Covenant bomber

ERA HUMAN-COVENANT WAR Covenant bomber

The Covenant bomber was a Covenant unit cut from Halo: Combat Evolved. It was presumably meant as a heavy aerial weapons platform, a supplement to the smaller, lighter Banshee, but was cut from the released game. It featured two forward-swept wings, akin to the twin booms of the Spirit dropship, and had a long protrusion underneath, which may have been an underslung weapons mount or landing gear.

The bomber was designed by Shi Kai Wang and Paul Russel.

Trivia
The bomber was first revealed by Paul Russel on his twitter account with a number of other concepts that were ultimately cut from the final game. It was liekly replaced by the Taraque-class Bomber.