Talk:M808 Scorpion

Why Halo Waypoint report that the producer of this tank is Acheron Security? Source Xwx (talk) 11:30, 4 January 2013 (EST)

There are two major possibilities. 1) Chalybs Defense Solutions' headquarters were located on Meridian or, more likely, Reach; they were destroyed in the final months of the war. Acheron Security won the bid for the production contract. 2) Chalybs' contract for building the Scorpion is not exclusive, even if they were the original designers. For example, the M1 carbine was produced by almost a dozen contractors during World War II; both Misriah Armory and Ushuaia Armory produce the CH252 helmet. --Courage never dies. (talk) 16:22, 4 January 2013 (EST)

Or Chalybs may have been bought out by Acheron, as does sometimes happen, and continued the contract under the new name. -- Qura 'Morhek ^{The Autocrat of Morheka} 17:28, 4 January 2013 (EST)

Scorpion tank turret

I find it amusing how people seem to miss the fact that both 'variants' of the Scorpion in the game has a coaxial machine gun. It's pretty clearly on the model for the Reach variant. You see a little barrel sticking out from the one side of the turret on the front. It's just not usable in gameplay. Can't say for sure if it's on the halo 3 or halo 4 versions, but it is on the Reach one. I'd bet it's on the halo 4 version because they basically use the Reach model with minor tweaks. --—This unsigned comment was made by 24.176.77.147 (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Spartan Assault

Is it mentioned anywhere that the Spartan Assault tank is the M808 instead of a newer B model or a new model altogether? The pilot operated machine gun turret as opposed to the separate one on the normal 808 seems to be similar to the pilot operated turret on the B model. I feel like the Spartan Assault version is actually an M808B due to the fact that the pilot can operate both turrets by him/herself. And yes, I know it is also makes game play simpler but there has to also be an in universe explanation. Rprince418 (talk) 12:02, 9 November 2014 (EST)

New profile picture

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I was on Google Plus and found this gorgeous picture of a Scorpion. Since it is from Blur/343i and looks absolutely stunning and high res shouldn't we use this instead? SamGall (talk) 23:37, 13 December 2014 (EST)

If sourced correctly and it really is official I'd say we can use it in the gallery. But I don't know if it shows enough detail enough to put as the main picture. It's an underneath picture and I feel like the overhead pictures are more appropriate to put as a main picture as that gives a full view of the vehicle. But that's just my opinion.Rprince418 (talk) 11:51, 14 December 2014 (EST)

It's an excellent image, but I'm a little skeptical about using this image for a couple of reasons. Firstly, was the image posted by someone who works for 343i or Blur studios? Secondly, the "343i watermark" in the image looks nothing like the official one. --Spartacus ^{Talk • Contribs} 11:58, 14 December 2014 (EST)

I've just done a little bit of research and the guy who made it appears to be freelance 3D modeler for Blur. He has a couple Halo-related images here at his ArtStation profile. He also worked with this guy, who apparently designed the Pelicans and HEVs. - NightHammer (talk) 12:08, 14 December 2014 (EST)

Yeah, after I posted this here I did some research and found it was Reno Levi who designed this. It was either him or one of his Blur partners who designed the current profile picture of High Charity. I thought it provided a high res comprehensive look at the Scorpion compared to the current one. SamGall (talk) 12:30, 14 December 2014 (EST)

I find it to look a bit too remote from the regular Halo engine Scorpion. It looks like it could come from any contemporary warfare game (though yes, I'm aware that it was made for H2A). Imrane-117 (talk) 13:23, 14 December 2014 (EST)

That slightly supports my suggestion to put it in the gallery. It's not official enough to be the main picture, but if it's from a credible source we can use it somewhere on the page.Rprince418 (talk) 15:09, 14 December 2014 (EST)

Those are amazing highly detailed pictures. There's got to be a way to use them surely, right? They're used for the game and we've used pictures kind of like those in the past. Look at the halo 2 anniversary cutscene, ladies like superior firepower, and compare. Too good to pass up I say, Erickyboo (talk) 15:25, 14 December 2014 (EST)