- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: unique name
for the most part, since we (as halo fans) were told that we couldnt reload plasma weapons because nobody knew how, we thought that as the arbiter you should be able to. also, it would be pretty useful in combat situations where you cant get to another weapon (at least in the campaign playing on legendary)
More likely is that the lower-level weapons, like the PP and PR, aren't meant to be reloaded, and really are one-use weapons, or as a previous poster said, they are "refilled" at special stations outside of the combat zone. However, the concept of a one-use weapon (note the double entendre) is so foreign to humanity that they assume there must be a way to reload the weapons, even though there isn't.
Just as a side note, I'd imagine that the Covenant would simply dispose of empty plasma weapons (the Sword sniper rifle are possible exceptions, as they are "higher ranking" weapons), as they aren't exactly efficient in other ways. See the ship layouts.