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You know this to be true.
ALL HAIL GABEN
Posted by: GadianZero12
*Sigh* Full explination below.
Bungie answered this long ago. The reason being is because the Brute and Elite fleets were segregated and so the Elite's did indeed leave for Delta Halo while the Brutes were stuck with the leftovers. Also the Great Schism began as indicated with the Elite corpses found in the champaign.
This would explain the lack of engery swords. The reason there are no Battle Rifles is explained in the books. The BR's are actually a prototype weapon that were only found on Reach. This is why they aren't in the first Halo either. After Reach was glassed the BR's were put into mass production but of course that sort of thing takes time and isn't going to reach the entire fleet overnight.
Even if the USS Say My Name was outfitted with the new weapons, they weren't going to be issued them anyway as their primary objective was to infiltrate and capture the Prophet of Regret's ship. This mission mostly being close quarters combat, the ODST's were instead outfitted with the standared assault rifles, shotguns, and newly modified SMGs with silencers. If you listen to Buck in the opening cutscenes he implies this.
But the real reason there is no BR and Energy Sword is because Bungie didn't want players using them. They wanted players to feel vulnerable with close quarters, in your face combat and the BR didn't allow for that as it was able to dispatch enemies from a distance too easily. The same concept applies to the energy sword in close combat, they didn't want players using a one hit kill weapon. If you pay attention you'll notice there aren't any gravity hammers available outside of Firefight.
Thanks. I did not know this. BTW, now that I think about it, there aren't any Hammers except for in Fire Fight.