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Posted by: anton1792
Posted by: OrderedComa
Posted by: anton1792
Also, Elites take prisoners, or rather stray solitary survivors, for sport and execution purposes.
Where on earth did you get that idea? That's almost the exact opposite of how the Elites are portrayed. Taking prisoners for the express purpose of sport is something the Brutes would do, not the Elites. They may not be perfect, but they most definitely aren't sadistic monsters that get their jollies from eviscerating people.
First Strike, Page 114 (Old)/Page 142 (New)
"They found the caverns," Fred told Kelly. "Looks like they're going to dig them out."
But again...why? Why not just blast them from orbit? The Covenant didn't typically take prisoners - except the occasional straggler to execute for sport.
Fall of Reach, Page 184
"We've scouted the residential section." There was a pause. "No survivors...just like Draco Three. We're too late."
He understood. They'd seen it before. The Covenant didn't take prisoners. On Draco III, they had watched via satellite linkup as Human survivors were herded together and ripped apart by ravenous Grunts and Jackals. By the time the Spartans had gotten there, there was no one left to rescue.
(The underlined segment suggests that a similar occurrence has happened on SOIV in order for him to have seen "it" before)
Kholo...
Ok, for the first quote, it has been shown throughout the games that the belief that the Covenant doesn't take prisoners is misinformed at best. Plus it even says that "the Covenant didn't typically take prisoners" emphasis added to the typically, that shows that it's not unheard of for them to take prisoners, but it's not usually the norm.
And the second quote, that is talking specifically about Grunts and Jackals who would rip enemies apart on occasion, not the Elites' style though, and knowing them they probably wouldn't knowingly let their troops act like that. If those Covies mentioned even had a higher ranking species present with them then it would most likely have been a pack of Brutes. So what if he said he's seen it before? No survivors being found doesn't mean that everybody is rounded up and then thrown to the whims of the Grunts and Jackals, again, not the Elite's style, and if they round up people to have them killed, they'll just have them executed, either by gun or by sword.