Editing Talk:Jiralhanae Captain Ultra

Bungie.net does not say that, it says the ultra is the highest rank, and it also shows the picture of the blue brute. I know there is much confusion due to thunderstorm and damage and such, but spreading misinformation is still unacceptable. --[[User:Justin Time|Justin Time]] 04:12, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

== Wrong Info ==

I agree with the heading above. There are no "blue" armored Captains; the ones closest to blue are the teal ones, and the ones that seem blue are actually violet. The silvery-blue ones are actually Brute Bodyguards, the guys who protect and accompany a Chieftain, and are not Brute Captains, despite the identical armor design.

The violet armored Captains are regular Brute Captains, and their armor only looks blue because of the lighting and the reflections from the armor's sheen. 

I've also used the thunderstorm skull on levels besides Sierra 117, and I have seen no gold-armored captains save for that level.

The only Captains I've seen there are teal Brute Captains, and since the highest Brute Captain rank is Ultra, which is teal, it aligns perfectly from what I've seen. The skull raises the ranks to their highest applicable rank, so for perhaps Sierra 117, since it is the first level, all ranks are not present. There are no infantry, jump pack, or stalker Brutes, just Captains and Captain Majors, 2 Bodyguards, and 1 Weapon Chieftain mixed amongst the Jackal Snipers and Sharpshooters, standard Jackals, and Grunts.

So perhaps it was an error, but as far as I can tell, the teal ones are the Brute Captain Ultras, and the gold are Brute Captain Majors. The actual strength of the gold and teal power armors is pretty much the same, for both Captain types go down in two sniper/beam rifle headshots.

My research is ongoing, but this is what I have found. Cheers.

--[[User:Exalted Obliteration|Exalted Obliteration]] 21:41, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

== Why Blue? ==

Why would the highest level of any covenant race be blue?  Before the schism gold and white signified rank and blue was the armor of the lowliest elites.  Why would the arrogant brutes choose the lowest color as their highest rank.  Possibly, the brutes are trying to separate themselves from years of elite oppression with a dichotomy.  However, blue might be the brutes original color of rank/royalty/importance and now they are returning to it.  If so, elite 'disdain' for the color might have played part to the friction between the races depending on how important blue is to brutes.  Never before wearing power armor, likely due to elite sanctions, the new armor might be converted stores of elite armor and thus high level brutes would take blue armor even though it has less protection than the gold of lesser ultras.  This re-purposing of elite armor might explain why the armor pops off when it is depleted unlike elite armor.  In effect maybe brutes used to not wearing armor choose color over protection and achieve greater protection by merely having more armor.
:It was never mentioned ''anywhere'' that blue had to signify the lowest rank of the Covenant. --[[User:Blemo|<span style="color: steelblue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">'''Blemo'''</span>]] http://www.wikia.com/skins/common/progress-wheel.gif <small><sup>[[user talk:Blemo|<font color="royalblue">TALK</font>]]</sup> • <sub>  [http://halopedian.com/Special:Contributions/Blemo <font color="lightblue">CONTRIBUTIONS</font>]</sub></small> • <sub><small>[http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=Blemo+23 <font color="teal">SERVICE RECORD</font>]</small></sub> • <sub><small><font color="olivedrab"><span style="font-weight: light;" title="''Loser''. noun -- Anyone that is dumb enough to stare at a message on someone's signature for no apparent reason. You reading this pretty much proves the point.">MESSAGE</span></font></small> 19:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Minor Elites wear blue armor.