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It's not too known, but in the book Fall of Reach, the destroyer group sent to investigate Harvest just got a transmission from the Covenant when they first saw them saying they were an affront to the gods, and the covenant were their tool or some stuff like that... then opened fire and immediately destroyed most of the destroyer group."
Pretty much yeah, I was about to post the same exact thing when I saw this. Basically the Covenant are all about religion, something the Prophets have tought them and given them a huge seat of power. The Prophets are now lying betraying bastards, with the power of the entire Covenant, a selection of diversed races, at their hand. I'm not sure why exactly the PROPHETS told them to attack earth, but I'm sure the COVENANT did it becuase the PROPHETS told them. Yeah that's pretty much it, we don't really know. Ask a writer or something.
As always, I leave with my critisizing edit:
"the covenant is the covenant and its just how the game was made... "
You're an idiot. Bungie isn't just a mindless game creator who just takes a crap on scrips and make writers deciper it into a game. They don't just have games like "Shoot this guy and try to dodge his slow-moving projectiles at the same time" or "Move the crude block" anymore. People have set standards for games now, so they aren't just a peice of crap that makes no sence. And if Bungie started making boring plotless games like "Shoot this guy and you win!", I'd probably go on a homicidal rampage.
MORE EDITS YAY L0L0L0L
"[Theory]
Prophets+Humans (Forerunners) are the old Covenant"
...and some long as hell stuff I'm not going to repeat all of. Scroll up please.
That's a pretty good theory, good job. Kthxbye.
[Edited on 5/19/2006]