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Subject: Why did the the alien races join up to create the Covenant?
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We all know that the Covenant is a collective species of alien races (not all the aliens but a coulple of races). Now with that being said, WHY did they join forces in the first place? I think that all the races were drawn toward the Forerunners (some more than others), and they said "Hey lets link up and do this together". Or maybe it goes like this: the Prophets and Elites joined up at first and went out to basicaly gather an army for themselves, and thats where all the other Covenant races come into play. But if it went down like that then all of the other Covenant races shoud'nt have wanted to join forces with the Elites and Prophets because they had to know they were'nt going to be "runnin things". It just doesnt make any sense. Then again maybe all of the alien races other than the Prophets and Elites could just be bidding their time and using the Prophets and Elites to get to some huge Forerunner technology and then turn on them after its discovered. I just don't know whats up.

  • 05.09.2004 3:20 PM PDT
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The race started out as a Covenant between the Prophets and the Elites. The Prophets needed the Elites for protection and both races basiclly believed the same things. Then the other races gradually joined this Covenant.

  • 05.09.2004 3:22 PM PDT
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Read the Covenant Primer on the main page of Bungie.net.

  • 05.09.2004 3:22 PM PDT
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Man i know all of that and have read the Covenant Primer before and all three of the books, but it still didnt make any sense for the other Covenant races to join up. What could they gain from this pac? Nothing is all I can see them gaining.

[Edited on 5/9/2004 3:25:45 PM]

  • 05.09.2004 3:25 PM PDT
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If your going to protect yourself from enemy forces you need an army. There wasn't enough Elites to protect them all. They need more forces. I don't see any of the other Covenant races servivng another purpose than this. And once the Brute came into the Covenanet, the Prophets obviously saw the promise in these powerful beasts and decided to replace the Elites with the Brutes and put the Elites out on the frontlines.

[Edited on 5/9/2004 3:34:17 PM]

  • 05.09.2004 3:33 PM PDT
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Man come on, I'm not talking about I don't understand why the Elites and Prophets joined up all that makes sense of course. I also know that it made sense for the Prophets and Elites to go and get themselves an army i.e the Grunts, Brutes, Jackals, and Hunters. What I AM saying is that it made NO SENSE WHATSOEVER for the Grunts, Brutes, Jackals, and Hunters to join the Prophets and Elites.

  • 05.09.2004 3:37 PM PDT
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Ooooh. I agree with you there. I don't see it either.

  • 05.09.2004 3:41 PM PDT
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Yeah, now you're catching on. It doesnt make any sense.

  • 05.09.2004 4:47 PM PDT