second, Bungie likes to use downed pelicans as an excuse to reload on unsc weapons in an area that would otherwise be weird to have them just lying around.

  • 11.02.2009 1:14 AM PDT

yes it is kinda ironic that my avatar is a pelican but i like pelicans and UNSC stuff that flies. i noticed that none explode though when they hit the ground as if theres nothing flamable inside them. in movies helicopters give good visual effects with a huge explosion and lots of flaming debris flying all over the place.

but like other people say phantoms are are shot dow alot. well whos the one destroying them? its always MC or a marine armed with a feulrod gun. i never see UNSCs shooting them down

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  • 11.02.2009 9:24 PM PDT

Personally, I think an actual "skilled" person in Halo 3 is someone who knows how to win with every weapon and combo in the game, not just a single weapon like the BR, Sniper, or even the AR. Of course, that excludes me, as I have yet to get a kill with dual plasma pistols. :D

Because their pilots suck. Apparently, it never occurred to any of them [except the one in Sierra 117] that the aircraft they were piloting had two missile pods with infinite [in game terms] ammo mounted on the front.

Why couldn't the Pelicans in The Covenant just bombard the "Anti-Air" Wraith with missiles from outside of its glowing green blobs' laughably short range [Uh-huh. 20 feet maximum. For an anti-air tank.]? The answer - they COULD, they were just too STUPID to think of it!

  • 11.02.2009 10:31 PM PDT

Posted by: Keybored6522
Because their pilots suck. Apparently, it never occurred to any of them [except the one in Sierra 117] that the aircraft they were piloting had two missile pods with infinite [in game terms] ammo mounted on the front.

Why couldn't the Pelicans in The Covenant just bombard the "Anti-Air" Wraith with missiles from outside of its glowing green blobs' laughably short range [Uh-huh. 20 feet maximum. For an anti-air tank.]? The answer - they COULD, they were just too STUPID to think of it!


Or maybe because the pilots are -blam!- themselves due to the fact that having Master Chief on board or around = Instant Death

  • 11.02.2009 11:39 PM PDT
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Iam enjoying Halo Reach and revisiting some past Bungie games, iam a big fan of Bungie and their online community.

I guess they do get shot down a lot.

  • 11.02.2009 11:43 PM PDT

You will probaly find that pelicans fly right into trouble at times.

  • 11.03.2009 12:31 AM PDT

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