- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Look.. Firstly the banshees in the trailer are empty. We know that there are two species of Covenant that can fly them: Elites and Brutes.
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We also know that the Elites signed off, they no longer take orders from High Charity or the remaining prophets. That doesn't mean they would not kill Master Chief on sight. We can't know. The banshees in the trailer maybe either friendly or villain. Chiefs armor is so badly worn and it has lot's of sand on it.. so that could count as a little bit of camoflauge.
Secondly, even if they would have spotted chief.. they clearly have orders to do something much more important, in this case.. escort the important-looking phantom. Now we better hope that the banshees, phantoms and capital ships in the trailer are enemies, because if they were friendlies, It's absolutely clear that the ones activating the artifact would be enemies. (and that we do not wish, now do we?)
If you are still not impressed, think yourself in the banshees position. You see two things.. You see your salvation just few miles away in the horizon, and then you see this lonely enemy soldier standing on the cliffside and obviously he cannot do anything to your salvation, since he is on foot and so far away. Plus you know that when your salvation is activated that enemy soldier will die or something like that anyway.. And you are also under a direct order from your superior to escort and protect him.
[Edited on 5/12/2006]