- spurkis
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2. It's a long time since I played H3, but i can assure that there were no such event. The game isn't that gory. However, we often see Brutes brutally harm and harass marines, like when you save the marines in the barracks, on Crow's Nest. There's alot of blood, but no dismemberment. I should add that in the Halo novels however, everything is much more graphic. For example, in the novel Ghosts of Onyx, a human being is seen being literally vaporized by two fuel rod shots. Also, the true effects of a plasma burn is demonstrated. The Plasma Pistol is, to put it lightly, much more barbaric than in the gameplay canon.
3. The higher ranked races in the Covenant like Elites and Brutes use the expendable Grunts basically as a shield. If a squad made up of elites and grunts engage some enemies, the grunts always go first, making the elites safe from enemy fire. And by having big squads of grunts sent to the frontline, they also act as bullet sponges, depleting enemy ammunition so the elites can be even more safer when attacking..
I think the grunts have a rather tragic story in the Halo universe. Although they serve as comic relief in most of the games, they are harassed, spit on and ignored by the superiors in The Covenant. Despite their sheer numbers, they have no resistance to The Covenant, demonstrated during the Grunt Rebellion. They are forced to be members of The Covenant, to be used as expendable bullet sponges. It's just a game, but it shows how good story tellers Bungie's writers actually are.