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Posted by: JDYeash937 MkII
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Posted by: privet caboose
Posted by: OrderedComa
Posted by: privet caboose
Jun: "SWORD?! COVENANT OWN IN IT NOW!"
That quote alone, plus the fact that oh, I dunno, there are hundreds of Covenant vehicles and infantry in front of sword, Banshees flying overhead, two huge AA turrets set up, and covenant inside of the destroyed building itself, I'd say it's safe to say, THERE WAS NO WAY IN OR OUT.
That base was locked down. It was as good as destroyed. The fact the Journal says she was moving freely in and out of Sword is laughable.
Then why, pray tell, was that landing pad still with absolutely no Covenant presence on it, and why were there two Pelicans sitting completely unharmed on said landing pad? If there was no way out then there would have been more to the level after you get into Halsey's lab fighting your way out of the area under SWORD. Or they would have shown the remain members of Noble fight Covies on the landing pad in the cutscene.
It was just horrible story telling. They have the base completely under covenant control. There was no reason for the pelicans to still be intact. The covenant had a huge number of forces in, and around the base. It should've been impossible to move in or out of the base.
Cmdr DaeFaron pretty much summed up my thoughts. Having a secure docking platform is not weak story telling at all, and we don't even know where exactly the landing pad is in relation to SWORD Base proper. And Covenant control of the area is obviously not as strong as some people seem to think, If Noble Team+ODSTs can slip in unnoticed, then obviously Halsey could come and go as she pleased from a secret landing platform.That was an overland infiltration supported by air. There was also a diversionary air assault near the base as well. You can see it when you take out the Tyrant AAA guns.
The Forerunner artefact was several hundred metres east(?) of SWORD, and unless I'm very much mistaken, you can actually see SWORD as you fly past the artefact as you blow the charges above it.
So that landing pad is probably best part of 2-3km away from SWORD, and partway down a cliff face on the lip of a glacier.
The charges above SWORD or the Artifact? Which one are you referring to? I always thought it was SWORD Base you were watching get destroyed as they fly off.
That sounds about right I think. Sounds like something the Covenant would have no way of knowing about, especially since they had to blast a way into the Artifact's cavern from above and didn't send troops in through landing platform or leave anybody there to hold it or anything.
Actually that starts once you take out the AA guns, and it wasn't diversionary, it was part of Noble's assault on SWORD to take out defenses and make things easier on themselves, and also to clear away the more dangerous defense before landing.
It actually doesn't tell us how Six and the ODSTs got there, but I think we can be damn certain they didn't walk there XD They were probably dropped off by the air transport out of range of the AA guns to take the overland route and clear away the defenses for the rest of the team.
[Edited on 03.14.2011 7:55 AM PDT]