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Revision as of 12:48, October 24, 2014 (view source) Killamin7i (talk \| contribs) m (I decided to move the conversation to the forum to be consistent w/ the nightfall "shapeshifter". I agree though, it's very interesting.) ← Older edit		Revision as of 06:07, October 25, 2014 (view source) Morhek (talk \| contribs) (→‎"Unknown" enslaved species) Newer edit →
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	::Maybe they're just a never-before-heard-of species living in the periphery of the Covenant's former empire? Maybe one thing or the other made them ill-suited for incorporation into the Covenant (or they were just an insignificant slave race with a very small population used mainly for manual labor), or the Covenant at large never even got to hear about them (I can see there being a thriving and lawless fringe element to the Covenant's remote regions even during its height). I wouldn't actually disapprove of this as it would make the universe feel bigger and more lived-in. --[[User:Jugus\|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus\|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jugus\|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 00:28, 24 October 2014 (EDT)		::Maybe they're just a never-before-heard-of species living in the periphery of the Covenant's former empire? Maybe one thing or the other made them ill-suited for incorporation into the Covenant (or they were just an insignificant slave race with a very small population used mainly for manual labor), or the Covenant at large never even got to hear about them (I can see there being a thriving and lawless fringe element to the Covenant's remote regions even during its height). I wouldn't actually disapprove of this as it would make the universe feel bigger and more lived-in. --[[User:Jugus\|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus\|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jugus\|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 00:28, 24 October 2014 (EDT)

			:::I'd love some new species to flesh out the universe beyond the Covenant. I'd be thrilled. I've been eager to see just who was flying the ship that crashed on Alpha Halo since we found out it wasn't Covenant. But I'm skeptical about them being a new species because they look ''too'' humanoid. We already have the Forerunners to fill the humanoid alien and ancient astronaut niches, and Halo's generally been very good about giving us diverse body types in its extraterrestrial lifeforms. Given its proclivity in science fiction (Star Wars and Star Trek just to name the two obvious ones) and its association with a restricted budget, I see that kind of thing as reflecting a lack of imagination. If 343i were going to add a new species, even a minor background one, they could do anything - a race of hexapods that look like insectoid centaurs! Space sloths who walk on their giant arms! Sentient slugs with robotic arms! Anything that doesn't just look a bit like us. I (just barely) buy the Forerunners looking like us, given the long buildup of that trope and the tampering of the Precursors, but I'd shake my head if this was the best 343i could do for another race. -- [[User:Morhek\|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 06:07, 25 October 2014 (EDT)