Talk:Kelos'vaarda-pattern storm rifle

Made Before the Covenant fell?
I'm not going to spoil anything so don't panic, on page 225 of Halo: The Thursday War it mentions the word storm rifle, now this is only a few months after the Covinent fell and I'm assuming that the Storm didn't immediately make the weapon the second the covenant went belly up so if this wasn't just a slip on Karen's part, meaning to say plasma rifle, would this mean it was made before the war ended or am I just thinking to much? Jac0bBau3r1995 09:01, 4 October 2012 (EDT)


 * I would assume that the "storm" in the weapon's name refers to its function, not to the Storm. "Sturmgewehr", meaning "storm rifle", is the German word for "assault rifle". Given that the Type-55 is designed for pumping out a heavy volume of fire very quickly, it is a clear analog to ballistic automatic rifles. Also bear in mind that the "Type-55" designation refers to when the UNSC cataloged the weapon, so it may have entered service long before it was cataloged. --Courage never dies. 09:50, 4 October 2012 (EDT)

Damage
I'm curious as to whether another trait this shares with the plasma repeater is whether it deals more damage to health than shields. Worth testing? As now stated fo the third time, I destroyed my copy of Halo 4, so I can't checl this myself. Worth checking out, as anyone thinking about using it would want to know whether it would strip shields fast or if they should stick w/ an AR. I'm morally compelled to say that they shouldn't ever use either and get a DMR. This is craZboy557, signing off. 20:35, 23 January 2013 (EST)