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Col Sanders 37- Would you like that original or extra crispy?

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What are the red signs on the banshees? At 1:28 or so you can see a red sign on the banshee on it's rutters.
Also, at 1:27 you can see a number 2 on the top of the banshee. Anyone have any suggestions or are they just random things put on to make them look better?

  • 05.19.2006 10:43 PM PDT
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hmmm, i never noticed that.

  • 05.19.2006 10:45 PM PDT

Col Sanders 37- Would you like that original or extra crispy?

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Well I saw them lookin through in slow motion and I didn't think anything of them. Then it hit me. Why would the covenant use our numbering system on their vehicles? But also I can't make out what the red symbol is just yet.

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Posted by: Col Sanders 37

What are the red signs on the banshees? At 1:28 or so you can see a red sign on the banshee on it's rutters.
Also, at 1:27 you can see a number 2 on the top of the banshee. Anyone have any suggestions or are they just random things put on to make them look better?


The red insignia on the banshee is just a design. However, the number 2 you're talking about, I see it now. I have no clue what the 2 would represent. Here's the image for the #2 on the top of the banshee:

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/103/bansheenumber28mi.jpg

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  • 05.19.2006 10:57 PM PDT

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The 'red insignia' is just the trademark of the Covenant, just like the Eagle is the trademark of the UNSC.

As for the #2 on the upper part of the Banshee...well, speculate.

  • 05.19.2006 10:58 PM PDT

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squadron designation would be the simple answer...

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they both could be something to do with the civil war going on. remember on hertic and what every that other level was, the banshees of the rebels were painted different.

  • 05.19.2006 11:00 PM PDT
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uhh...looks more like one of their characters. it has lines going through and looks more like a claw.

  • 05.19.2006 11:00 PM PDT

Col Sanders 37- Would you like that original or extra crispy?

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Yeah I mean I figured the red design was simply a design of the covenant but I couldn't get a clear picture of it to see what it actually looked like. But the whole number 2 thing is kinda weird. I just figured the covenant wouldn't use our numbering system to identify their vehicles.

And also I noticed that in a couple seconds before that at 1:24 when the first banshee passes over if you pause it right you can see another red symbol. Is that the same symbol or is it different? It's under the right wing.

[Edited on 5/19/2006]

  • 05.19.2006 11:07 PM PDT

Hmm that 2 on the Banshee looks of Human writing, not Covenant...

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in the FAQ it says what characters will return to halo 3? it says Well as you can see from the trailer, at a minimum, we'll see the Chief and Cortana in some shape or form. And I believe Banshee pilots...
in the halo book first strike the spartans linda and the others i cant remember their name. they all flew in banshees so could the human writing possibly mean theres a spartan flying that thing?

  • 05.20.2006 2:54 PM PDT
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hmm interesting but then again on wikipedia it said that bungie was doing an alternate story and another game at the same time as halo 3. so another question that we should be asking is is this trailer purly to demonstraight the graphics that the new halo will have?
Assuming that wikipedia is right then which story line is it using, this mught explain the numbers on the Banshies.
Another thing is why dont the pilots attack the chief like they should? I mean the covinent should try to stop him even though they outnumber him in both firepower and numbers.

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in the new weekly update. they say that it has a mission set BEFORE the trailer. therefore the trailer is potentially in the game. Maybe it is just to show off, but from what the weekly update says its in the game...some way shape or form.

Also anyone notice the amount of smoke coming out the back of that covenant transport?

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also the covies have never used human writing before so y on a banshee? i think it must be some human in the banshee and maybe all the covie ships are on the cheifs side or sumthen but idk

  • 05.23.2006 1:02 PM PDT
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Well, you are all wrong, i believe. I think that the number "2" of which you speak is just the beginning of a pattern on the top of the banshee. I might be wrong, but i am pretty sure the covies would not use a human numbering system. Remember? They find the human race disgusting. Why would they use a human numbering system?

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sorry I'm late: Screenshot of both for clarification

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It's like some Covenant picture, I believe it's on the Halo 2 Banshee model as well. I need to look into that whole number thing.

  • 05.23.2006 1:34 PM PDT

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It's just a design, the angle its at makes it look like a 2, but it' s not. I wish you all would quit watching that trailer and pulling things from it, you are going to end up in an asylum. Just wait until next year, and for God's sake find a girlfriend or go outside for a little while.

[Edited on 5/23/2006]

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I honestly can't see the 2, you mean the blue thing on the canopy? That's not a two...

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  • 05.23.2006 1:39 PM PDT

Col Sanders 37- Would you like that original or extra crispy?

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That is clearly the number 2.

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I noticed it, maybe it was bungies mistake.
You know how in the Multiplayer Map Pack video of the making of the little movie with the ODST's? Well, they showed little arrows ontop of the characters showing who they where, so maybe they did a "Banshee one, two three, four, five ect..." to be in the trailer, but they forgot to erase them.

  • 05.23.2006 2:07 PM PDT

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The red marking to me, looks like another hidden Marathon emblem. But I know if you fire up Halo 2 the banshee's have markings on them as well, dare to compare?

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Posted by: mr poopoo232
its like a large force of win going through fusion, thus creating a chain reaction of a huge asplosion of win destroying any fail within its awesomeness.

That isn't a two, pop in Halo 2 and look at a Banshee yourself....

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or maybe... right an H with the hand you don't usually right with... then put it up to a mirror... it would look like a semi sideways 2.... or... "h" stype thing...

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I adjusted image, then i applied a vectorial live trace, i scaled it a bit and it does look like a 2.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/4733/28ju2.jpg

EDIT: Nervemind, it's not a 2.
http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo2/screenshots/H2MP_Bet a_WWBanshees.jpg
Here's a pic from Halo 2 that proves it.

[Edited on 5/23/2006]

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