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"Find where the liar hides, so that I may place my boot between his gums!" - Rtas 'Vadum

Posted by: qirahs
No. Why? Do I write like him?

A bit.

  • 10.17.2011 5:34 PM PDT

"Find where the liar hides, so that I may place my boot between his gums!" - Rtas 'Vadum

Posted by: StealthSlasher2
Those Elites that already had respect for humans and saw them as honorable will continue to treat them as so, in light of the civil war they would be more likely to show that behavior more outwardly. Inversely those that continue to think of humans negatively would continue to do so despite the shift.

This is what I am getting, the balance between those two. Elites value fortitude. They gave increased consideration to the Grunts, of all beings, for their rebellions and there was some clear evidence of some sort of transition in the feelings towards Humanity not just during or after the schism but before it. Them valuing fortitude in their enemies is the biggest reason as to why the Covenant is such a powerful force - accepting defeated foes who showed valor and honor into their folds. It is a pretty big part of their culture, an expected societal norm which would tend to give way to the idea of there being a significant number of those on the plus side. When Thel stood in that chamber it felt like it was nothing but distrust, hatred and contempt. There was nothing to offset that to make it feel as if there was an actual atmosphere of contention surrounding this. I was just disappointed in that, and that the particular Elite view point being followed is not only distrustful but really negative. Jora 'Konaree 2.0, essentially.

  • 10.17.2011 7:11 PM PDT

Old School

if the elites try and wipe out humanity, couldnt the humans as a last resort ignite the halo's therefore destroyin the elites in the end anyway??
so i dnt really get the idea behind making the elites have so much hated towards humanity....on that note, shouldnt they still be more pissed about the brutes..etc?

  • 10.18.2011 12:55 AM PDT
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Its an interesting situation really.

The Elites, except Thel, want to kill off the remaining Humans.
The Humans... well, ONI, want to get the Elites to kill each other.

There are a bunch of Spartans, their trainer and their creator stuck in some far-off Forerunner space-physics sphere thing.

An ONI Black Ops team is going to meet the guys stuck in the Dyson Sphere.

Recipe for complete destruction of everything.

  • 10.18.2011 5:23 AM PDT

It does feel like both sides have no sense in them, they could be very powerful allies but I'll just be waiting for the Shipmaster to appear in the book.

  • 10.18.2011 7:08 AM PDT