- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Well, I thought about it, but mabey and here are a few theories
first: the Ships are being knocked backward by the "dusty blast" then the banshees decide it would be stupid to sit there and watch so they run. I dont think that its a killing blast, just one the covenant knew would give them a good shaking if they were too close. All this time mc is staring because he dosnt know what its gonna do. Then the light flashes and hes caught in a bug zapper effect. The kind where its so pretty you cant look away.
Or the covenant didn't know it was going to activate so they didn't have time to run far, it is a killing blast, and the master cheif figures he's screwed, running or not running.